LONDON PERSONALS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7867, 1 August 1911, Page 1

LONDON PERSONALS

LATEST NEWS BY MAIL TICE DOINGS or NEW ZEALANDERS A I3KOAD. moil ouu. spncur. coßfcEsroNnzN'r. LONDON, June 23. In the abseucv of Sir John Findlay, A Koruey-f touornl of Now Zealand, who ivas unable to he present, JToiVssor A. W'. Lickertnn, of Christchurch, pre\.o,ifd on Saturday evening at tho Corooaliott di/mer of the Colonial Club. Amongst tin* Now Zoulamlors ji resent wore Messrs C. I). Litfhlbaml and G. L. Haase C. A. Kcsspll. C. W. UAteroft, H. w/Ueale s. Lancaster*, I'. Armstrong, T. ITilvt’i., V/. C. Tisch, C. J. Milner, (', .1), Hart. A. G. Davidson, M, Johnson,. F. < Hay, W. Gregory, J. Dedell (Christchurch,*, .1) Wighton (Falmrrstou North;, H. T. Randall, A. 11 Dabone. C. A. McCarthy 'Wanganui). F. K. 'dill. C. W. Owles (Cajiterbury;. W. M. FytV. J. A Draco '.Dunedin), ii Hartley (Invercargill, H. W. Jennings (Xcw lO.vmuutli;, and C. A. Ke.-sell (hon. secretary!." The toasts of “The Mother Country,” “The Colonies “ and “The Visiting Premiers ” were proposed by Me.-srs Jugtitbaml, i Jan berry "and Kc-ssell resneel ivedy. Professor IJickertuu proposed ** The Dress,” and said that for over thirty years newspapers, without exception, had treated him with the greatest kindness, and supported him in Ills life’s work. During the evening an iniutiaul discussion V.ook pine.* with regard In enlarging Inc scope, of the Colonial Club. Several New Zealanders journeyed down tc iiign \V ycoui bo on Saturday for bpcvcfi Day at . Wycombe Abbey, Die large girlA school to which Miss A. V/lutehiw, of Auckland. wa> axnumitod loGhvss some months ago. Miss Fraser, late headmistress of \vangaiuii Girls' High School, was given a scat on the platform, and Miss AVhitciaw in her speech, tendered a welcome to Miss .Vraser on behalf of the . si-hook Airs Fraser (Dunedin;, Miss .Mabel Leys, Miss A. M. Williams, and Miss At. Dell Ouckhuul;, and Air and Airs J. D. While buy (Auckland; were among the nix or seven hundred guests who assembled in “Big School” for "the ceremony, und who were afterwards entertained to ti a in a marquee, erected in the beautiful grounds of the abbey. Sir John ’Wolfe Barry, tlie famous engineer, yvifi presided at the ceremony, said the mantle of a great woman had fallen on Miss Whiteiaw. for her predecessor. v Miss .Dove, luul btyni a force not only in the school, but in the world at large. But the council wore.confident that the new headmistress would support the mantle and carry on tho great work of which AUss Dove had laid tho foundations. Miss Whiteiaw, whose speech was extremely well received, thanked the council and the school for the way they had supported her at tho inception of her great task as successor to Miss Dove.

Mr and Mrs Richard Essex and Miss Olive Essex, of Balracrston North, '.vho arrived ou June !)tli by tho Seydlitz, Hi ado a brief visit to Scotland to visit relatives t in Dumfries, Edinburgh) Glasgow, Stirling, and .Forfar, returning to Loudon last Monday. Mrs Essex was visiting ■ Scotland after an absence of thirty years, and met many friends of her childhood. London '.rill lie their headquarters until July <Uh, when they go to America to visit relations- returnuig to this country in September in oruer to 'revisit Scotland ami tour in Ireland and on .the Continent before setting sail for Now Zealand. Mr Essex is on a holiday .trip, but is taking the opportunity to push two Palmerston North inventions, one by Mr E. .1. Armstrong, and one by Air G. AV. Shailes. So far, however, he has not met with much success in this matter, tho Coronation having overshadowed all business, but bo hopes to bo eventually ■successful.

Mr W. ,T. M'unro, of the T,ands Departruont at Auckland, arrived last week via South Africa, and will remain in London during the Coronation celebrations, leaving early in July for the Highlands of Scotland in order to meet his relations, Air J. Atimro. AI.P. for Caithness, being his cousin. While in the north Mr Alnnro will consult Air Douglas Alanlell. the oculist. Owing to shortness of time and difficulty in securing a return passage at the required time. Air Munro has been reluctantly compelled to decline a pressing invitation from tho Grand Chaplain of the International Junior brotherhood, Ohio (11.51 A.), of which ho ’.s one of four foreign deputies, to attend n»d participate in tho general council to he held at Circlevilln in August next. Eeforo returning to the Dominion in October ho will make a short stay iu Pans, thence as far as Lucerne.

