NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 21, 17 August 1932, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON

| LONDON, July 8— It is officially ! anounced that Captain W. B. N. North, j C. 5.1., C.M.G., C.V.0., A.D.C., is to be ! Rear-Admiral in H.M. Flee!. (July 5). j The annual rifle meetings of the ■ Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Milil tary College, Sandhurst, terminated i on June 30, after extending over four ! days. The individual championship j was won by gentleman cadet A. G. K. I Somerville (Wellington), No. 1 Com--1 pany, who scored 210 points. The j runner-up, C. 11. McVean (Loretto), I No. 4 Company, totalled 209 points. Number 1 Company, who carried off I the Inter-Company Musketry Shield, j was composed of the following: J. H. j M. Hackett (Cheltenham), A. (J. K. | Somerville, E. K. M. Williams (VVellington), G. T. I'onsonby (Eton), W. ! L. Newcombe (King's Bruton), J. 11. C. Pearson (Uppingham), A. J. C. Pricked (Brigton), J. L. R. Metcaif ] (Hurstpierpoint), and R. 11. F. Mar-j ett (Victoria, Jersey). Lieut. J. W. Studholme lias been ap j pointed to President, for a cotise at

j Air Ministry. Paymaster-Commander J. T. V. YVeb- ! ster, D. 5.0., R.N., lately naval secrej tary at Wellington, with Mrs. Webi ster and their daughter, arrived by ! the Rotorua at the end of June. They j are leaving London for an extended j motor lour. In September, Paymasj ter-Oommander Webster goes to the I Admiralty as secretary to the new j Fourth Sea Lord, Rear-Admiral Goof- ! fi'ey Ulake, C. 8., D. 5.0., who was un- ! til recently in command of the New J Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. The late Mr. Angus Sommerville, 'since 1910 West Coast Engineer Suj perintendent. of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and the Federal ['Steam Navigation 'Company, left esj tate valued at £II,G7G (net personality £14,527'). 111 his will he expressed l a desire to be cremated and to have j.his ashes scattered by his brother-in-law, Ralph Arthur Beckett, and his

I friend, John Clatworthy, "to the four ! cardinal winds of Heaven from the I tenth tee of the Walmer and KingsI down Golf Course, Kent." Mr. Sommerville died at Seacomhe Ferry Hotel, Wallasey, Cheshire. Dr. B. J. Dunne (Dunedin) expects to be in England for 18 months or two years, and during his stay lie will specialise in diseases of the eye, car, nose, and throat. Dr. Dunne is now on the staff at the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford, where lie will remain for six months. Mr. A. S. Clarke (Wellington) left on .Inly 2 for Montreal, on his way hack to New Zealand. He will connect at Vancouver with the Aorangi. Mr.

Clarke had a very enjoyable tour, including England and Scotland. Mr. Alan C. Browne has six watercolours shewing at the Jubilee Exhibition of the Royal Cambrian Academy, Conway, of which he is an associate. iiis exhibits include "Sunshine on the Divide, Southern Alps, New Zealand." "Afternoon at the Aimer Bivouac, High Alps, New Zealand." The former was on view in New Zealand, and the latter at the Walker Ait Gallery, Liverpool, as well as the Atkinson Gallery,

Southport. lioui are tne original sketches painted in the New Zealand snowflelds at a height of 6000 ft. From July until the middle of September Mr. Browne will act as host and leader of the Newlands (Keswick) Centre of the Holiday Fellowship Association. The many friends in New Zealand of Mr. Humphrey Kempthorne, second son of the late Mr. 11. E. Kempthorne, and of Mrs. Kempthorne, Weybridge, will be interested to hear of his success. After gaining his degrees at Lincoln College, Oxford, he walked St. Thomas's Hospital London; took sec-ond-class Honours tit Oxford, followed, with his M.A., M. 8., and B.Cli. Oxon. Three months were spent at the Haslar Royal Hospital, Gosport, and then he joined the Royal Navy. At the present time he is out in Hong-Kong in H.M.S. Tamar, acting as surgeonlieutenant R.N. He was horn at Mannamead, Plymouth, Devon. Mr. S. M. Watson (Wellington), who is a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge, passed the first part of the Economic Tripos with Honours. At. the present time, being a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force Reserve, he is training at Brough, East Yorkshire. The duration of his course there will be two months. On its completion, Mr. Watson intends going to Vienna, and later he will attend an International Undergraduates' Conference at Geneva. At. (lie beginning of October be will go back to Cambridge for his I

j second your. '' Mr. H. (Houston (Wanganui_) has i started out on liis trek througn England to Scotland, taking (Me Croat North Road as his guide. He will make deviations if useful purpose can be served. Mr. Clouston is hoping to visit schools and to talk to the children about New Zealand, his remarks to be supplemented by the showing of Tourist Department, slides. A further interest will be to make known to the children the activities on their behalf of the Amalgamated Dairies, Limited, who have started "The Anchor Club" and "The Anchor Magazine," conducted by "Uncle Anchor," to induce children to become members by getting their parents and friends to buy Anchor brand butter. Mr. Clouston has been provided by the London headquarters with a liberal supply of up-to-date leaflets for distribution. Mr Clouston has already delivered messages from Wanganui people to relatives in London; in Yorkshire he hopes to have a very good time, as he

has brought, a, great many letters from people in the Dominion. Mr. A. B. Malyon (Wellington), of the City Council Electricity DepartI ment, has come to England primarily j for family reasons, but, in his capacI ity as schools organiser for Toe H in J Wellington, he is intending ,to see ! something of Toe II work in England. | Reaching London at, the beginning of } June, he stayed at Toe II in Trinity I Square, and during the week-end he j travelled to Poperinghe with the j Founder-Padre, the Rev P. 11. Clayton, joining there the London and Con-j I tinantul pilgrimage to the battlefields j

area. The New Zealand memorial at ! Tynecot was included in Ihe itinerary. ! During the week commencing June 20, 1 Mr. Maylon visited and stayed in the London houses: Mark I. (Notting !li!l

j Gate), Mark 11. (St. George's Square), Mark XIII. (The Brother's 11 :se), Mark XXI r. (Denmark Hill), and Mark 111. (South Hackney). In : il of J these centres he has been s sing something of their management As there are Toe H houses in all B.itish Dominions except New Zealand, it is

felt the time may arrive when one may be established in Wellington. The centre in South Hackney is the house set aside for visitors from New Zealand. It is a large house, and was mice the South Hackney Rectory. In common with other houses, it has been given to the Movement. Mr. Malyon was present at the Soul hem Area Festival at Windsor Castle, as well as at an overseas night at Mark XX., Fast Putney. From Southsea, where he now is, Mr. Malyon. will go to Cambridge for the Eastern Counties Festival, and then will continue north to Newcastle and Manchester. In Newcastle, he. will visit, certain engineering firms and will stay at Mark XVIII. At the end of July there is to be a New Zealand and Australia guest night at Mark 111., which he will attend. On August 31 Mr. Malyon will leave by the Monfclare for Canada. A travelling companion will be the Canadian Provincial Padre, the Rev. H. It. Holmes, of Mark li., Canada. After breaking his journey at Toronto and Winnipeg he will make his way homeward, and expects to reach Auckland on October 3. ,