PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13486, 13 May 1907, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

' [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] • ' ' London. April 5. Mr R. H. Hooper leaves London to-day for Ireland, to take charge of the New Zealand exhibit at the Dublin Exhibition.; I hear that the colony is to be well repieeented in specimens of produce. It is officially announced that. Brevet-; Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. C. Chaytor, New Zealand Forces, is to be attached to the First Division, . Aldershot Army Corps, from the 27th inst. to May 18, under Staff j College regulations. According to a London paper, religious leaders in New Zealand have invited the Rev. R. J. Campbell, of the " New Theology" notoriety, to pay a visit to that coj lony, and that he has decided to do so, j so soon as opportunity will permit. ! , The birth of a daughter to the Governor I of New Zealand and Lady Plunket is just announced, the ■ " cradle column 'running as follows:- "On March 31, at Portobello House, Dublin, wife of Lord Plunket, Governor of New Zealand, of a daughter." Mr. H. L. Rawson (Wellington) has arrived in England. He has,come Home to undergo his course of training for the medical profession, and _he will be absent from the colony for about five or six years. , At present he is at work for the preliminary examination. , Mr. R. Horns (Auckland) called to see me this .morning. ■ He tells me that he is leaving on the ,12th' inst. for St. Petersburg. Thence he . will travel right through Siberia to.Japan and China, and the best address' he is able to give while lie is ill the Far East is. the Post Office, Hongkong. His tour is chiefly for business' purposes. Yesterday the international tennis tournament at Lyons was begun, and Mr. A. ... F. " Wilding is taking part there before' coming on to England. In the second' round of the gentlemen's championship singles,, Mr. Wilding (the holder) defeated M. A. Kimmerling (60, 6—1),. and in the third round he walked ovpr, M. E. D. Coxon scratched. • ' *. . • ; . •'' The Hon. W. L. Allardyce, C.M.G., Go-, vernor of the Falkland Islands, and formerly holding an important official position in Fiji,, is about to arrive in England on' a short visit. Mrs. Allardyce will, accompany her husband.- It is three years since Mr. Allardyce went toi the Falkland Islands as Governor, after having served for 25 years in various capacities in Fiji. / Mr. Mark Cohen (Dunedin) arrived ..in London on Saturday last, having travelled in the s.s. Rimutaka. He" was not very, well when I met him' oil Wednesday, at the Cecil Hotel, where he had -gone to call Upon the New Zealand Premier.-.He had had the misfortune to slip on board the steamer on tlip way to England, with the result , that an old wound had been reopened. But otherwise Mr. Cohen was well. " z " A paper entitled " Federal _ Tendencies and Developments" is to be read by. the Hon. W. Hackett, M.L.C., LL;D., of West Australia, before the Royal Colonial Institute, on the 9th inst". Among those who have- accepted an invitation to be present at the dinner before the meeting are:; Sir Joseph Ward, Lady, and Miss Ward, Mr.' and Mrs. James Mills, Mr. William Belcher, and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hislop, all of New Zealand. - 5 : ' An accident to Max Decugis, .the leading Continental . lawn tennis player, pi-evented the French covered courts championship meeting in Paris from : being brought to' a conclusion on Tuesday, as had been intended. It was in the final of the gentlemen's singles championship that Decugis met with his mishap. v The New Zcalander, : Mr. A. F. Wilding, played in.his usual form, but the Frenchman put up; a brill liaht.game, and won the, first set at 6—4. The "second went to Mr. Wilding at 6—l, but Decugis took the third at the same figures. In the fourth set, however, Decugis strained his back, and, with the. games 4 to. 1 against him he was compelled to retire. . . . , Mr. J. A. Gilruth has gone north to Scotland to note the progress made in his department of science by the leading Scottish laboratories. •It is mentioned that Mr. Gilruth is trying to arrange for reciprocity in diplomas between the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of the United Kingdom, and the new Veterinary College which is being started in'Dunedin. He had an interview a few days ago with the president; of the R.C.V.S. , in connection with the matter. ; Mr.-.Gilruth has still many engagements before him for the remainder of his stay. in the United Kingdom, but he hopes to be able to take another run over to Paris and the Pasteur Institute before sailing for New Zealand in May or June. Last' week I mentioned that the New Zealand boxer. A. J.. Blewden, had not •been able to do justice to himself at the recent. English amateur boxing championship meeting, owing to an accident. To a press representative after the event, Blewden stated', that some three weeks before the fixture he was unfortunate enough to'strain the'sinews of both his feet, and it was not until ' a week before the contest that he began to prepare for the ring., He was then, B£lb above the lightweight standard. and it was only by the aid of Turkish baths that he could bring himself down to the requisite lOst This wasting process of course, left him, as he himself observed, "as-weak as a kitten." And, in addition, his injured feet had to •be laced ,up in elastic bandages before' he could enter the ring. It is understood that Blewden will leave on his return to Auckland at an early date. .' - In spite of the Easter holiday period, there have been a fairly large number of callers at the London office of the New Zealand Government during the past few days. These have included the following: Mr. and Mrs., H. Rose (late of Wellington) and Lieutenant A. B. Rose, Dr, A. E. Baron, Mr. and Mrs. Potter (Wellington) and Miss Grace Potter. Mr. J. A. Peacock, Mr. E. Hains (Geraldine), Mrs. F. Wi King (Auckland), the Misses Austin (late of Blenheim), the 'Rev. Canon W. •S. Lucas and. Mrs. - Lucas, Mr. Christopher Tilbuon (Dunedin), and . Miss. Janet ,Tilbuon, Mr. H. E. Jeffreys (Porirua), Mr., T. J. Rotlie (Wellington), Mr. Mark Cohen (Dunedin), Mr. K. H. Bowie and family (Timaru), Mr. and Mrs. James Plunket (ohristchurch), Mr. M. F. Kennedy (Wellington) . and thei Misses > Kennedy, Captain the Hon. D. H. . Baillie, M.L.C. ■ (Wellington), Mr. E. Balcombe Browne (Wellington), Mrs. A. Masters ' (Wellington), Professor Brown (Auckland) and Mrs. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Haines (Auckland), Miss Isaacs (Auckland), Mr. J. S. Milne. To-day the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Waiwera takes her departure from London for New Zealand, commanded by Captain Lowden, and having Dr. E. M. Livesay on board as medical officer. The following are the passengers on board the vessel: —Mr. and Mrs. H. Carle, Mr. and Mrs. S. Granger, Miss Granger and Master Granger, ,Mr. and Mre. P. Heron, Mr. and Mrs. S. Hocking, Miss A Hocking, and Mr. A. Hocking, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hutton and Miss Hutton, Mr.' and Mrs. J. 'McKee, and the Misses McKee (2), Mr. and Mrs. T. Needham, .the Misses Needham (4), Messrs. Needham (5), Mr. and Mrs. Ombler and the Messrs. Ombler (2), Mrs. and Miss Clayden, Mrs. Moult, Mrs. J. Reynolds, and Miss Reynolds, Misses U. Fleming, E. Godsall, M. McDermott, E. Taylor, M. Ryan, C. Rivers; Messrs. F. Anthony, J. Brown, R. Cameron, H. Chard, A. Chard, W. Elliott, E. Elsom, R. Fraser, J. Grattan, C. Hansen, J. ' Harrison, W. Hodge, J. Jensen, C. McKinty, F. t Moore, A. Munslow, F. Purchas, *J. Redpath, W. Shung,: E. Smart, G. Smith, • D." Turner, W. Wells, G. Willey, W. Williams. ;