PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14686, 20 November 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(Feosi Oct. Owk Coerespoxdext.)

LONDON. October 8. Mr Kyrlo Bellow, the well-known actor, lias boon seized with illness, and has been (ompolleil 1o cancel all his engagements for the ensuing week. It appears that lie has broken a. nasal bloodvessel, and his condition is reported to be serious.

The Very Rev the Dean of Christchurch lias reached London, and ha will remain in the .Metropolis until the end of the month. Then ho will start on a round of visits to numerous; friends in different parts of England. After Christmas he hopes to sec something of tho Continent. The holiday visit of the dean will extend over to next March.

When John Burns lived in a little workman's house at Lavender Hill all the walls were rovercd with books to the filing. He loved thoin so much that when promotion to the Cabinet brought with it promotion to a larger house,.lie personally carried all the hooks into Ihe newer dwelling. In the Frankfurter Zeitung a correspondent sUite3 that ho recently mentioned to Mr Burns how much he admired the splendid old Shakespeare editions in the library at Strat-ford-on-Avon. "Isn't that a.' splendid library?" Mr Burns asked with flashing eyes, and, taking his visitor by the arm, he said: 'I have a Second Folio, and if. as was for a tiino intended, my salary had been raised. I should also possess a First Folio." j'hc correspondent adds: "And for this" Second Folio this ex-workman paid £1000, the half of his Ministerial salary. And with a chuckle he said he thought it an excellent ■investment."

Among lliose admitted to Priest's Orders on Sunday in London was the Rev. 11. \\ St. J. Hovel!, M.A., of thy University oi New Zealand, and Ridley Hall, C.imbri'dg.-.

Miss M. Smith (Duncdiii) is slaying in Sea-borough uilli relatives, en route to Gotland. The American route is tile one which Miss Smith has selected for her return journey some time next year.

Another well-known Now Zealander. Mr Harry B. Vogel, hay had the gratification of having a three-act comedy accepted for production by tho London Playwrights' Association. Over 100 plays were submitted, out of which Mr Vogel's and a one-act

" curtain-raiser" were selected. Just nonMr Yogel is a busy city man, but he finds time lo do ft considerate amount of literary work. Another play of his—which lie considers infinitely better—was recently retained out of 300 by (lis reader of one of the leading Loudon managers, and com mended for production. Quito recently Mr Vojjcl published a very fiucjess'ul novel dealing chiefly with New Zealand themes, while "Gentleman Garnet," his bushranging novel, was published during the summer in shilling; form. Messrs Pearson have acquired from him the popular rights oi

"A Maori Maid," lo be published next spring. Mr Vogel is also under contract to Messrs Greening to supply two other novels, so that his hands arc full.

The Misses Cartwright (Canterbury) have arrived in England, via. America, acrass which Continent the journey was mads by easy stages. At the they are staying with Mr and Mrs Scomen, formerly of Pleasant Point, of New Zealand, who are residing at Stevenage, Hertfordshire. A general tour of the Britiili Isles is to follow, extending into the Now Tear. The Now Zealand-ward journey will be 1 madevia the Continent and Suez.

Mrs Dall (Wellington) is making preparations for ; her return voyage to New Zealand J she is to leave London at the end of the month, but her daughter will remain bore anil continue her vocal studies with Madame Minna Pisc-hor. Mrs and Miss Dall have bsen spending the last two months travelling in tho South of England, and before coming back" to the. metropolis they stayed for a short while in Paris.

There were two delegates from New Zealand at the Dental Confeienco latelv held in Berlin-Mr A. 11. Elkin (Auckland) and Mr Charles Hay. Tho conference was held in the Reichstag, and the great building was tilled day after day by representatives from all parts of (lie world. After having seen something of Devonshire, Mr Elkin is going to Sussex to stay with his brother, the Row J. B. Elkin. He will be on this side of the world until next spring, when the return journey will bo undertaken by way of tho United States and Canada.

This week the P. and 0. s.s. Mongolia is a full shin. Her outward-bound pas--sengers include Mrs 11. C. Mules, Mr and Mm J. A. Sper.ee, Mr A. F. Norman, Mr W. T. Limbriek, Mr and Mrs C. Tindall, Mr and Mrs A. B. Jcsko, Mr li. N. Bealev, Mrs S. Dafgleisli.

