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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue I, 5 July 1902, Page 43

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There were no vice-regal movements of importance last week, all Government House engagements in connection with the Coronation being cancelled in consequence of the illness of His Majesty the King. On Tuesday His' Excellency opened Parliament in customary form. The Governor is still exceedingly busy over the proposed Veterans’ Home, which he is determined to carry through. A very large number of the multitudinous friends of Sir John and Lady Campbell called on them at their beautiful residence, Barnell, on Sunday afternoon, to tender their congratulations on the honours so recently bestowed by His Majesty King Edward VII. Sir John was in the very best of health and spirits, and Lady Campbell, though not yet completely recovered from an attack of influenza, was well enough to receive Ser callers and their warm congratulations.

Mrs. Jones, of Wanganui, is staying at the Masonic Hotel, Napier. Miss Reed is staying with Miss Cotterill, Fitz-Roy Road. Napier. Miss Fraser, of New Plymouth, is on a visit to Wellington. Miss G’endinning. of Wairoa, is staying in Napier.

Mr F- W. Butement is on a visit to Masteffon. having sold his interest in the Apiti Hotel. Miss Kendal, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fenton, of New Plymouth, has returned to Ponsonby. Mr and Mrs J. Mowlem. of Masterton, leave for South Africa early next month.

Mr. Fred. Weston, of the Wellington “Post,” has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Hansard staff. Mr. and Mrs. Mills, of Dunedin, are staying at the Masonic Hotel, Napier.

Mr D. Scanlon, who is well known in Masterton, successfully passed at the recent dental examination held in Wellington. Lieutenant George Cott erill, who left Napier with the Eighth Contingent, is now in London.

Misses E. and M. Abbott, who have been visiting the Wanganui district, have returned to their home in Parnell.

Miss Day, of New Plymouth, is on a short visit to Wanganui. She is accompanied by Miss Wilson, of the Clutha, Dunedin.

Captain Rich, of H.M.s. Ringarooma, is staying at Government House, Wellington, during the warship’s stay in port.

Hon. and Mrs Scotland have been staying at the Albert Hotel, Auckland, for several days, and went to Wellington yesterday.

On the occasion of Mr T. M. Wilford’s thirty-second birthday, some of his constituents presented Mrs Wilford with a handsome service of plate, as a recognition of his useful work as member for Wellington Suburbs.

The Hon. G. and Mrs Maclean (Dunedin) have come to Wellington for the Session, and have taken Miss Holmes’ house in Hawkestone-street.

Mr and Miss Hiorns left Wellington by the Warrimoo last week for Sydney, where they will join the P. and O. Co.’s India, and proceed to London for a trip before returning to the colony. Mrs. H. A. Cornford, of Napier, has been to Wellington to meet her son, Mr. E. Cornford, who is returning from South Africa with the Seventh Contingent.

Mr and Mrs Tobin, of San Francisco, have been staying at the Albert for a week or so. Mr Tobin was at Rotorua for several weeks for his health.

During the absence of Dr. Makgill in Sydney, where he has gone to study plague, the duties of Health Officer for Auckland will be taken by Dr. Frenzley, of Christchurch.

A very successful ball was given by members of the New Zealand Farmers' Union at the Upper Hutt, Wellington. Mr Field, M.H.R. for the district, and the Minister for Lands were present. Dean Mahoney.—The many friends of the Very Rev. Dean Mahoney will be glad to learn that the Rev. Father George Mahony, Nelson, has received word through the cable that the Dean had arrived in London, and in excellent health. Mr Bernhard Walther, the wellknown Belgian violinist, arrived with his manager, Mr Alex. B. Giesen, by the s.s. Mararoa from Sydney yesterday. He is at present staying at the Star Hotel.

Mrs Malcolm Niccol, late of Auckland, has been presented with, the Royal Humane Society’s medal for saving life in Auckland Harbour in February last. Very many hearty congratulations were offered to Captain Russell on the receipt of a telegram from the Governor announcing that he had been knighted, which telegram was handed to him last Thursday on the Hastings racecourse.

The employees of the D.S.C. met on Thursday evening for the purpose of presenting Mr Maurice Ferguson, their late fellow-employee, who is leaving for the South at an early date, with a handsome silver-mount-ed pipe. They bade him a hearty farewell and expressed best wishes for his future success and prosperity.

