LONDON PERSONALS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8192, 6 August 1912, Page 8

LONDON PERSONALS

LATEST NEWS BY MAIL Till: DOINGS OF NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD. FEOH OtJK SPECIAL COEEBS PON DENT. LONDON, Jtmo 28. Mr K. Izard, of Wellington, is among tlio competitors in the English ciotjuet championships now in course ot decision at (ho Koeluimpton Clubs grounds. in the Singles Championship tor men -Mr Izard lias iron hie way into the fourth round, heating cn route Mr Lomas (minus K jjlns 8 plus 2 1 ), Mr liayden Stone (plus 27 plus 28) and Mr E. lurner (plus 28 plus 2a). 1“ tho Mixed Doubles tho New Zealander partnered by .Mins D. Standring, but after beating Mr Cotton and Mrs Fhilpot in the first round by 28, the Anglo-New Zealand combination was put out in the next senes l,v 11. Corbally and Miss Reid, who finished 20 up on Mr Izard and his

A wedding of New Zealand interest that took plane yesterday at St. James s Church. Sussex Gardens, was that of Mies A sues Margaret Anson, second daughter of" Mr and -Mrs Frederick Anson, of I’iraki, Now Zealand, and niece of air William Anson, the well-known. ALP. There were six bridesmaids —the .Misses Janet and Ann Anson, Millicent Keenlyside, Ueartrix Keenlyside, Winifred Duller, and Miss Jean Campbell—and these wore frocks of white crepe-de-chine with pow-der-blue sashes, and hate trimmed with marguerites. The bride, who was given away hv her father, was in a princess gowii of white satin trimmed with old Brussels point lace. Her veil was also of old Brussels lace, and she carried a bouquet. of lilies of the valley and roses. Air Dallas H. Young was best man. The honeymoon is being spent at Barons Down, lent by Bear-Admiral Algernon Anson.

Dr W. A. Chappie, M.P., late of Wellington, spoke on the care and control of the feeble-minded at tho Biennial Health Conference at the Royal Horticultural Hall yesterday afternoon.

Mr Wray Palliser is down in Cornwall for tho week-end attending tho RadioTelegraphic Conference at Poldhu at tho Marconi Company’s station.' Mr W. G. Duthie, of Wellington, and Captain Henry Haydon, of Palmerston North, were Empire delegates to the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce held at Derby a few days ago. Mrs and Miss MeArdle, of Wellington, have spent six weeks in Ireland and a couple of weeks in Scotland and are now leaving for . tho Continent where they hope to visit Paris, Switzerland, and Italy. They then return to Ireland for the Horse Show and then come back to England again. They leave by the Mantua on October 18th for Sydney, where they intend remaining some time. M> Howard J. Young, son of Mr T. D. Young, of Timam, has joined thp engineering department of tho Glen Steamship Company trading between London and Japan.

Mr and Mrs Joseph Liggins, of Tokomam, tho former tho president of the New Zealand Flaxmillers’ Association, and a well-known breeder of Holstein cattle, arrived in London recently aftbr a tour of Italy, Germany and Pans. Callers at the High Commissioner’s Offices this week have been :—Mrs M. Staples-Brown© (Rotorua), Miss IX Welan (Wellington), Miss Walsh (Wellington), Mr and Mrs England (Auckland), Mr A. R. Dunn (Auckland), Mr Alexander Browne (Christchurch), Mr P. C. Bridgeman (Dunedin), Miss Kathleen Mair, Mrs John and tho Misses Peat (Wanganui), Mr and Mrs W. Holman (Auckland), Mrs J. C. George (Now Plymouth). Mr R. E. Gordon George (New Plymouth), Miss M. J. Mander (Auckland), Mr and Mrs James Henderson (Auckland), Mr A. R. Potter (Napier), Mr and Mrs E. B. Davies (Wanganui). Mrs T. Pascoo Bryant and the Misses E. B. and L. Bryant (Wellington). Mr and Mrs Scott, of _ Christchurch, arrived in London a fortnight ago. Miss Katie Scott, their daughter, having preceded them by three months. They think ot returning by the Alalwa, which leaves London on November Ist. '

Miss. Fraser, late principal of Wanganui College, who is to bo principal of the Presbyterian girls’ school which it is intended to found in Hawke’s Bay, is spending a month, in London. She is visiting many of the largest, girls’ schools with the special purpose of studying the arrangements they make for their boarders.

Tho funeral of Mrs George Gray Russell, formerly of Dunedin and Timaru, who died at Glasgow from heart failure while on a motor tour, took place at Bournemouth yesterday - , amongst those present being Sir William Hall-Jones, Mrs Grafton Ross, Mr Russell (nephew), Captain and Miss Wray, Mr G. H. Rhodes, Mrs Wills, Mr and Mrs Mnbon, Air and Mrs Donaldson, Air Nelson George, Mr and Airs Michie, and Air Row.

Mr Join Bolsillie, of Palmerston North, arrived in England recently, haring travelled Home by Tray of Australia and Suez in the Orient liner Oramn, and eoranleting the journey overland from Naples, via Rome, Florence, Venice, Lucerne and Earis. _ The Continental part of his trip occupied three weeks and proved most enjoyable. _ Since his arrival in England Mr Balsillie has been busy doing London’s "lions.” Next week he proposes to attend the Sheepbreeders’ Association meeting at Doncaster, and thence goes on to Scotland for a tour in the Highlands. He will probably leave the Old Country some time in October, for America cn route for the Dominion. New Zealand papers are asked to announce the death on June 23rd. at Hillside, Ilfracombe, of Elizabeth Vidal, widow of the late Thomas Moxon, Captain, Retired List H.M. Madras Army, and daughter of the late Western Goss, surgeon, of Dawlish, aged seventy-soven years. Miss E. O’Reilly, of Hastings, is on a visit to her brother, a medical student at Edinburgh University. She will probably remain in England for a couple of years.