NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME
THE Most Rev. Francis Redwood, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wellington, and Primate for the colony, has arrived in England, and is highly spoken of by the daily papers. One of them remarks, after his sermon at St. Anne's, Spitaldelds. that he is generally accounted the finest orator of the Catholic church in the colonies. It was at St. Anne's that he received episcopal consecration, at the hands of Cardinal Manning on March 17th, 1874. All his brothers are well-known sportsmen and owners of racehorses, and he himself says he is tired of contradicting the story that he was a jockey in his youth. The Archbishop diffeis from the rest of the famil j on sporting subjects, but acknowledges a weakness for the violtn, which he plays with more than average amateur skill, and he is the possessor of a very valuable Stradivarius. The new play, ‘ A Life Policy,’ by Mrs Harrison-Davis, founded on a domestic tragedy in Canterbury, New Zealand, some few years ago, appears likely to succeed well in England. The death is announced of Mr William Henry Pickett, who was formerly a purser on the Shaw, SavtU, and Albion Company’s steamer ‘Tainui.’ Mr Pickett died very suddenly at Romford, in Essex, where he had been staying. The deceased gentleman was in his 54th year. The cold weather in England sent Sir Westby and Lady Percival to the south of France. They are now back in England. Scotland is at present the country of the Hon. J. B. and Miss Whyte, and from all accounts they mean to make a long visit to the land o’ the leal. Mr Henry Gray, accompanied by Mrs Gray, proposed to leave England by the ‘ lonic.’ He has resigned his position as London Produce Surveyor to the New Zealand Government. The interviewer fiend has again got hold of Mr W. P. Reeves, and actually succeeded in button-holing him for two hours. A representative of the Daily Chronicle, Mr Harold Cox, was the hunter, and says he has got some interesting matter for an article from his victim. The present Lord Gardner, Lady Onslow’s cousin, is said to have married a black girl, and, in consequence, has not sent in the necessary certificates to prove his title. Gossip says that the next Lord Gardner might be of a too dusky hue to suit his relations. Mr Henry Reynolds should be in New Zealand bynow. His visit to the colony is in connection with the business of the Hauraki Development Syndicate. A former manager of the Wellington branch of the Colonial Bank. Mr Edward J. Reid, has begun business in London as a financier and stock broker. Mr C. Y. O'Connor, formerly one of the chief Government engineers for New Zealand, and now En-gineer-in-Chief for West Australia, arrived in London a few days ago.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XVII, 24 April 1897, Page 516
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473NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XVII, 24 April 1897, Page 516
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