Mr Lachlan Fraser, after nine years’ service on the Southland County Council, is about to retire. We learn that a wellknown resident of Waianiwa, Mr W. Ronald, is likely to offer his services to the ratepayers of Wallacetown riding as their representative on the Council. Dr. E. J. Roberts, who has been in partnership with Drs. Hudson and Andrew for some years past, is about to leave Nelson to take up his residence in South Africa. Dr. S. A. Lueas, of Takaka, will join the firm in succession to Dr. Roberts. During his stay in Nelson Dr. Roberts has made many friends, who will wish him every success.

Miss E. Ashby, mistress of Komata School, who has severed her connection with the Board of Education, has received several practical tokens of the esteem and regard in which she is held at Komata. The pupils attending the school presented her with a handsome marble clock, silver toast rack, set of flat irons, and a mincer, the presentation being made by Master Fred Miles, on behalf of the scholars and parents. A nicelyworded letter accompanied the gifts, which were appropriately acknowledged by the recipient.

Among visitors who have arrived in Wellington for the Coronation festivities are Miss Bell and Miss C. Maclean (Dunedin), who are staying with Lady Ranfurly; Mr and Mrs J. Mills, Mrs and Miss Gibson (who intend staying for the winter), and Miss Roberts, all of Dunedin; Miss Julius and Miss Elworthy, from Christchurch; Mrs Strang, Palmerston North; Miss Stoddart, Christchurch; and Miss Cox, Sir Maurice O’Rorke, and Major Shepherd, Auckland, who have come down in readiness for the ppening of Parliament; Misses Campbell, Christchurch; Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, Christchurch, who are the guests of His Excellency and Lady Ranfurly at Government House,

One of the most interesting functions which have occurred lately was the opening of the new office of “New Zealand Times” at Wellington. All day long a stream of visitors flocked through the building, a general invitation having been issued to the public. In the evening a grand social was held, to which all the leading people were invited. An excellent musical programme was gone through by such artists as Miss Murphy (Dunedin), Miss A. Syme, Miss Jeanne Ramsay, and Messrs E. J. Hill, Ballance, Harry Smith, etc. The biggest room was cleared for dancing, and in adjoining rooms a ping-pong tournament and a progressive euchre party were very keenly contested by the non-dancing guests. A recherche supper was provided, and proceedings were kept up with the greatest spirit till a very early hour.

Amongst the guests at the Central Hotel have been— Miss Williams. Wellington; 15en Jahn, Sydney; Captain Bird, Sydney; Mrs and Miss Smith. Sydney; Davis, Melbourne; Mr and Mrs Smart, Napier; Lamb; McConachie, Glasgow; Cox, Thames; Stevens; Erskine, Sydney; Riley, Haslem, Roach, Fiji; Mrs McAndrew, Best, Mr and Miss Kennedy; Mr and Mrs Hayman. Christchurch; Joly, Dunedin; Duffy. Dunedin; Handcock, Sydney; Phillips, England; Dyruock, McNeill; McEwen, Keep, Captain and Mrs Stenhouse; Close. Christchurch; Robertson, Sydney; Dr and Mrs Forbes; Lamande, Sydney.

Among the numerous visitors to the Star Hotel during the week were H. J. King, Herbert Price, P. Mathers, Hong Kong; Mr B. Osborne and party, Australia; A. Gaffney. A. Grierson, E. C. Browne, J. Masters, W. Earquhar, Sydney; J. Williams, F. Anderson, B. Gleeson, Melbourne; H. Hunt, S. Mahood and patty, F. Cox. London; J. Ferris, Count Kuuth and valet, Copenhagen; Mr and Mrs Jones and family, J. D, Davidson. Edinburgh; Dr. McMasters and J. White, Outrim, Ireland; J. Walters, A. Street, B. Branson, San Francisco; Mr and Mrs Milne, Akaroa; Mr and Mrs Murdoch, London; Miss Ferguson, C. Ziele. G. Granville, Wellington; Mr and Mrs Pearson, Mr and Mrs Benstead and maid, England; W. Guthrie, Colombo; Mrs Wightman, Melbourne; Mrs Beddard, Suva; G. E. Borella and valet, Italy; Dr. Blanchard, Ireland. Miss Fodor, of Christchurch, who has been the guest of Sir John and Lady Campbell for some weeks past, returned home on Tuesday. OUR LONDON CORESPONDENT WRITES: — Dr. T. Hope Lewis and Mr. W. Miller Lewis have been elected Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Bealey (Canterbury) arrived at the beginning of the week, having spent some time en route in South California with Mr. Bealey’s brother, and in North-west Canada. They are staying at Hampstead.

