LONDON PERSONAL NOTES.

Southland Times, Issue 17244, 15 January 1913, Page 3

LONDON PERSONAL NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent). LONDON", December 6. Colonel A. AV. Robin. representing Xew Zealand on the Imperial General Staff at the War Office, London, has been appointed Military Advisor and Inspector of War-like Stores for the dominion, vice Major-General F. Harding Steward, C.M.G., lately retired. The Morning Rost announces that a marriage has been arranged between the Rev. Cyril Fanahaw Lewis, youngest son of the late Rev. David Lewis, of Briton Ferry, and Miss Fffie May Mackenzie. only daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Mackenzie, formerly of Dunedin, buf now of Xew York, whose London residence is lit, Cottesmore Gardens. Kensington Court. Among the most recent additions to the fellowship roll of the Royal Colonial Institute are the Furl of Liverpool and Mr Oswald ,J. March, of Xew Zealand. Callers at the High Commissioner's offices this week have been : —Mr Roland Holland (Auckland). Mr A. B. Sargent (Hawera). -Mr F. F. Foden (Hawera). Miss C. B. Duff (Wellington). Miss Walk ley (Well.ngton). Mr and Mrs Chas. H. Poole (Auckland). Miss May Taylor (Marton). Mr I. Chappie (Wellington). Mr A. C. Talbot (Christchurch). -Mr Cecil S.Jameson (Wellington). Major and -Airs C. S. Richardson (Christchurch). Mr C. R- Craw fold (Dunedin). Mr W- A'- Mucgregor (Christchurch), Mr M. F. Cohen (Auckland). Sir Cecil Moon, who succeeded his grandfather in the baronetex in 1899, and Ladv Moon intend to settle permanently in Christchurch and were passengers' by the Corlnthlc this week. The father of Mr Richard StaplesBrown. whose wife was Maggie Papakiua, the well-known guide of Rotorua, died this week at Hampton, his home in Oxfordshire. Mr C. Wray Pa Riser is representing the High Commissioner at a conference of Chambers of Commerce in Paris. Mr and Mrs Chas. 11. Poole, left Auckland lasi February, and after visiting Tonga and Samoa spent a monlb with Mr Poole's brother in Fiji. They reached Vancouver early in May and after staying with relatives in St. Paul, Minnesota, reached Chicago, where Mr Poole started platform work under the direction of the Xatlonal Lincoln Chautauqua Association. Ho spoke In 108 towns and in 8 Slates to nearly i 30D.00U people, and managed, during sixteen weeks, to deliver 2M) speeches or lectures. "Xeedlcss to say.' the Auck- | lander writes. "I was very tired when the season was over, tint delighted witli I the treatment ( received from the hands of the Americans. H is surprising the amount of interest taken in our doings, for it is an absolutely new story to millions of American people, one ol the i most frequent questions being whai j language is spoken in Xew Zealand V j By the opinion expressed it would seem I that numbers of people, who like travel, I will visit Xew Zealand in the near future. The Pacific nip is ait ideal one. and the enterprise of the t nion ( ompany worthy of all praise, the Samoan. Tongan and Fijian trip being equal to anything f have seen yet for j comfort and beauty. Mr and Mrs Poole purpose -spending about three month-' \isitmg friends in Fnglaml, Ireland and tiie isle ot Man, and they will return by way of America whore, after speaking tor the ) ..M.C. Associations for a while. Air Poole will do another season's platform work for the Chautauqua Association, and reach Xew Zealand from San Francisco about October next. It was their intention to book via Suez at once, but this v. eek s American mail was so pressing that thcv have deckled to go Wear again, and sav' more about Xew Zea and. During Ins Slav in America and Knghmd Mr Poole is giving careful attention f social and political questions.