NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15250, 13 March 1913, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

[VSOX OTTH OWN OOn»ESPOiO>ENT.] .. London - , February 5. • Thb ' engagement is ■ announced of Miss . Lizzie Porter, second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Porter, to Mr. William Jeary, late of London, now of Kandy, Ceylon,,',. , :■ < • .; - :•>;.,.-,•■__ ' When til© lonia leaves London on Febru- , ary 27 for Now Zealand oho of .her passengers will be the Rev. J. O. Abbott, vicardesignate of Raetihi, in the Wellington' die-' eese. Mr. Abbott expects to reach Wellington in the middle of ApriL The High < Dommissioner (the Hon. T. Mackenzie) .took the chair at a lecture entitled "The Lite-.General Booth as I Know ' Him," which was delived by Commissioner , Whatmore, on Sunday, at the Salvation Army Hall, Norland Oastle, Shepherd's Bush. .;.., , '"' ..■ • '.'* Latest callers at the High Commissioner'* ' office have been: Miss A. .C. Bain (Christchurch), Mrs. W. Smyth (Christchurch), Mr. 0. Robinson (Wellington), M G. Sofaedler (Auckland}, Mr, and Mrs. .0. H. Young ; (Auckland), Miss Cook (Auckland); Mr. E.-*■ G. Soelye (Hunedin), Mr. •B. • Fletcher ■ Reverts (Dunedin), Mr. M. H.'•'Bluncksll (Wellington), Mr. J. Place-Staples (Christ/ church), Mr. G. Quilter (Wellington), Mr. . P. F. Qualter, Miss A Ambler (Christ, - church), and Miss Oushla Dumarque. (Auck- i land). ;■■ ■>■»■ Miss Annie Caroline Robins, a probation-' ary sister on the 'staff "of the Registered Nurses' Society, has received & cable message from Miss Orr, matron of the Auckland Hospital, inviting her to go to New Zealand at the earliest possible date, where an appointment with a" rising salary of £100 a year awaits her. She will leave for New Zealand in the middle of. this month. Misa Robins was trained and certificated at Guy's Hospital, and has held under Miss Orr the position of Bister and ;;assistant-niairqn. afe' the Taunton and Somerset Hospital, .' ton. She also holds the C.M.B. ■■ The Hon. James Allen has been very ; busy during the week-end laying his mines for 'the important missions on which he is engaged. On Monday ho was present at the New Zealand celebration at Portsmouth, . - and to-day he is again at Portsmouth, with the King, inspecting the vessel. The High Commissioner and Sir Joseph Ward are alsoin attendance on the King to-day. Tester- 1 %Mr- Allen was invited to. lunch with ** ¥ ' IT* gowning, prominent member b of the. National Service League, to meek . Lord Roberta, the great advocate of universal service in this country. To-morrow ' Mr. Allen will be. present at the luncheon at which the ■ Navy League entertains ' Sir Joseph Ward •... . • - ■'- x More than usual interest attaches to the first levee of the season, held yesterday by the King, for it took place at Buckingham Palace, for the first time on record, instead of, as iB customary, at St. James's Palace, • J rom every point of view, however, it has boon decided that Buckingham Palace offers more convenience and comfort. The Hon. Thomas. Mackenzie was presented to His Majesty "on appointment as High Commissioner for Now Zealand." The presentation was made bv the Secretary of State. Colonel A. W. Robin, C.8., C.M.G., of the New Zealand Staff Corps, was presented by the Inspector-General of the! Home Forces "on appointment to tho Dominion • Section, - General Staff, War? Office." In Hampstead Parish Church the memory of Bishop George "Augustus Selwyn is never likely to be forgotten. Now Zealanders will recollect that it was at that church, in July, 1809, that he was, christened ; they will also remember that the centenary of the baptism was celebrated by a great festival service on July 7, 1909. Last June, the. Bishop of Lodon, opening new vestries. ' and dedicating a morning chapel, dedicated! also a memorial to the Bishop, to which very special interest attaches. The old Georgian font of the church, originally erected in 174-7, was renovated in 1885. Tho bowl was retained, but the stem was discarded, and for many years was stored in a _ cupboard and forgotten. When it was re- ■ cently found and recognised, it was by a happy thought incorporated Tn the piscina ' of the new morning chapel, and the piscina made a memorial to tho Bishop and two : of his brothers, who were christened in the old font. The inscription on the tablet runs: "A.D.MQ. In affectionate memory of George Augustus Selwyn, 18091878, .first Bishop of New Zealand, 19tb Bishop of Lichnold; Thomas Kynastoa Selwyn, 1812-1834, Scholar of Trinity College Cambridge; and the lit. Hon. Charles Jasper Selwyn, Knt., Q.C., 1313-1869, MP. for Cambridge University, 1559-1868 Solici-tor-General, 1867-8 Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery, 1868, this piscina incorporating the stem of the font, in which they were baptised, is set up by William Selwyn, Prebendary of Hereford, elder eon of the Bishop, 1912." Prebendary . Selwyn was present at the service of dedication. In the vestry hangs a fine copy of Cousin's engraving of the Bishop's portrait by Richmond,