Mr. George Jones (Petone) arrived by the Orizaba last Saturday for the purpose of inspecting machinery for the local water works. With this object he will shortly proceed to Leeds and Glasgow, and return next August.

Mr and Mrs Underwood, with their son and daughter (Wellington) had a first rate trip in Canada and U.S.A., visiting Toronto, Niagara, Montreal, and New York. They will visit Paris, tour through the Midlands, Scotland, and Ireland, and only set their faces homewards when tired of sightseeing.

Mr W. B. Cocks (Christchurch) has obtained employment in the well-known firm of furnishers. Maple and Co., where he should gain experience that will hereafter be of great service to him in the colony.

Mr. J. Graham Gow, your trade representative, left London last Thursday. After a day with his brother at Manchester he will sail from Liverpool on Saturday for America, en route for Japan, China and India, where he will endeavour to open up fresh markets for your trade.

Dr. Parkinson, after his world wanderings, has established himself in Txmdon. He has taken No. 77, Sloane-street, Chelsea. Mr Beerbohm Tree’s house, and will in the course of the next fortnight commence practice in that fashionable locality. Mr J. W. Graham (Sumner), who arrived by the Oceana, has been up in the Midlands. After the Coronation he will tour England and Scotland, spend the end of July at Oban, and afterwards go to Holland. Switzerland, and other parts of the Continent.

Mr and Mrs Geo. Cliff are at present seeing their friends and relations in Staffordshire. They will come to London for the Coronation. After that their plans are uncertain, but they will return by the N.D.L. Rhein, leaving on September Bth. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cock and family, of Nelson, who arrived per b.s. Gothic on the Bth May, are at present at Bromley, in Kent. After the Coronation -hey will pay visits to friends in Devon and Cornwall, and later on intend making a lengthened tour and stay on the Continent.

Mr. and Mrs. C W. Brown (Wellington), after “coronating," will cycle round England, spend the winter in Switzerland, see Italy the following spring, return on their cycles through France, spend the summer of 1903 in England again, and leave for New Zealand the following autumn.

Mr F. G. Gibson, who has just passed his M.B. examination, anjj has in the course of the last 1.1 months been Assistant House Surgeon, Assistant House Physician and House Physician at Guy's, leaves to-day with hia cousin, who is an invalid, for a six months’ tour of Canada. China and Japan, and Australasia, in the course of which he will pay a visit to his own colony.

Mr Begg leaves on Monday for a tour in Scotland and Ireland. After the Coronation he too has America and the Continent in view, and has booked his return passage by the Omrah, leaving 29th August.

lam glad to report that the health of Miss N. W. Thomson (Invercargill) has been much improved. She and Miss Thomson will spend the summer in the country in England, and the autumn in Scotland, before returning to New Zealand.

The -Misses Henry (Wellington and Christchurch) have begun their year's holiday' by visits to their relations i* Southsea and Cheltenham and friends in Ealing, and have now taken quarters in Earl's Court until the Coronation, after which they will proceed to Scotland.

Mrs Heaton Rhodes (Christchurch) and Mr and Mrs G. H. Rhodes, who came by the Canadian Pacific route, reached London early this month Mrs Rhodes is staying with Mr W. A. Clark, at 12, Onslow Square, and her plans are entirely dependent on the movements of Captain Heaton Rhodes and the Eighth Contingent.

