ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11809, 11 August 1900, Page 2

ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE.

(From Otjk Own Correspondents.)

LONDON, June 30.

Last Wednesday evening the usual annual conversazione of the Royal Colonial Institute was given with even more than the usual success. It took place, as in former years, in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, where fully 2000 guests assembled between 9 and 12p.m., this being the largest attendance on record. Everything passed off to admiration. Two of London's best military bands discoursed pleasant music in different parts of the huge building, and refreshments were served in several rooms. Some of the arrangements, notably in respect of ladies' dressing rooms, were greatly improved as compared with former years. New Zealanders were present in large numbers. Mr and Mrs-Roiieston, Mr and Mrs Fergus, Mr Justice Denniston and Mrs Douniston, Mr and Mrs Oliver, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Tolhurst, and other prominent colonists now at Homo received hearty greetings from numbers of old friends. The complete list of New Zealand guests, so far as I have been able to compile it, was as follows: —Mr and Mrs George Beetham, Sir Walter Buller, Mr John Beaumont, Major-general E. T. Brooke, Mrs Hunter-Blair, Mr H. C. Cameron, Mr Jonathan Clark, Mr Alexander Carrick, Mr George H. Cowie and Mrj Cowie, Mr W. B. Craig and Mrs Craig, Miss Josephine Cowie, Mr Cohen and Mrs "Cohen, Mr and Mrs A. Crawford, Mr Justice Denniston, Mrs and the Misses-Denniston, Mr S. Edwards, Mr N. W. Edwards, Mr H. O. Fenton, the Hon. T. Fergus and Mrs Fergus, Mrs Gillingham, Mr and Mrs Robert Galloway, Mr D. J. Greenwood, Miss Gibson, Miss Nine Gibson, Mrs Gibson, Mr H. J. Gibbs, Mr W. Grant and Mrs Grant, Mr and Mrs James Hay and Miss M. Hay, Mr and Mrs C. H. Hall, Mr E. Horton, Mr A. Horton, Mr J. C. Banna., Dr C. H. Haines and Mrs Haines, Mr Robert Horton, Mr John Ross aud Miss M. C. Ross, Mr Frank Hyams, Mrs H. S. Izard, Dr C. Inglis, Mr and Mrs Julian Joseph, Miss Isaacs, Mies Isaacs, Mr C. J. Inglig and Mrs Inglis, Mr Walter G. -Izard, and Mrs Izard, Miss Johnston, Mrs Isaacs, Mr and Mrs Walter Kennaway, Mr and Mrs S. Lows, Mr E- L. Memertzhagen, Mr J. E. Nathan, Mr and Mrs H. Nelson, Mr A. N. Nathan, Miss E. M. Nevill, Mr Perceval Clay Noill, Miss Neill, Miss Rita Neill, Miss Nathan, Mr ;and Mrs G.- H. Oatway, the Hon. R. Oliver, Mr T. G; Pleydell, Captain W. Par-fitt, Mr James Patterson, Mr and Mrs H. Mdiierieff Paul, Mr and Mrs Charles Pharazyn, -.Mr Randall, the Hon. .W. Rolleston and Mrs Rolleston, Mr and Mrs Henry Rose, Miss Rose, Miss A. Rose, Miss N. Rose, Mr John Roes, Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, Dr L. W. Rolloston, Mrs and Miss Reynolds, Mr Henry Sargeant and Mrs Sargeant, Mr E. J. Spenee, Miss Spenee, Mr John Stuart, Miss Ina Stuart, Mr S. F. Smithson and Mrs Smithson, Mr Alexander Stewart, Mr G. L. Thomson, Mrs John Turnbull, Mr 0. Howard Tripp, Miss J. E. Turnbull, Mr and Mrs C. G. Tegetmeier, Mr and Mrs G. E. Tolhurst, Miss Tolhurst,, Mrs Rous-Marten, Sir Westby and Lady Perceval and Miss Perceval, Miss Dorothy Quick, Mr C. R. Valentine, Mr. James H. Wallace and Mrs Wallace, Mr S. G. Worsp, Colonel R. Williams and Mrs Williams, MiThomas Wood and Mrs Wood, Mr H. E.

Worsp, Mr William Weddell, Mr W. C. Watson and Mrs Watson, Mrs Willes and Mis 3 Willes, Mr P. G. Weddell, Miss Zimau, Mr and .Mrs D. Ziman.