NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 53, 8 April 1914, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

The " British-Australasian," of Feb. 26 has the following items concerning New Zealanders abroad:— Mrs West, formerly Miss Bees, of Gisborne, has let her flat at Hampstead, and gone to New Zealand for a trip. . The High Commissioner was amongst the guests present at the dinner party given by the King at Buckingham Palace on Friday evening. Miss Helen Mackenzie, elder daughter of the High Commissioner, leaves for Hampshire this week, and '-returns to London early in March. j The Rev. 11. P. Cowx, of Waipawa, of the Church Missionary Society, is at | present in Belfast. He is advertised shortly to give a lecture on New Zealand at Sligo. Mrs Hume Lindsay, who has been commissioned by a Timaru syndicate 1 to take out 50 domestic servants to New Zealand, intends leaving with the girls by the Tainui on May 1. The Rev. Mr Cook, of New Zealand, is here for 18 months, lecturing under the auspices of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, a number of lectures bieing on New Zealand. Mr J. W. Walker, of Waihi, who was well known in the North Island as '' Long-drive Walker,'' and at the age of 86 was married a few months ago to a Welsh lady, now resides in England. Captain W. G. Watt, late of the Strathspey, and Mrs Watt, who was Miss Beatrice Noall, matron of one of tlie Christehurch hospitals, have returned from a visit to Scotland, and are at present in London. Miss A. Vesty, of Ashburton, is visiting England after an absence of 30 years, and will be here possibly for two years or longer, touring the country and staying with relatives in the North of England and Wales. Miss Jessie Cherrett, of Wanganui Collegiate School for Girls, who has a year's leave of absence, is staying with a cousin in London, and this week goes to Hampshire. Next month she will visit the North of England and Scotland, and afterwards the Continent. Sir John and Lady Cockburn, and the Hon. Pember and Mrs Reeves, were amongst those present at the sixteenth annual dinner of the Students' Union of the London School of Economics at the Trocadero on Saturday. Mr Russell Rea, M.P., was in the chair. Lady Vogel gave a most enjoyable card party last Friday afternoon, at her home in East Molesey, at which 40 guests were present. Progressive Hearts was played, in order to give nonbridge players a pleasant time. (Three prizes were given, a handsome evening scarf, an opera bag, and a blue silk pin cushion worked in gold. Refreshments were served in the billiard room. The table was decorated by Miss Phoebe Vogel, with spring flowers. Many New Zealanders and Australians were present, among them being Miss Mackenzie and Mrs Pym, Lady Vogel's sister. Mr Percival Martin, of Auckland, who left there in 1904 to go prospecting in West Australia, and who there was the finder of the Monarch nugget, the largest mined up to that time in that State, is at present in London, after having f!peut some years in Canada and Florida. Mr Martin's present business is in connection with some West Australian; stocks, in which he has an interest, and he leaves for New Zealand at the beginning of next month. - WEDDINGS. Mr Will Hutehens, of Hawera, Keav Zealand, third son of Mr R. L. Hutehens, was married on February 12, at the Wesleyan Church, Bromley, to Miss Mary Edith Kemp, second daughter of the late Rev. Geo. Kemp, of Cambridge. The officiating clergy were the Rev. G. A. Shafts and the Rev. Wm, Curry. The bride's gown was of ivory satin, with embroidered veil and wreath of orange blossoms. She was attended by two bridesmaids, her sister (Miss Amy Kemp), and her cousin (Miss Kathleen Proud), who wore pale grey with black tagel hats and grey plumes, and gold, pearl, and peridot pendants, the gifts or the bridegroom. The bride was given away by her cousin, Mr T. Proud, and her brother, Mr Lewis Kemp, acted- as best man.

' u February 17. at All Saint's, Mar"•avet Street, Professor Thomas Howell ijaoy, M.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Professor of Physics at the New

Zealand University, Wellington, only son of the late Mr T. J. Laby, of Creswick (Vie.), and nephew of the late Judge Wilkinson, of Victoria, was married to Miss Beatrice Littlejohn, younger daughter of the late Mr A. I. Littlejohn, of Wellington. The bride, who was given away by her cousin, Mr C. W. B. Littlejohn, formerly Rhodes scholar (Vic.), and now of St. Bartholomew's, wore her travelling costume of Wedgwood blue, with a tagel hat to match. Mr C. Wright, a member of Captain Seott's Antarctic expedition, was best man. A reception was afterwards held at the Welbeck Hotel. Among the New Zealanders and Australians present were: — Dr. W. A. Chappie, M.P., Mrs and Miss Chappie, Miss E. Robertson, daughter of Sir William and Lady Robertson, and cousin of the bride, Sir J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., and Lady Thomson, Sir Ernest Rutherford and Lady Rutherford, Dr. and Mrs M 'Gavin, Dr. and Mrs Kaye, the Misses Easterfield, Mr and Mrs Davidson, sister of the bridegroom, Mr P. Burbridge, Miss MacDiarmid, Mr A. R. Atkinsdn, Miss D. Rush, Mrs Renwick, Miss M. Bailey, and Mr E. W. Kingston. Professor and Mr 3 Laby left after the reception for Folkestone, where the first part of the honeymoon was spent.