LONDON PERSONAL NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 17764, 24 September 1914, Page 3

LONDON PERSONAL NOTES

| (From Our Special Correspondent, i ! LONDON. August 4 ■ The King yesterda.y sent for Sir Ernest Shacklelon. commander of the British i Antarctic Expedition, and bade him fareI well and. God-speed- His Majesty pre--1 settled Sir .Ernest with a Union Jack, which is to be handed back to His Majesty on the return of the expedition. The Endurance is now in the English Channel, her linal port of call being ; Plymouth, which she will reach to-day. I Immediately on the order for the mobili--1 sation of the naval reserve, Sir Ernest i Shackle-ton, recognising the claims of 'count:;,- before every other consideraI tlon. offered the services of the whole j expedition, and placed the stores and provisions of the Endurance at the cni tire disposal of the Admiralty. The j Admiralty, in reply, sent a letter to Sir I Ernest expressing their appreciation of ■ this offer, hut saying that it would nor : be nc-cesary to call upon the officers ! and crow of the expedition. I In the King's Bench Division last, j Friday Mr Justice Darling and a special jury concluded the hearing of the action in which -Mr David Ziban sued the ("onj solidated Gold Fields of New Zealand. ! Limited, for £12.0t)0. out of the profits | of the re-sa.le of the Wealth of Nations 1 mine and the Energetic mine, on an i agreement-entered into when he sold the | property to the company. Air Ziman's lease was that the company agreed with | him for the re-salc of the property to ! a “working” company, and the payment j to him of £12.000 out of Hie re-sale. I The company said the agreement had been waived, which was denied, and the jury found in favour of the plaintiff. His Lordship entered judgment against the copmnay for £12,000, and granted a stay of execution pending a possible an. i peal. defendant's counsel saying he } wintC'd to argue points ns to the coni struetion of the agreement. Mr W. B, Fisher, of Wellington, who is accompanied by his wife, has been spending the last fortnight with friends in Devonshire and shortly leaves for Scotland. Later on. if their plans are j nut upset by the war. they hope to go j to Paris. Rome and other places on the f'ontinent. returning to London before I leaving for New Zealand. It will in- | rarest their many New Zealand friends jto hear that last neck Mr and Mrs I Fisher paid a visit to the headquarters lof the historic Order of Sf John of ! J r-r-isaieni at Ft. John s Gate, where they 1 signed 11; e Homage Roll, Mrs Fisher, i who is an "Honorary Serving Sister" of : (in same Order, has associated !v. ith the first aid and home nursing i working in Wellington tor the past !ifj tee;, vr.rs. and -\as one of the origin|a I members "I tin- Nursing Guild who iwi,r ke d amongst B'e sick poor before | funds were obtained to maintain per- | manent nurses. | ,vt r Cecil A. Shirley, of Napier, who j has beep .pending a few days in Lon- | den. is pu-.v up in the north of England. | The following New Zealanders lave I ;nb-d silver phtuu -s in the -dxl-i i Colonial Curnpi-tition, v. hid, fas been : organ is ci hy the Amateur Photographer (and photographic News: —Mr Gerald F. j.lonis: Mr R. R. Bablrey: Mr 11. Pav'-I-json; and Mr C. C. Ingall. An cxlll Idtion lof ill" winning prints and a selection lof id' others sent in for competition jis being held at "The A.P" Gallery. I Long .'(IT", until the end of August.. ' M, J. J. Page, "f Tiinarii, who has ! been he.re fur four .'.ears, with his 1 m-dlor and .Mr': Inder. arrived in Eomlon on Sundae irnm a tour of the t'ontiu- : r ,.t. The, 11ad visited Italy and Austria an ! Were at Znii' li v.lon the news | arirceil Boat all troops were mubiiis- ■ hail I" leave very hurriedly ;, n ,l ■.just in time I■ > eateh the las; train from Switzerland to France on i-iiote for London. Mr and .Mrs G. J. fox. nf Ghidslelmrch. .and t!:. • r son. Mr Sydney Cox. who ar- ’ rived in May. intend spending a few : weeks in Ireland and Paris after touring England and Scotland. They will ; r robahlv join the Osterley at Naples on their return to New Zealand. ( Gull ers B the High Commissioner's ( Office this week include (he following:—,XI r (' P Bevins Auckland; -Mr J. Patrick Shaw. Baldutha; Mr J. H. Barker. 'Christchurch; Mr William Holden, WanIganuP -Mr C. J. Nairn. Hawke s Lay . |xi i-s It D st <:lose Dunedin; Mrs M. ' F. Patron, Oamarn: Mr C. Forrier. Ti- , rn-ir-u- Mr R. B- l eaver. Auckland; Mr I -md 'H's V J M. Rein. Invercargill; I the .Misses V. and E. Dcsclilcr. Tnve.rI ear-rill: Mrs H. I’. Turner, and Miss R. I c Turner, Christcliurch; -Miss M.. AY. Guthrie. Invercargill; -Air Cecil A. Shir- ! ley Napier; Mr and Mrs AV. B. Fisher, i Wellington; Mr T. S. Littlejohn. -Anck--1 land; 7>lr B. C. Brown. Christchurch ; 1 Mr H. G. Field, Christchurch; Mr Ciias. I A. Pratl. Tauranga; Mr and Mrs E. H. I i-ntlon Stapleton, Napier; -Mrs J. B. and I Miss Shirteliffe. Wellington: Mrs C. : zomo. Palmerston North; Airs Percy and • Miss Du fa ar. Auckland: Miss A. Gill, i Auckland: Air E. Gray. Now Plymouth: ! Miss 1. H- Donald, Napier: Mrs IT. and i Aliss Doris Bell. Dunedin: Mr J. I- HeckI ler. Alasß-rton; Mr .1. AV. Hough. Jnver- ‘ cargill: and Mr and Mrs H. S. Corduroy, j Christchurch. I -Mr and Mrs X. J. Al. Rein, of laveri cargill, who are accompanied by the Mis-ses A', and K. Deschler. are at present in London and slaying at the Kenilworth Hotel. -Great Russehl street. They will bo over here until October 10. when ijir-v leave on their return to New Zca- • kinil.