NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15649, 1 July 1914, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME .

[FROM OUR OWN CfIfcMSfrONBENT.] ""!' ■■■:: m London, May 20."; v| Mb. and Mrs. C. F. Buddie (Auckland) j| and their daughter arc in London. ji| Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Harding J'j (Northern Wairoa) have arrived, by way j"j of the Cape. ' f Sir Joshua Williams has been sworn of 1 [ the Privy Council and has already sat in j; i several cases. j}'; Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Gillies (Auckland) j ' are here on a pleasure trip. They are stay- | ing at Lancaster Gate. j Lord and Lady Ranfurly and Lady i Eileen Knox were present at the Derby "■ night ball at Devonshire House. The ; Queen was also present. : : Mr. C. Griffiths, P.G.M., New Zealand, was present at th installation meeting of the Empire Lodge (No. 2108) at. tho Cri- , terion Restaurant this week. '• Viscount Bryce lias accepted the office. i of president of tho Liberal-Colonial Club, . an organisation which has entertained ■ several prominent visiting New Zealanders. ; Tho Hon. D. Buddo attended last ' ■Saturday tho annual ueeting of tho Kincardineshire branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland, and delivered an address on the educational system of Now Zealand. Mi.ss Mary Procter has an interest!; - articlo on "A Working Man Astronomer," ' in the current issue of English Mechanic and World of Science." ihe astronomer in question is"Mr. F. Hitchings, of Syden- ' ! ham, Christchurch, whoso photograph 'is also given. Sir James Mills has almost recovered ! from his recent attack of bronchitis, and -j is now ablo to bo about and to attend at his office in the city. He was present '' on Monday at tho annual dinner of ♦•ho I Royal Colonial Institute, sitting at the j high table. ' i Tho Hon. G. Fowlds was a guest this 'j week it the annual dinner of the London j Chamber of Commerce and at that of tho I Royal Colonial Institute. Ho was also ■! one of those fortunate enough to bo in {j tho gallery of the House of Commons dur- i( ing tho third reading of the Homo Rule 1| Bill. • | On Wednesday, the president and secre- '; tary of the French Chamber' of Commerce ;' in London called upon the Hon. Thomas li Mackenzie, when a full discussion on tb* •] improvement of trade between New Zea- { \ land and Fiance took place. Mutual con- i cessions were touched upon, and tho classes of articles best suited to each coun- j cry, especially tho produce of New Zea- ; laud, were considered. :| The new naval secretary to Mr, ! Chun full is Rear-Admiral tho Hon, H. L. j A. Hood, who was a midshipman in the j Calliope at the time cf tho hurricane in „'j Samoa. Ho was mentioned in despatches [ for services on the river during Lord •!■ Kitchener's campaign in the Soudan, in- ji eluding the battles' of Atbara and Khartoum, and in 1904 he was in command of J the naval brigade which stormed the Mad j Mullah's stronghold in Sonialiland. j Madame Clara Butt, who has returned || to England with Mr. Kennerley Rumford '[ and their children, is convinced that tho j! Australians aro more musical than tho ;J| Canadians, who do not seem to her to '-■' have mtvde any progress at all in tho last ./.'j 12 years. Madame Bntt thinks that tho \i\ custom of asking artists to give tboir ser- A] vices at concerts on board ship ought to '].