NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19230, 20 January 1926, Page 10

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

[FROM Otfß OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Deo. 11. Mr. D. A. Ewen, a past president of the Wellington Rotary Club, spoke at a re- • cent meeting of the Watford Rotary Club, Hertfordshire. He told his audience that Wellington claimed to be the oldest of the Rotary Clubs in New Zealand, having beaten the Auckland Club by 24 hours. Rotary was taking a great hold on the people of New Zealand, and they were very anxious to keep in touch with the British Rotary Clubs, for while they owed their allegiance to the movement *in America, New Zealand was a very British country. It was hoped that Rotary would form fa( very strong band among the nations bordering the Pacific, and it was believed that it would do much in the Pacific question. Mr. Ewen gave an interesting address on New Zealand, its trade and commerce, and on Western Samoa.

Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. McArthur (Auckland) spent the spring months touring in Belgium, Holland and Germany, and during the summer they were motoring in England and Scotland, covering about 5000 miles. They will probably remain in England for another year. The Southern Cross Log mentions the appointment of the Rev. P. Lyle Uppleby, assistant curate of St. Luke's, Winton, Bournemouth, to be travelling secretary for the Melanesian Mission. Mr. Uppleby's duty will be to preach and speak on behalf of the mission and to organise branches and other efforts . for its support. He has had much experience in various parts of the world, and it is anticipated that a great development in the mission's resources will result from his accession to the work. The Log also announces that the mission film will be ready for exhibition at the beginning of the year. This comprises a valuable collection of living Melanesian. pictures, and when the film -is asked for, a lecturer will be sent with it. A number of new associates of Melanesia have been enrolled from many parts of England, and useful work, no doubt, will be done by them locally. After 34£ years' service in the British Army, Brigadier-General W. G. Braithwaite, C.8., C.M.G., D.8.0., retired, on November 21, much against his will, as he is only 55 years of age, and is still very active. Nineteen years of service were spent abroad and 6£ on active service. In addition to the Great War he served in India for five years, in*"South Africa for three in New Zealand for three, and in Egypt for four and a-half. "I can truly and honestly say," Brigadier-Gen-eral Braithwaite remarked, "that the three happiest years of soldiering were spent in New Zealand itself (1911-14). where I received so mnch kindness from everyone. I am not leaving tho Army at all voluntarily.".