PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Otago Daily Times, Volume 13696, Issue 13696, 12 September 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(Faou Ora Own CoMxsrowiwv.) LONDON,.August 3. In the list just published of the result of llu University of Louden intermediate examination in medicine 'for internal and external students I notice the nuiiio of Mr Harry Cecil E. Darling;, of University College and ihe University of Otago, New Zealand. Mr Darling also gained tho University College- silver medal in histology early this month. _ The competitive examination fon commissions in Ihe Indian medical service was held last week, and the results of tho examination have just ken announced. The subjects were:— Medicine and Therapeutics, Surgery and Eye Diseases, Pathology anil Bacteriology, Surgical Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery and Diseases' of Women and Children, Chemistry and Materia Mcdicn, and either Botany or Zoology.. For the 20 vacancies 47 candidates, presented themselves. The highest marks (3379 out of a possible 5100) foil to a Glasgow" man, and eighteenth oil the list appears the name of a New Zeidaiidcr,. Mr William Malcolm Thomson, M.A., M.8., 8.01 i., of Otago University, New Zealand, who eamc out of the exam, with .3026 marks. At the ordinary quarterly comitin of the Royal - Colleco of ■ Physicians of London, held a few ' days ago, the president (Sir R; Douglas Powell) being in tlio _ chair, the following gentlemenHiaving passe I tho required oxamiin.iion and conformed to tho by-laws and rcirnln.tibns- of the college—wore among those who had license granted to them to practise physic: R. D. Barron, Otago and Guy's; E. W. Gicsen (Wellington), Guy's Hospital; A. 'Kinder, New Zealand and London; P. F. M'EVcily, Guy's. The same four also have passed tho required examinations and conformed to the 'by-laws of tho Itoyal Collcgo of Surgeons, England, and at the last ordinnry meeting of th'o council they were duly admitted as members of the college. Mr W. .1. Napier lias returned to London from Scotland and .flic North of England, where lie has been on-a tour of inspection of harbour works. Ho inspected the harbours and docks at Glasgow, Greenock, Gdurock, Aberdeen; Leiih, Dundee, Oban, Liverpool, and 'Newcastle. Ho was much impressed with,, what ho saw, and he received a largo amount of information from the various harbour, authorities, by whom ho was hospitably treated. Mr Napier has left town to rest for a few days with Lord Katfctoek at the country scat of the latter in. Hampshire, after which he will leave for the Continent, embarking at Naples in ■September on the s.s Orontc-s on his return voyage to Auckland, via Suez and. Australia.

The passenger lists are rapidly filling up for all ihe outward-bound stealers failing at the end of August onward to the autumn months. In the passenger list of the P. ar.d O. steamer Mongolia, soiling from London on the 17th hist.,' C retire the names ot Miss Fotlor, Mr 8. ■•Birch, Mr W. H. Mercer, and Mr G. Tiitt. By the Oftmtos, which is to leave London on September 7, t1.0." following are among the numerous intending passengers: Mr S. Falconer, Mr and Mfs J. A. Plimmor and Mis.", l'lunincr, Mr \V. J. Napier, Mrs Clapperton, Dr and Mr s Hassell. "•

The Pall Mall Gazette remarks:—"Mr Winston Churchill is to leave for Canada shortly to enjoy a holiday, and at,lhe same time to study the institutions and characteristics of our great Dominion. It is well that the representative! of the Colonial Office in the Houso of Commons should become practically acquainted with British America, and -it would bo better still if he wero to coiitiuuo his journey across the Pacific and seo something of Australia and New Zealand. He would probably return to Westminster with less lkmboyaney_ of speech and more solidity of information. The'Karl of Elgin, the Colonial Secretary, was born in Canada, but he has not seen his native land for many years. Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes and their family are in Scotland at their residence in Nairnshire.

Mr and Mrs \V. Sludholme are at present staying in Devonshire. Air and Mrs J. iStiidlmime intend roluriifg to New Zealand, via Australia, by (he P. and O. steamer Mooltan. Mr and Mrs C. J. Crawford will also go out to the colony bv the same steamer.

