IN THE HOMELAND

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8389, 28 March 1913, Page 3

IN THE HOMELAND

NEW ZEALANDERS ON TOUR. LONDON. February 20. ■.The High Commissioner and the Hon. J. Alien were amongst those present at the memorial service to Captain Scott, held in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Miss Mona Cunningham, of Auckland, is now staying at “The Firs,” Hawthorn road, Wellington, Surrey. Mr Harold Beck, of W elhngton, recently arrived in England, and is staying at 22, Granville road, Walthamstow, Essex. Mr Grafton F. Bothamley, of Wellington, is in London on a visit, his address being 11, Lansdowne crescent. Netting Hill, W. 1 Mr J. Laing, of Wellington, who has been in England for the past few months, leaves for New Zealand on March 14th. Mr David Laing, of New Plymouth, to whom is due the credit of bringing the New Zealand oilfields into notice, is at present in England. Bishop Willis, of Tonga, who as far back as 1872, was Bishop of Honolulu, and held his first curacy in the fifties, is now in England for a holiday. Lady Eileen Knox underwent an operation for appendicitis a few days ago, but, from inquiries made, her New Zealand friends will be glad to hear she is going on very well. Mr H. S. O. Rowley, of Invercargill, is visiting England, his address being care of Eastern Telegraph Co., Electra House, Finsbury pavement, E.C. Mrs Allen, the wife of the Minister of Defence, and Miss Allen, arrived in London last week. They will bo presented at the second Court at Buckingham Palace on Friday next, Mr A. W. St. Clair Tisdall, scholar of Trinity, has been awarded the Chancellor’s gold medal for classics at Cambridge. Mr Tisdall is a son of Rev. W. St. Clair Tisdall, formerly' of New Zealand.

Miss Muriel Ait ken, of Wanganui, was solo pianist at a concert given by the London College of Music on Friday, the 14th, her playing of Mendelssohn’s Concerto in G minor winning much appreciation from the large audience.

Sir Walter Buchanan, x M.P., has been oh’the Continent since his arrival in Europe from New Zealand, and come on to London last Saturday. Captain A. C. Temperley, of _ the Norfolk Regiment, has been appointed as attached to the General Staff of New Zealand, and sails by the Malwa a March 7th. He is married and has two little children, who, with Mrs Temperley, follow by a later boat. Mr Ormsby R. Barnes (Auckland), of the “Queen’s Own” Regiment, is staying for a month in London, en route to India. He sails by the Hardings from Southampton on March 7th for Bombay, going thence to the North-West Frontier, his destination being Cherat (above Peshawur in the mountains), where the 2nd Batallion of his regiment is stationed. Mr and Mrs Joseph Wilson, of Auckland, arrived in England after an extended tour of America. Since then they have toured through Northern Wales, the North of England, and Scotland. Mr Wilson is interested in municipal affairs and education in this country. Mr-and Mrs Wilson intend to bo in London for the next two months.

Among those who attended the memorial service to Captain Scott and his companions at St. Paul’s Cathedral was Engineer-Commander R. W. Skelton, R.N., of H.M.S. Superb, who is a son-in-law of THr Devenish Meares, of New Zealand. The Commander, who is very youthful and wiry in appearance, accompanied G.pta n Sostt on his former Antarctic expedition in the Discovery, which lasted from 1901 to 1904.