PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14224, 22 November 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

'■■■ ■■■■.■.■:'■■■ ;.-, ■.■:-■■ -.'.T.■■■-.. ■ ■•-..■ :■■:'■■ \-----r\rim::4\ ' ■■:! .■■ ..'■■ .' .'■ '?- i -' '■■" ' • 'V • -.■:.<■.: V ' "■-•-: : -v :=;'■■'! .' i!i)'.:<?s \t ' *'v " % * < * r > > ' j [FROM OUR OWN COKBESPONDENT.] ViJ^M; I London, October 15. :, Mm' Constance M. Jonks, who ' Has ;i|»j|||| :studying . various branches of : nursing, • contemplates an -return to Auckland. ; ~ . *'; By the* s.s.*Oorinthio, sailing from Lon«/ ',-;, don» on .November. 11,. the following* New • Zealanders will be ? among the passengers;--'■"'■ Mrs. Steuart (of : Stratford),' who ; has been • here on ■a » lengthened i visit; % Mr. and? Miss Riley (Haweraj, and Mrs- E. ' Oiley ■ (Auckland). ■ __ . ,^M Mis* J. D. Grant (Auckland) has taken her ' return passage by the '^ r P. and 0., steamer ,Mooltan, which will . sail next 'month.* Since last, March Miss * Grant 7 has heon visiting relations in England 'and Scdt-j land; she has also .seen something of the..... 1 Continent. ' , »■ .f <#!.:*■ ■ fey;;j',; ; -v : ' : - r ' ,: ■;■ ) ; ;MWk .'■/;.;s^^Si Sir Robert Stout this week successfully l underwent an operation for a trouble of, ; some years' standing. He is now progress- ' ■ ing ''■ favourably inf. a nursing home. Sir ! ;■ Robert's general health just. now is excoV tj lent. .The surgeon was the celebrated Sir,. WatsonCheyne. r r.r • > ■ ■ - / ■'• ii Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Alexander and their ; niece, Miss Gilfoy, are returning to New Zealand by the s.s. .Athenic,■' after a most _ enjoyable noliday, notwithstanding the very erratic summer. Mr. Alexander will r«uiw>«si his duties as chief ;engineer; of H,M.G.S, ; Iris, and the travellers will be back to their former 5 residence !at 1 Halidon, Gloyerhook ~. i Road, Epsom, Auckland- , . i ' ''if ' ' i i The number of callers at the London office : ' of 5 the - New 3 Zealand Government ;jj - usually i at : this jt time . of 1 the : year begins to- •' I ' show some falling .; 0ff,... t This ; week ;j' there have "been' about the ? average for the season, namely, Mr. L. W. Bridges (Christchuroh), i, Mr. ; Herbert T Allison Wood , (Invcrcargill), ~ " Mr. -• William V FitzGcrald, M.8., Ch.B- } $£} : (Duriedin), and Mrs. FitzGerald, the Mrf»«|« McHardy ? (Hawke's Bay), Mr. James »f*,?|| Williams ; (Dunedin), Miss J. -D- Grant ;-M (Auckland), I Miss H. Gordon (Auckland), Mrs.' !A.v M. Tomlinson ' (Onehunga), • MfiW» John Charles Veitch (Dunedin), Mr. and , Mrs. R. J. Alexander (Auckland) and Miss . Gilroy, 'Mr.' T. A. Milroy, -' M.R.C.S., < L.R.C.P- » (Dunedin), < V Mr. H. B. Morton r (Auckland), Mr. H. T. Morton, Mr. Frank Grady (Wellington). ■ ■!■■.;•;■ ""': -':'--- ' -.'■.-;, ■;'.■■■—'. ' •■.■'■• ■ ? V'l;^i|.f|; Woodchestor Church, Stroud, Gloucestershire, was yesterday the scene of - a weddmg, which will have special interest for readers in New Zealand, where the bride: »"™Sffi| known. Her name' was : Mary; : Theodora Joyce Wilcox, only child of the - late-Mr. ' W. H. Wilcox, of New Zealand, and rMrs. Wilcox, of Woodchestcr, Gloucester- *£, shire. I She has contributed verses under ;t» . name of Dora Wilcox to the Sydney WW tin, and manv New Zealand publications, ; and : also a volume, entitled "Verses j«»HhK Maoriland." s The bridegroom was Jean (Paul Hamelius, Ph.D., docteur.= special '*Mfift philologie Germaniquo at the University, o Liege, Belgium, author of many philological and; literary articles,. and of a history ; oi Flemish literature. Ho is the only •. surviv- v ing son of the late Dr. Hamelius, of tM.|*&; Bcteian army, and of Madamo Hameln.* of Brussels. i ' \ The sußjcct of this week's " i '■■< of-Mv-Youih 1 ' article in M.A.P.* is thefts , Zealand Prime Minister. Sir Joseph B j*2 has given some interesting notes :. a ,i?,:.-fW early start in life, and tohiS.subsequewgS; career, but he does not seem •to \*™ *£* Mr. TV. P. O'Connor anything, that *™tf» Zealanders do" riot already know. Jf^e*:,. ; -<J presses the oninion that the best w»:r seeing London is to drive about the . strew* in the early hours of the morning *■£~ ~, they are deserted. He mentions h»; ■»«. experience of a three days' fog-m "» "Q polis, and remarks that coming from a K|sfe»& where the sky is visible every; day, £ Zealanders would think the world"was com ing to an end if they had a similar «g»- : . tion in tHat far-off country. Mr. OOM»9 says "it is only a man ? 4«W energy and ability who could have .*WJS. .. Sir Joseph has done. What New- Zeajg - owes to him it would bo difficult to «fgHg|| late; but one thing is quite certain, *?|t.|W that is his popularity is universal- . . . ,js|ffl|ig