Tho few. members who were to bo seen in Iho lobby of the House of Commons on Satuvday had tho opportunity of seeing for the first time a convenient little contrivance for llio automatic supply of stumps. On a ledge near the entrance to the House stood a miniature penny-in-the-slot instrument neatly cased ill oak. Oil paMing pennies into llio opening provided for tin; purpose anil movie;; a- hswHc members/found themselves provided with postage'stump? v/ilhntil having to trouble the clerks in the neighbourinir post office. An 'attendant stood by with a supply of.foreign coins and metal discs: to show that if they were dropped into the slot they were at once returned unaccompanied by stamps. The machine, which is the invention of Mr R. J. Dickie, of New. Zealand, is faid to have given complete satisfaction-when tested for several, weeks at tho New Zealand General Tost Office. It. is assumed that the. device lis." lite, approval of the Postmaster-general in London, otherwise the machine would not have macio its. appearance at'.Bl. Stephen's. The day before yesterday, a wedding of interest In readers in the colony took place at (he Cliin-ch of St. Mary Maedalon. lirnckloy, H.K. The. bridetroom was Mr Arthur Boniface O'Brien. M.8., U.S., fourth son of Mr Michael O'Brien, of Christchurch, New Zealand; tho bride was-Miss Mary Catherine Carter, eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs Carter, of St. John's. London. R.E... The ceremony was performed by llio'Rev.: Father Snranklin, assisted by the Rev. Father O'Neill

The visiting Ancklalidcrs ■ who are also howlers have hail 'several more games since the mail loft last week. One clay they defeated a rink of internationals, captained by \V. G. Grace. The name, which was played at the Crystal Palace, was an exciting ono throughout, and was won' b,y the. N'e'.v Zealand players by a siiirlo ' point only—2l to 20. On Tuesday, at High-gate, the visitors from Now Zealand defeated a rink of the North London Club, who were chamtiious of the London and Southern Counties 13.A.; the scores were—22 points to 15. Yesterday again .the visitors had success, for they met and defeated the South London Club, ox-champions of-the London and Southern Counties Bowling Association. This time they were 5 points ahead, the scores being 25 to 20.

Mr. and Mrs W. A. Crawford (Duncdin) caimi back lo London last week after ft very delightful tour in Scotland, and now thoy are in Paris, where they will stay for a little whi'.o. Thoy have been much attracted by the " stir" and bustle of the European cities as compared with those of New Zealand. On every hand they havo met with the utmost kindness, and they have' been greatly impressed with the good opinions . and the interest, taken in New Zealand affairs by, all with whom thoy come in ccnlact. Mr and Mrs Crawford will eoino back to London from Paris, and they will remain in England for a. f<;w months before returning fo New Zealand. , .•Reviewing chess in Now Zealand, the Chess Editor of The Times says:—"What does surprise us is'.the immense interest in British elioss and-in problems in general at so great t a. distance from Home. Until. I began writing this series'l should never have supposed tliat'lg articles could hi written without exhausting the composers of a single colony.'.My eyes wore owned by.Mr S. S. Blaokburne. He placed at my disposal the materials ho had collected for a history of New Zealand chess problems, which ill-health prevented his completing, and to which' I shall frequently have occasion to refer later. He showed me not only the antiquity, but the remarkable spread of problems in tho colony. The late J. C. Roll, whose No. 811 appealed in. tho Illustrated London News in 1846, emigrated to New Zealand,-and published his jubilee problem there (No.. 810) SO years, later. Two very interesting .'cases showing the spread of Now Zealand, chesi are found in G. F. Wobdham and T. E. Green. Neither is a composer of high rank, but when one learns .that the former is a hopeless lunatic and the latter a Native Maori chief and blind, and that 'both havo virtual'y taught themselves the principles of tfic art, we can well *"> astonished at tho vitality of tho country." ■

In one of the London papers there is a "silly-season" controversy going on 011 the subject "Arc Wo Becoming liCss Religious?" and numerous long letters arc published each day from numerous correspondents. One of the hriefost letters, however, on record has been sent to that journal by tlio Primate of New Zealand. Writing from Nottingham a few days ago, Bishop Novill, under the heading "Wealth and Opportunity," said: "It is the old question of increased wealth giving increased . opportunities and inclination to all sensual .gratifications." Brief, but much to tho point! This week the callers at the London office of the New. Zealand Government have included: Miss Young (Christelmrch), Mr Francis E. Golden (Auckland). . Mr'.C. Taylor (Auckland). Miss'. Elsie Kernpthorno (Duncdin), Mr,F. J. Huntley (Otagol, Miss .1. M'Boalh (Titnarii). Commander Sinclair, Mr H. W. Nixon (New- Plymouth), Mr Gcoruc ' L. Desclilcr " (Invcrc'argill),- • Mia

Constance Macbeth (Cliristclmrcli),iMr M. R. H. Legg (Kaipara arid Johannesburg), Mr and Mrs Bruton Sweat (Wliangarci), Mr 0. B. 'fudehopc (Auckland),. Mr A. ,). Cox (Gisborno), Mr J. A. Brown, Mrs D. H. Brown, and Miss E. F. Brown'(Christchurch), Mr S. S. Button (Duncdin). '