Ate and Airs Harold Bennett, of AVel.ungtou, arrived here fourteen months ago, spent the first month in Italv, and returned to London this month for the Coronation. After several months in London they will visit Scotland and tho iiorth ot iiiiglancl, and then return to Aow Zealand via New York and Vanc.ouvcr.

The Countess of Hardwicks (lato of Auckland) was jmoug the guests at iuinclagh last Saturday for the nolo finals. J

Sir .Tamos anti Lady .Mills, of Dunedin •a-ere guests of Mr Norton Griffiths, M P,’ at I ample Mouse; Great Atarlow. last Saturday. They have taken a flat in Clarges street for tho season.

Taafio. of Waimato and Ghnsf-phurch. has come ovetr to England in order to sit for the British Optical Association s diploma, and is at present ot the British Optical Institute studying tinder Dr Corine. Here- ho will probably put in a. few months. After his exatnina tion ho intends to visit tho principal factories for tho manufacture of optical goods on tho Continent and in America. Ho also hopes to take a- pleasure trip to Scotland and Ireland before returning to ■New Zealand.

, A lr r ‘? ALv O. .T. E. Bickford, the latter tho winner of the “Now Zealand limes voting contest, arrived in London on Sunday, and are at present stav*ns rntti Mre Bickford's brother at AtuV ncll H ill. _ i lieir plans arc at present somewhat indefinite save that after the ..oronabon they intend to out in throe weeks in Devonshire and Cornwall.

■M rs AI. Strnthors, of Christchurch, arrived by the Moollan last Friday. She is in London for the Coronation, and intends to stay about eight months in this country.

Mr Thus IT. Strange of Onniarn and Ttivercargal.l. arrived in England at Easter, .and smeo then has been to Scot-

land anil jrat in the rest of his time sightseeing, in London and in a tour of tho English Lakes. Before returning, to New Zealand, via America, in October, ho hopes to visit Baris and Brussels.

Air W. Black Topp, of Greymouth, is on a pleasure trip to England, and will be. here till August 10th, visiting Ireland, Scotland, tho Channel Islands, and other places, and returning to New Zealand, via South Africa.

Mr W. J. Mowat, of AVellington, arrived hero ou Juno 10th by the Omxah ou a pleasure trip. After tho Coronation ho visits Lancashire and Edinburgh before departing for Australia, where ho will spend some time, returning to New Zealand before Christmas.

\ Air Ernest Ellett, of Alangere, Auckland, who is in London for the Coronation, hopes to attend all the , leading agricultural shows hore, and to seo what will improve the dairy herds of New Zealand. After the Coronation ho visits Scotland and Ireland.

Air U. Cooper, of To Aroha, who is here to see the Coronation, will visit Scotland and Suffolk before sailing to New. Zealand ou July 20th. Mr Cooper is taking opportunity to look into tho question of distribution of New Zealand batter in this country.

Air 11. Stcnton, of Christchurch, arrived hero on June Bth, via Suez. After the naval review ou Juno 34th ho will visit Ireland and Scotland, spending altogether about three months in this part of tho world. He will travel overland to Naples on the homeward journey, and will stay six, months iu New South Wales before returning to New Zealand.

Mr John Essex, of Napier, who arrived here by tho Ruapehu, will spend n few weeks in London, visit Scotland and Ireland, and also his birthplace, Littleton on Severn, which he has not seen for thirty-one years. He hopes to spend a few weeks on the Continent before leaving for New Zealand b'y the Remucra on September 28th.

Mrs Sibbald, of Auckland, and her daughters Misses Mary and Amy Sibbald, arrived in London on the flth Juno by tho Ruapehu. They' purpose reinaining in London till August, when they will go to Paris, and there join Dr Sibbald, who has . the post of surgeon in the British Hospital. Tho Misses Sibbald will have the advantage of good musical training for a few years.

,Jlr Ralph Rayner, lato of tho Grey \ alley, "West Ooast, .and at present under the Sudan Government, has arrived in England on leave. He has travelled through Northern Italy, via Venice and Turin, and after a stay in London has proceeded to the North and Scotland. Ho returns to the Sudan in August, via the Rhino Valley, Munich and Trieste. Ho hopes on his next official leave to revisit New Zealand.

Air .1. C. Marciol, of Christchurch, is on a holiday trip to England for rest and change, accompanied bv bis daughter. They arrived last Friday. June IGth, by tho Kaikoura, and wit! return to New Zealand at'the end of August, visiting meanwhile the South Coast, Manchester, Madrid, and Paris.

Four members of Maggie Papafcura's Maori troupe at the White City rode in the Coronation Royal Progress on Juno 2l!vd as members of the New Zealand Contingent. They were Tiki Papakum, Aperahaua Wiari, Teti Room, and Kero Gpa Hori. Of these Wiari rode in the Coronal ion procession of the late King Edward.