PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13502, 29 July 1907, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

[from our own correspondent.] London, Juno 21. Messrs. E. S. Lanoaster (Levin), E. 0. ] Lewer (Wellington, and \V. C. Lowe (Wei- : lington), who are all travelling together, i have reached London. I Among a number of students of Gray's Inn who have been "called" to the Bar was Mr. Arthur Woolf Elkin (Auckland), youngest- eon of the late Rev. M. M. Elkin. It is notified that Mr. F. A. B. Bett, of • New Zealand University, has been admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in the department of dental surgery. Mrs. G. P. Mirams (Parnell) is at present the guest of Commander and Mrs. Colquhoun, at South Kensington. She was a passenger by the last Homeward trip of the- us. Turakina. A recent caller at the London office of the New Zealand Government was Mr. A. St. George Hamersley, K. 0., who, although he is not going hack to New Zealand, lias many friends in the colony. Mr. Hamcrslcy's interests are now chiefly in British Columbia, Canada, where he has lived during the past few years. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Home (Hamilton) will be in Europe until the end of September or the beginning of October. Between now and their departure they purpose visiting Scotland, Ireland and its Exhibition, and also to make a tour on the Continent. Yesterday I met Mr. Murk Cohen, looking the pink of health, after his trip through Germany with the English editors. He tells me they all had a spendid time, and that the German tour was " the" trip of his visit to this side of the world. -Mr. Leys, of. Auckland, was also of the party. Mrs. and Miss Archibald (Christchurch) have recently been to Pompeii; they reached London a few weeks ago, and have been sight-seeing since. They will go North later, also to some of the south coast watering-places. A return journey to New Zealand will be made via Suez, and will be started cither in August or September. On Saturday last Mr. Henry Moncrieff Paul passed away in the 74th year of his age., His death took place at his residence, 12, Lans'downo Crescent, Netting Hill. Mr. Paul's name was formerly well known to New Zealariders, through his holding the important position of general manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, from which he retired some fourteen years ago. Mayor 11. D. Tuson, of the Manchester Regiment, who has accepted the. appointment of Adjutant and QuartermasterGeneral on the Defence Council of New Zealand, will leave lor the colony in July. He is married, and Mrs. Tuson will follow her husband later. Tuson visited the colony some time ago with the Imperial detachment which went out there. The Very Rev. Dean Fitchett (Dunedin) has returned to London after a lengthened tour in the South, chiefly in Spain. His health has greatly benefited. The Dean and Mrs. Fitchett went on from Biarritz and San Sebast.ion to Madrid, thence to Barcelona and other interesting Spanish centres. To-morrow they leave London for Withington, near Manchester, to stay with then daughter, Mrs. Mayo. The promotion to officer's rank of the only New Zealander in the London Fire Brigade was announced yesterday in the official orders of that body! Mr. McElwain has been raised to the rank of a stationofficer. He was born in 1866 in a redoubt in the North Island, soon after the termination of the last Maori war, and after serving in the mercantile, marine lie joined the brigade 17 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Goudson (Auckland) selected the s.s. Ayrshire for their Homeward trip, and they arrived after a voyage of -15 days. They have come to England chiefly for the benefit of their health, also, as Mr. Goodson puts it, "to take leave of our friends, not anticipating again revisiting England." A month at least is to be spent at one of the leading hydros. At the present time Mr. and Mrs. Goodson are staying in Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hutchinson (late of Auckland) reached London by the s.s. Medic a fortnight or so ago, after a lengthy tour both in New Zealand and in Australia. They are making Nottingham their headquarters, that being Mr. Hutchinson's native place, though the present visit is the first one after 43 years' absence. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson will travel a good deal between now and October, when they leave for Australia, where they intend to settle. Mr. and Mrs. J. Berry (Christehureh) j • travelled by way of Canada, where several i,weeks were spent before. Liverpool was I reached. From that port they went across to Ireland, where a fortnight was passed I with friends. On returning to England I they stayed in Derbyshire and Suffolk, and i they were up in London for the first time jat the beginning of the current week. The . tour is to be one of pleasure. Scotland is to be visited shortly, and another run over to Ireland is to be included in their programme. •'"'"'■ Mr. .T. J. Bourke (Wellington) has come, to the United Kingdom on business and pleasure combined. He travelled by the ( I.'. and 0. steamer Moldavia- to Port* Said, spent a fortnight in Palestine, and subsequently three weeks on the European Continent, reaching London just over a week i ago. Mr. Bourke will be present at some ■ of the wool sales while be is in London. ! After a month here he is going to Scotland, then to Ireland, where six weeks are to • lie passed. He will be in London again ; in time for the September series of wool salts, and will leave shortly afterward for New Zealand by way of America. t Mr. T. Hutchison (New Plymouth) has ! come to England on leave of absence after * 15 years' continuous magisterial work. He ' is accompanied by his wife and daughter. They travelled as far as Marseilles by the r P. and 0. streamer Mooltan, arriving there I in April. Thence they made a. tour on ) the Riviera, and worked their way . through to Italy, in which country they I made "an extended tour, ultimately reach- ' ing Switzerland by way of the Italian lakes. Paris was visited before London ' was reached. They expect to be in the " metropolis for some time. The return s journey will, be made by way of America (Canada-Vancouver), in October or No--3 voinbcr.

'Che Rev. William Lee (Lyttelfcnn), .Mrs. and Miss Lee, joined the s.s. Medic at Sydney on April 10, and have reached England after an exceedingly smooth and comfortable passage, which, though long, was pleasant. They remained in London for a few cktvs, and then Mrs. and Miss Lee left for Cornwall on a visit to their married daughter and sister respectively, while Mr. Lee went north to Ripon, which Cathedral city will be their headquarters while, they are in England: Mr. Lees brother is' Mayor of Ripon, an office which he is at present, holding for the fifth time. Next mouth Mr. Lee will come up to London to attend the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, to which he was appointed representative by the New Zealand Conference. The length of their stay in England is indefinite.