NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

[from our OWN correspondent.]

■_•:;. London,, July 23. } Lady Ward and Miss Ward are staying at the Portland Hotel, where another visitor to London, Mrs. S. H. r Woods (formerly Miss R. Seddon) is staying.

Mr. and Mrs. John Dawson (Auckland) and the Misses Dawson have taketf a furnished house in Maida Vale. In the course of a few days they will leave for Yorkshire on a visit to relatives ; :

Captain Lionel Halsey, R.N., has written to the High Commissioner from New Zealand expressing his warm appreciation of the hospitality extended to the crew of the New Zealand in Dominion waters. ," ■■'• ■ , '"'.'.."■'• ! ; V -

The Misses Ida and O. Burton (Auckland) will be beta until January, : when they will sail by the Dtranto.. They have been a good deal on the Continent, and will shortly leave London for , North of England,

Mrs. J. S. Howat -. (Remuera) > joined her husband at Toronto and made an interesting tour through the j United States, Panama, and the :J [West ■] Indies. - She. is now in London, and ; will return to Australasia via the Cape.-

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. -Spedding (Auckland), who have been here for the last 18 months, have decided to leave London on September 30 on their return journey to New Zealand, via Siberia, China, and Japan. They will ;• sad, from f Kobe -; : on November 13.

Brigadier-General R. H. Davies, C.8., commanding the Sixth Infantry Brigade, has been distinguishing himself in ; the manoeuvres which are taking place on the Hants and Surrey borders. The Morning Post say, ■" The New Zealand officer > has done exceedingly well since he has been in command of a brigade in this country."

Only three days have passed so far this week, and during that period the following New Zealand visitors have entered their names in the callers' book at the High Commissioner's office :Mr. and Mrs. percv T. Cleghorn. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Dadlev, Miss A. V. Hay; Mr. F. Keightlev, Mr. H. ;J. Farrer, Mrs. and Miss Erson, and Mr. H. Gray (all of Auckland}. ' : , »

The High Commissioner (the Hon. : ,TMackenzie) has returned from an extended tour of the North and of Scotland, winding up with a visit to Birmingham, where he attended the centenary, celebrations of the Chamber of Commerce. While in Scotland Mr. Mackenzie was the guest at Sauchio Castle, in Stirlingshire, of Mr. A. D. Steel-Maitland. the well-known Unionist M.P. But the bond of mutual interest, needless to say, was not a political one. It was from Sauchie that the first.trout ova were sent out to New Zealand by Mr. Steel-Maitland, who is a great enthusiast. Mr. Mackenzie finds that in Scotland no great opinion is held of the rainbow trout, which is considered to be of little use after its third year.