NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19254, 17 February 1926, Page 12

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

[FROM OUB OWN COM IE SPONDENT. ] LONDON, Jan. 12. The Earl and Countess Jellicoe are still at St. Lawrence Hall, Ventnor, Islo of Wight, but they hope to be settled in their new home in London, 80, Portland Place, early in February. Lady Gwendoline Jellicoo is now recovering rapidly from the operation which she. underwent in October, and it is expected that she will /bo: able to go to the South ot France for February and part of March. During the latter month Lord and Lady Jellicoe will join her for- a fortnight or so. At present there is not much prospect of Lady Gwendoline visiting New Zealand thig' year. Since - Lord Jellicoe returned to .the Mother Country his services have been in request in connection with' many movements. He accepted the post of Boy Scout Commissioner for the London district,. Archbishop Julius spent Christmas with his - son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. P. A„ Ehvorthy, in Wiltshire. The archbishop appears to be in splendid health now and to have recovered-entirely from the Operation performed in ' Sydney. Shortly, with his daughter, he will leave for the Continent in search of sunshine, and he will probably go to Italy. He will return in March to iulfil a preaching engagement at Norwich. The archbishop hopes to spend about a year in the Mother Country. Mr. A. C. Ross, inspector of New Zealand dairy products, has arrived in London to be attached to the High Commissioner's staff as inspector of New Zealand dairy products throughout the United Kingdom. He expects to be here for two years. Miss A. E. Sate,hell, 8.A., is about to leave for Melanesia, where she will join the Mission Staff. Others about to leavo for the Melanesiah Diocese are Mr. G. E„ Fermor Legatt and D. L. Francis. Sir Arthur Myers is making a complete recovery from his recent illness. With Lady Myers, he hopes to spend a short holiday in the South of France in February. Mr. A. D. Walton, .Auckland, has. just, recovered from a motor accident which took placo in July. He and a friend were travelling to Southampton when they collided with a heavy lorry. The friend, who was driving, was killed instantly and Mr. Walton had a leg broken and two (ribs, the latter piercing the lungs. Ho has mado a good recovery, but is still very weak. Previous to the accident and since 1920, Mr. Walton had been in business in Jamaica. At the end of next month hj« hopes to return to New Zealand. Dr. W. A. BlomJfisld, Auckland, has reoently tftken a post in the Midland Ear and Throat .Hospital at Birmingham. For two and a-haif years ho was house surgeon at the West London Hospital, during which time he also took courses in Ophthalmology and Oto-Bhino-Laryn-gology at the special ear and throat hospitals. Hn then went to the Continent for experience, and attended special lectures at the clinic of Professor Lemaitre, in Paris. Mr. R. S. Clark, Auckland, will lo&vo London this week for St. Cergue, in the Juras, Geneva, where he will attend the winter- sports. On his returr from Switzerland he will make an extensive tour of the United Kingdom, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bowker, Anckland, spent some tints in Australia before coming to England, via Suez. They arrived a week before Christmas and they have booked their return passage by the Rotorua for February 12. Mr. Victor Bohm, To Aroha, is a' rocent arrival, who has com« partly on business in connection with Aha dairy industry, and partly to sc*> his parents, who reside in Esses.