OUR LONDON LETTER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10104, 23 March 1909, Page 1

OUR LONDON LETTER.

(Fkoji Oup. Owx Cohiiespoxdent.) London, February 11. Mr L. Ayson, tho Chief Inspector of Fisheries in. the Dominion, lias just completed his collection of salmon ova in the United Kingdom, and is leaving tin's week by the Rakaia, in charg,-> of a larfto shipment. Miss Irene Fraser .Tones, the eldestdau'frhterof Mr Edward Fraser Jones, of Wellington, left by the Asturias last Friday, for the Dominion. The Wellington contralto, Miss Mina Caldow, is coming here in April next, to have her voice trained. She will be accompanied by her mother, and they will come by the Corinthio. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones has been elected a member of the Central Council of the Victoria League. He was also elected last week n. Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. Other distinguished personages who were elected at tlie same time were Captain Gerard K. .R. Stephens, - of the Riflo Brigade and late A.D.C. to Lord Northcote, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Mr Cauldwel! H. Anderson, M.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.I'.. and Engineer-Commander W. Clarkson. Miss Amy Richardson, the young New Zealand violinist, is giving her services for a concert to be held at Hotel Great Central on 23rd inst., in aid of the "mother parish of East London, " St. Dunstan's, Stepney. On the 22nd inst., at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Dublin, will take place the marriage between the Hen. Kathleen Plunket, daugter of the late Archbishop of Dublin, and sister of Lord i'hniket, Governor of New Zealand, and Mr Edward Lyeott Lyon, of the ISth Hussars. A marriage is announced to take place shortly between Albert' Edgar Lilly-Wynne, late of Christrhurch, and Ellen Tavleur. of Onklands. Ruthen, the third' daughter of the late Mr and Mrs T-fenrv T. Tavleur. of Brvnft'yon, Ivtitheii,' North Wales. A man well known throughout tho Dominion lately passed away in the person of Mr \V. G. Sopor, late of Caterhani, Surrey, and a in tlie firm of -Davies and Sopor, New Zealand merchants, of St. Mary Axe. Mr Sopor left legacies to the whole of the firm's office stalf. The amount of the will was £110,420, personality ■£83,133. The death is also announced of Frances Elizabeth Alice (Dessie), wife of Mr H. A. Norris, of Toweester, formerly of New Zealand. Colonel E. A. Noblett, late 18th Royal Irish Regiment, has just died atthe of 71. He served throughout the New Zealand war of 1563-(W, and was present at the affair■ in the Wairoa Bush, and the actions of Nukumaru and' Popola, receiving the New Zealand War medal. Sir Lambert Onnsby, of Dublin, who is one of the New Zealand Vice-presi-dents of the Imperial Colonial Club, lectured there on Wednesday on "Imperialism." A series of limelight views, lent by Mr Fklward Parratt, LL'.D., Edinburgh, editor' of "Britain Overseas" illustrated the lecture, these slides showing the.different peoples of the Empire. Sir Lambert Ormsby is a Dominionite by birth, and a past president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. New" Zealanders distinguished themselves in tho England v. Ireland Medical International Rugby match, played at Richmond. The English side won a strenuous match by 17 points (1 goal 4 tries) to nil. ■ The New Zealanders scored no less than 11 of tho points. A. C. Palmer scored twice, and L. B. Stringer once. Among other New Zealanders in the team were Alan Adams, A. S. Theale, A. B. Lindsay. J. Meliaffey, and P. F. Foote. Speaking of the recent tour of tho Wallabies, and comparing it with those of the "All Blacks" and the Africans, a ' well-informed ; weekly remarks :—ln their recently completed tour the Wallabies met 13 teams, who also played against New Zealanders and Africans. Tho All Blacks won 12 and lost 1 (320 points to 18), the Africans -won II and lost 1 and cl.i-e.vy- 1.(205 points to 39), and the Wallabies won 11 and lost 2 (193' points to 09). The sides were England," AVales, Devon, Gloucestershire, Cornwall,' Glamorganshire,'. Durham, the ' Universities, "' Yorkshire,' Somerset, Newport, and Cardiff. In Wales the All Blacks . • played five matches and won four and lost one (29 points to 17), the Africans played six and won five and-lost. one (58 to 23), and the Australians,.played-ten and won live, lost fotir' and drew* one (79 _to 62). The Africans did not meet "Swansea, and tho.'All Blacks Llanelly.