Miss Rachel Richmond (Wellington) is attending lectures at the Froebcl Educational Institute Training College, and means to visit the most advanced kindergarten schools in London and spend some time on the Continent studying the latest methods of teaching French to young children. She expects to leave England early' in November. Mr and Mrs W. Searle (Queenstown) are renewing their acquaintance with the friends of his youth at Southampton, will come up to London for the Coronation and spend a month in the metropolis, then stay for another month with Mrs Searle’s family and friends in Devon and Yorkshire. After another so : journ in Hampshire and a few weeks on the Continent, they will leave again at. the beginning of November. Mrs R. W. England’s (Christchurch) health has kept herself aud her husband and daughter In Leamington until this week. They are going next week to Bournemouth, and their future movements will denend very much on the improvement in Mrs England’s condition. They will probably come up for»a tew days for the Coronation, and Mr England will attend the New Zealand dinner. Mr George Wilson (Wellington) had a pleasant trip with his wife and daughter across the Rocky Mountains and visit to Toronto and Niagara. but his anival in England was saddened by th? news that his mother had d'cd three weeks previously in Edinburgh. They left last Saturday for the North of England and Scotland, where they will spend thr -o months with th< ir relations. After a short flip on the Continent they will probably leave by the P. and O. Co. s China on sth September.

I regret to hear that Mr. G. A. M Buckley, of Lagmhor, Ashburton, wh j has been staying at the Isle of Wight, and has purchased a beautiful is lying at a nursing hospital in London seriously ill with ulceration of the stomach, attributed to eating putrid meat during bis travels in Patagonia. Mr. Buckley Is under the care of Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, the great authority on the disorders of digestion, and there is some talk of an operation before long.

The annual New’ Zealand dinner on June IT promises to be quite the best yet held. The big hall <rf the Holborn restaurant has been oeenreo, a band

*■ gaged. and a new departure taken in the admission of New Zealand ladies to the galleries round the banqueting hall to hear the speeches. Mr. Cameron has already had over fifty applications for tickets, and as a rule the great bulk of the tickets are taken in the fortnight just before the gathering.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Roberts and Miss Roberts (Christchurch), after leaving the Otnrah at Plymouth a month ago, had a fortnight’s tour in Devonshire, seeing old friends, and spent a similar time in Penzance, Mr. Roberts' native town, and the Scilly Islands. Vp to the end of June they Mill devote themselves entirely to sight-seeing, visiting France and Belgium shortly, but after the Coronation is over Mr. Roberts will make himself au fait with the newest ideas in the mechanical and surgical branches of dentistry. He hopes to be back again in the colony before the end of the year.

After leaving the Himalaya at Marseilles early in March Mrs and Miss Hughes (Wellington), spent some time in the Riviera, visiting Cannes. Nice and Monte Carlo, and a week in Paris before coming to London. After the Coronatiop thej will travel in England and Scotland, perhaps take one of the excursions to the Norwegian fiords, »nd then Miss Hughes will settle down to her art studies first at Slade School anti afterwards at Paris. Mrs and Miss Hughes will remain in Europe for a couple of years.

Mr Edward Anderson and his son Mr Millward Anderson (Wellington) after leaving the Otnrah at Plymouth made their way slowly to Rondon by way of Exeter, Bristol. Bath. Salisbury, Weils, and Clifton. They will travel shortly to the North of England, Scotland, and Ireland, then visit France. Germany and Switzerland and leave on the 6th September, via America, where they will spend at least a month.

Among the New Zealanders on the Britannia were Messrs Arthur Adams, New Zealand correspondent in the Boxer war; Mr Platts, the well-known Port Chalmers oarsman: and Mr and Mrs George Foa and their daughter (Inglewood). As they .had Mr ami Mrs Tearle and Mr Black, of the "Beu Hur” Company. -as fellow passengers, and picked up at Colombo Sir J. West Ridgway, the Governor of Ceylon, and at Aden numbers of Anglo-Indians coming Home for the Coronation, the Britons of the South ®n board had a lively time. At Marseilles, Messrs Adams and Platts left the boat for a Continental tour before plunging into the Coronal crush. Air Foa and his family came on to Plymouth. Before leaving England next December or January, he expects to travel in Scotland. Wales and Ireland, and to take a Short trip on the Continent, visiting Rome in particular. Mr. William Vickery Dunedin) has been going through some of the large wood-working manufactories in London and noting tjie latest improvements in machinery. He is at present on a visit to his sister, but after he has acclaimed King Erl ward VII. will stay with his friends in the ancient and quiet city of York, and then by way of contrast cross the herring pond to the modern and bustling eitv of New York. While in V.S.A. he will visit the chief cities and inspect the woodware machinery. and in St. Louis will st on with his brother. Dr. Mm' Mrs. Findlay (Wellington' saw a good deal of Canada on their way over, as th v proceeded from San brands •• bv train to Seattle, then by steamer to Victoria and Vancouver. thence by the C.T’.R. to Montreal, breakit £ the journey nt Banff. Winnipeg ano Ottawa In Ottawa Dr. Findlay sp n t a v?iv peasant a f tern a .1 w th Si- Wilfrid Laurier. and in Boston had a long interview with Chief Justice Holmes and saw a good deal of several otlm • notable people. He is to a-u.enr be.-,-., t |,,. Pii,-, Council in two New Zeal; .1 ippeals one of which is to be argued earlv next month, am} expects to be in inmln for two or three months. Mr Louis P. C-hristeson (Wellington) has just arrived in London from America, where he has been studying electrolysis and dermatology under the well-known dermatologist, Dr. Rhodes, of Lowell, Mass. After passing his examination, Mr Christe-

