PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13699, 16 March 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

[from ot;r own correspondent.] London, February 7. A Reuter cable message from Pietermarit* burg states that "Mr. Jellicoe, the British barrister who is defending Dinizulu, has been admitted to the local Bar." - I hear that among the passengers l»y the outward-bound s.s. Omrali, sailing from Marseilles at the end of tiie month, will be the Misses A. and B. Julius, of Christchurch, who are at present travelling on the Continent. Mr. James Adamsou. M.A. (Edin.), LL.B. with distinctionthe newly-appointed Dean of Faculty of Victoria College, Wei- " lington, is sailing on the 14th inst. by the P. and 0. steamer Himalaya. He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1896. There have not been many callers at the New Zealand Government office this week, viz.: Mr. K. J. Thomson (Gisborne), Mr. W. Mahoney (Christchurch), Mrs. E. B. Buckeridge (Gisborne), Mr. H. Baskerville (Wellington), Mr. A. Cocks (Papanui). Dr. Adelaide Orchard (daughter .of the late Rev. J. Orchard, of Christchurch) has for some years past been studying medicine in the United Kingdom, and »he has taken the.Edinburgh degree in addition to doing practical work in London and Dublin. Mr. C. J. Reakcs, M.R.C.V.S., .Assistant Chief Veterinarian for the New Zealand Government, has readied London after s good trip, travelling as far as Marseilles hj a P. and 0. steamer, coming overland to , England. Mr. Reakes has come Home on official business. btiojeu,c-u Rev. the Bishop of Auckland and Mrs. Neligan arrived in England a few days ago by the s.s. Tougariro, and have been staying at 12, Airlie Gardens, Campdeu Hill, Kensington. Bishop Neligan left London, however, for Eastbourne yesterday, and to-morrow he will go to Cambridge for the week-end, returning to town early in next week. The many friends of Mr. P. S. Browning, at one time of New Zealand and now secretary of the Kuranui-Caledonian Gold Mining Company end of other New Zealand companies,' will learn with regret of the death of his father. Mr, Browning, sen., who was an old Edinburgh resident, was nearly 90 years of age, and up to three months ago was able to enjoy a day on the golf links. ' " '\(, 4 With about 160 passengers nn^ 1 s.s. Mamari sails from London wyelan""' from Plymouth to-morrow outward**? , )d for New Zealand. She is in charge of Captain Moffat, and Dr. H. E. Jeffreys is the medical officer on board. The passengers include:—Dr. and Mrs. E. Dominguez, Mr.' and Mrs. C. Allen, Miss Allen and Master Allen, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bannatyne, Mr. and Mrs. W. Bendall, Mr. and Mrs. A. Brett, Mr. and Mrs. (i. Broom, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cahill, Mr. S. Douglas-Compton, Mr. and Mrs. .1. Ram?i den and Miss Ramsdcn, Mr. W. Reynolds, Mr. .1. Abbott, Mr. E. Adams, Mr. I. Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Hale.