NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17794, 30 May 1921, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

[TEOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON. April 22. Mr. E. H. Hiley. formerly general manager of the New Zealand railways, recently returned from India, whither he went as one of a commission to make inquiries into railway matters. " He has been away five months.

Major T. N. Holmden, M.C., son-in-law of Sir Robert and Lady Stout, arrived in London recently from Mesopotamia, and has joined Mrs. Holmden and their small son, who came to England a few months ago. On Major Holmden's return to Mesopotamia from New Zealand in 1918 and after the armistice with Turkey, he was seconded from his regiment (the Worcestershire) for'-, duty with the Civil Administration in Mesopotamia, and was appointed Judge of the Middle Euphrates, with headquarters at Hillah, near Babylon. "Last November he was appointed Judge in Bagdad, and two months ago he was granted four months' leave to come to England. Major Holmden has resigned his regular commission, and has been gazetted as a major in the Regular Reserve of Officers. Owing to the coal strike he was called up for duty with his regiment. Major Holmden has not yet decided whether he will go back to Mesopotamia, or return to New Zealand to practise. Mr. and Mrs! P. L. Halsted, of Christchurch, have just returned from an ex tended trip to Nice, Monte Carlo, and Paris. They have in contemplation a motor trip to Devonshire, and later in the season expect to go again to Paris. Recently-elected Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute included the following New Zealanders:—Messrs. F. E. Bloomfield. J. F. Ewen, E. Hortou, and G. H. Wilson, and Dr. E. H. Milsom (Auckland) ; Messrs. M. A. Carr (Wellington); R. A. Sutherland (Dunedin), A. E. Renouf (Napier); Captain D. Bryan (Westport). Mr. Reginald Hammond, of Auckland, who arrived last October, holds a responsible position with the London County Council on an important -town-planning scheme. In the early autumn Mr. Hammond expects to go to the Continent to study town-planning developments and architecture of Italy, and later he will go to America with the same purpose in view. He should be in New Zealand about April of next year. Mr. H. M. Chrystall, of Christchurch, who at the termination of the war obtained a position as consulting civil engineer to Wales Estates, Ltd., a large concern connected with sugar and timber interests in British Guiana, anticipates returning to Christchurcb in April next year wth the intention of practising bis profession. Captain E. V. G. Day. son of Mr. V. G. Day, S.M.. of Christchurch, recently arrived from India. He has been granted eight months' furlough from the Indian Army (10t,h Bn. Gurkhas), and siter visiting his sister. Miss Sylvia Day, h'3 hopes to go to New Zealand. In the early part of the war Captain Day had a commission in the Rifle Unmade. Transferring to the Indian Army he left for the East about the end of 1917, and has had a very interesting time in North-East Persia.