NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18380, 21 April 1923, Page 11

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. [FEOH Otra LONDON COBnESPONDEST.] LONDON. March. 17- _ Sir James Allen spent last week-end at Cambridge, The primary reason . for his visit was to attend the dinner of the HeitiK Club, of which. he is president. He thus had an opportunity of meeting not only all the New Zealand students at Cambridge, but a number of New Zealand students from Oxford ; who were also the- guests of the club. vTha: High Commissioner is naturally very enthusiastic concerning his own University, and he thoroughly enjoyed his two days at Cambridge. On the Sunday he dined with Sir Ernest Rutherford at Trinity, and there was a full muster of professors and dons. to do him honour. Mr. R. H, Espiner, M.A., who holds the Travelling Scholarship in, French of the New Zealand University, is at present studying at the University of Poitiers- As he is the first New ; Zealander who has attended the University, he'seems to have aroused a great deal of curiosity concerning the Dominion and the Maoris. In a letter to Sir James Allen, Mr. Espiner said the interest of the professors was very real and sincere, and." he .asked the High Commissioner to have Dr. Newman's work. "Who are the Maoris? sent over. This was done, and in addition Sir James made a present of a copy of Williams* Maori-English Dictionary. both books " being placed in the library of the Faculte des - Letteres at Poitiers. Sir James has now received another letter from Mr. Espiner conveying the thanks of Professor Tourneur-Aumont and his students for the gifts. Mr. A. E. Williams is a New Zealand student of architecture, who has been admitted an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architecture, having been successful in the sepcial examination. Captain C. E. Blayney (Auckland) has been - appointed resident representative in New Zealand for the Birmingham Small Arms Company, Limited, and its associated companies. Captain Blayney is leaving by the Naldera next week from Marseilles. He intends spending a week or two in Melbourne or Sydney, and expects to reach Auckland about the third week in May. Although "in England chiefly. on a holiday tour, it is the intention of Miss M. Lorimer (Nelson) to Jjsit some of the representative schools in which the newer methods of teaching are being practised. She has brought with her letters of introduction to educational authorities in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and hopes to be able to take advantage of these later on. At present Miss Lorimer is staying with relatives in Surrey,, and Easter will be spent at Bournemouth. About the end of May she will be going to Scotland, and, according to present arrangements, July will be spent in Switzerland. Mr. Joseph McCabe. the well-known writer and contributor to the Rationalistic Press, who was a Roman Catholic priest in his younger days, expects to leave England on March 31, when he will proceed to Australia and New Zealand on a lecturing tour. -Mr. McCabe has been travelling in Russia and the Near East, and has made a study of the European situation.

Mr. Arthur Harper (Wellington) arrived in London recently with his daughter. Miss Joan Harper. Dnrinsr his short stay is this country, business affairs in the City will occupy the greater part of Mr. Harper's time.