NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXI, 13 November 1897, Page 658

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

Mr J. Studholme is expected immediately iu New Zealand. He has had a very enjoyable time in the Old Country. Amongst other pleasures has been a brief visit to the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, in their own home. Mr and Mrs John Edie have left England, en route for Cookston, Otago their New Zealand home. Mr H. S. Von Sturmer has, with his daughter, Mrs Taylor, been having a most delightful tour up the Rhine. Time was no object, so they stayed at any place which took their wandering fancy. Mrs Taylor is staying at present with a daughter (Mrs McDermott) of Judge O’Brien, of Auckland. Mr Von Sturmer intends to visit his brother at Riga, as soon as the steady cold weather sets in. The Rev. Von Sturmer is chaplain to the British Embassy at Riga. Dr. Books, late of Auckland, returns to New Zealand via Australia. The Earl and Countess of Glasgow have been very kind to various New Zealanders ~ visiting Scotland. Amongst others, Mrs H. D. Crawford, of Wellington, stayed a few days at their country seat, Kelburne. Captain and Mrs Walter are visiting near Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire. Combe Martin, an exquisite bit of Devonshire, has been the temporary residence of Mr Robert Comer, of the Thames. Mr and Mrs E. O’Rorke have taken a house at the fashionable Spa, Leamington, for six months. Sir John Hall is now living at 15, Bulstrode-street, London. Sir John Innis, Bart., Aberdeen, has been playing host to his brother, Mr James Innis. of Canterbury, New Zealand. The latter is returning shortly to the colony. Mr Frederick Walter Kennaway, 8.A.. Cambridge, has also passed with success the Indian Civil Service examination. Mr and Mrs J. H. Baker and daughter. who took 11 months to reach England, are now in Somersetshire. On their way Home they actually managed to visit Alaska. The first lady who took a medical degree in New Zealand, Miss Emily Siedburg, of Dunedin, has been studying hard in England, and has nearly completed her arranged programme, which included six months in Berlin, specially studying women’s diseases. She will be in New Zealand shortly, and she intends to at once commence practice there. Her brother is studying electrical engineering in Berlin. He was at one time the champion chess player of New Zealand. He does not contemplate an immediate return to this colony, but prefers trying his luck in America, where he will have more scope for the practice of his profession.