A fcrcor student at Canterbury College, the Rev. E. S. Buchanan, who is now one of tho clergy at St. Paul's Church, Onslow s<im.vb, London, is about to have published one of the oldest Biblical manuscripts in existence. It is written on purple vellum with gold and silver ink, and is preserved at Verona, where Mr Buchanan spent many months in deciphering it. lie discovered some leaved hitherto unknown to Biblical scholars. Tho Eov. E. 8. Buchanan was invited to .the meeting of tho commission appointed by bis Holiness the Pope to revise tho Roman Catholic Bible.

Dr W. If. Unwin (Christehurch), who has recently arrived in London with Mrs Unwin and their two children, intends lo do m much jost-graduate work in surgery and modiolus as the time at his disposal will permit, also he hones to have some spare time jo visit his relatives. Just now' ]1r Unwin is staying at Short lands, Kent, with his mother, coming up to London each day. According to present plans the visit will extend only until early in tho year, and in tho meanwhile Dr Unwin hopes to take a run over to Germany,

The Hon. Mr Hall-Jones lo.is p, groat deal belter since his enforced sojourn at Folkestone, where ho has regained a lot of tho strength he lost as the result of the accident to Ins knee. M c came bade to tho city ii. few days ago, and is now installed at Ins office again, but ho is slill, needless to say. exercising the greatest care. Throughout his illness he has transacted th- important oflico work rcidarlv either in his house at Earls Court or at rolkcstone.

Passengers by the s.s. Orsovn, via An--■'"Ha, on tno next outward voyage will include Mr and Mrs D. E. Hutfon (formerly of Wa.mii) an d their children. Mr Ilutton has devoted several years to his art studies in this country and abroad,

lm■ ■ I ! ?n"? » a '"" !l G °wnmenfc have mended Dr L. U . Umv ; n „.. - Mr O. 1). Ormandy (Christehurch), the Very Jicv. the Dean of Christehurch, Mr lv J. I'ope (Christehurch). Mr N M Kelly (fnvereargill). ]),- g j f o ' v ; ' I ((.•hnstcliurch), Mr fi. Vanes (Duncdin). "'

Having passed the two examinations of Ihe Royal Institute of Jirilish Architects, , • r-^ 1111 . 03 I:as hec.i elected an aisc cialo (f ihat institute. Ho has made arrangomonls to leave this country on his return to Dunedm by the s.=. Frederick dor C.r«» which he will join at Naples < : .i November 10. subseoucut ( 0 n IV.unncntal tour, M. Yanes's experience bee durmg nearly three yre has not cnlv been conhncd to ihe "„,t" £ : (W w , • „,„,. siou but he has seen something of the modern and sound methods of construction m sloe! and concrete. Inmiedintclv on his return lC N P „- ~„ nj| , b ; practise as an architect.

Mn I .M. Brooke (Madame Beltv Brook*), former ly of Chmtclmrch, who ha'x * '" *««' V'l* fnr So! '"' n'onlb nast I:-'-" ron.e Inbrbd for a visit, combing nle.-.Mtie wirn f!:« uraseciition of h.?r ])rP . ■■(■■'■"'. on. Sim |, a , I M< l a llllnil]Pr „f engagements in I hi* country. ;„,,,'■ ;< forward to doing more hero ~t a ]:,(,;

— llie unique association of TVsmore and Alabaster, tiio publishers, wl losr , msincss has just been acquired by Mesep .Marshall Bros., with the late Charles Haddon hpurgcon is generallv known. When but a young man beginning in London his wonderful ministry Mr Spurgeon was prevailed upon to permit the publication of a sermon each week, and from that day lill this the weekly issue has been continued without a break. At the present time there aro no fewer than 3157 sermons of the famous preacher in print, of which over 300 million copies have been sold, while stock of unpublished manuscript,'; is sufficient to maintain the weekly publication for the iis\r 10 years. Though 17 years have passed since the d-?ith of Mr Spurgeon .the demand for bis sermons continues in a remarkable way.