- bo avoided. "Just when you think you I; are going to have a week or two of red," i, sho says, "someone comes and .w;ks yon to ] sing." ' j Tho High Commissioner attendee! tho j opening of the Overseas Club on Monday, I and was present at the bancfuet of tha | Rcyal Colonial Institute tho same evening. ! On Tuesday he accompanied the Maori j chiefs to Margate, to visit Sir John Gorst, : and yesterday ho was at Oxford, when th.o I Imperial Air Fleet Committee presented jj an aeroplane to Australia, Mr. Maekcnnis i i lunched with Mr, Spencor, at Jesus College, and a dinner at. night took placo . at tho Clarendon Hotel. ' Mr. Herbert Smith (Hamilton) thinks .' of remaining in England for about a year. Land 'and industrial questions will be of j special, interest to him. Mr. Smith thinlo H thero s great scopo in Canada snd tho i. United States for the development of tho \ Not? Zealand produce trr.de. He found i Njw Zealand butter and mutton being j sold as far east as Winnipeg, supplies having come over the Rockies from Van- j couver, being then railed some three thousand miles. Ho stayed in CauacU j and the States for five weeks. || j'l New ZeaJanders who ha?e been elected '[ ncn-residenfc Fellows 'of tho Royal Colonial If Institute include:—The Rev. Robert E. jj Davies, Mr. David W. Gillies, Mr. A. : i E. Harding, Mr. Bernard J. Hoaldsworth. Mr. David Ingle, Mr . Walter A. Ingle '.* Dr. A. A. Martin, Mr. George H. Mrr- I ton, Mr Sidney J. Nathan, Mir. J. Arm- ! strong Neamo, Mr. F. Pattullo, Mr. Wal- j Cer Rutherford, Mr. R. Sherratt, Mr. G. ! H. Stubbe, Mr. C. de Shute Teschemakei, i | and Mr. W. E. P. Worsnop. Mrs. Janet Gillies, of Auckland, has become an bsso- jj date. Miss Mackenzie is arranging a party ci . 24 New Zealaaderp to take part in the J ball which is to be held at. tha Albeit ' Hall on Juno 10 to celebrate tho- con.- i tinuance of one hundred years of pt- ■* ! between England and the United States.; | Thsre will be- many parties represents-. jj five of different nationalities, and ; distinctive l costumes. The gentlbTon In 'j that New Zealand par l }' will reiresoab J Maori chiefs, and the ladies will represent >\ the pakeha population, their dre?j»ds in- j] eluding the design of the New Zealand j i coat of arms. ; . !t There are over 40 delegates fiom New ji Zealand for the great Salvation Army ("Jon- i gress, to be held in London next months •] Major Kirk is in command, and the other 1 officera include:—Major Toomer (Dun- ■) edin), Major Colvin (editor of the New ] Zealand War Cry), Major Page, AdjutAftti ]l 1 Winton, and Adjutant Sampson (Dunedin). Jj Tho last-named has not been in England) ')} I for 41 yearn, having remained in tho Do- IS 1 minion evei fince he went out with his '( parents as a child in the old emligrant sail- j ing ship Zealandia. Major Toomer is \ Some for tho first time in 26 years. TLcv; jj travelled by the Orient liner Oreova. t ' \ In addition to the members of the relief i crews for the Psyche, Pyramus, and \ Philomel, the Arawa will havo on board j, the following saloon passengers for New j Zealand Colonel Dewing. Mr. S. B. F. ; 1 Carter, Mrs. L. Horo, Miss M. Hor-" Mr. I B. Hore, Mdlle. Kiessel. Mr. A, Schult- i hess, Miss M. Blackstock, Mrs. J. Devlin, j 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. Kitchen, Mr. and Mrs. j | a. Reid, the Misses Reid (3), Mr. and ; Mrs. R. Roberton, Mr. and Mrs. J. j Smith and Mr. A. J. Smith, Mrs. D. A. ; Sturrock, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thomas : and Miss Thomas, Mr. S. Weatherby, M" ] R. L. Roberts, Mr. D. H. Morris, Mrs. A. ! j L. Morris, Mr. A. B. Guthrie. Mr. J. N. ! Goodman, Miss W. Foster, Mr. 0. H. i ' Brown. Mr. R. Cameron. In the third jj class there are nearly 200 passengers in ''■ addition to 173 naval ratings. Captain jj Clayden is in command, and Dr. G. J. I. j Linklator is medical officor Tliere aro on board 121 nominated and assisted pas- j) sengers, including 21 domestic servants. jL -— It