son made a tour of the chief cities of I'.S.A.. studying fashionable styles of ladies' hairdressing, in which, by the way, he finds the American coiffeurs considerably in advance of the English. He is just now engajfed in the same work with one of the best Court hairdressers here, and after the Coronation leaves for Paris, where he will spend some time at the French Academies of Ladies’ Hairdressing to acquire the most up-to-date style.-. He is off in a few days for a run through Scotland and .Ireland, and a visit to the Cork Exhibition, and will make his way back to New Zealand by way of Europe, the Holy Land, and the Suez Canal.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Firth (Wellington) are doing as much sightseeing in London as Jupiter Pluvius allows. They have been some time en route, having spent a fortnight in Egypt, proceeding up the Nile as far as Luxor. They came leisurely through Italy, made a short sojourn at “lovely Lucerne," whercMhey ascended the Righi, paused again in pleasure-loving Paris, and arrived in Bloomsbury and bustle about a fortnight ago. They will remain in London until after the Coronation, and Mr. Firs h will devote some >me to the investigation of our educational methods, including the system of teehsiieal instruction. When London entities they will tour a white in Scotland. Ireland and Wales, and towards the eno of the year begt.their homeward journey via America, where Mr. Firth will spend a month to see how the young idea is taught to shoot In that practical and pr 1 gressive land. - Mr Thomas S. Culling of Dunedin and his wife made their appearance in London a few days ago. having taker, travel leisurely since they left the colony three months ago. They came by the China as far as Port Said, and then spent a week doing Cairo and environs. Thence across the Mediterranean by the Osiris they sped to Brindisi, and after doing the usual Italian round, including visits to Rome, Milan. Florence and Venice they sojourned awhile in Switzerland before sampling the delights of life in Paris. There they stayed a fortnight, and then crossing the Channel made their way down into Somerset on a brief visit to relatives resident there. They have now set tied down in London to do the "lions” and await the Coronation after which period of gaiety they propose to rusticate awhile in "Scotia, stern and wild” before starting on their homeward trek by way of America. Mr and Mrs Culling have enjoyed their trip so far im mehscly, and until they arrived ir London they had met everywhere witii the kindliest reception from the clerk of the weather, never meeting even with a shower of rain till they struck Lucerne. Since their arrival in the metropolis, however. Jupiter Pluvius has done his best to repair his previous omissions, and. as we Londoners are painfully aware, his best has been very good indeed. Fashions and festivities are the objects that have brought Messrs James Arthur (Dunedin) and Alex Begg (Christchurch) Home. The. former in Baris combined sight-s.» ing of "lions” and frocks, and leaves next week on a cycling tour to the English lakes, returning for the Cor onation. Afterward he will cycle in Scotland and Ireland, perhaps take a run over to America, tour on the Continent. nnd get back to Dunedin by Christmas time. Mr Augustus Prevost, presiding over the annual dinner of the Old Boys of I’niversity College School held at the Hotel Cecil, said they had hoped Mr Chamberlain would have been present that night to have done honour to his eld school, but tinfor Innately the right bon. gentleman had been detained it- another place The Colonial Secretary’s name, he said, figures frequently in the school li'ts of the early t'f’hw. and here is the record for one of tht-se years, showing a remarkable all-round capacity,’ the schoolboy foreshadowing the commanding statesman;—Greek, VI. Form Prize: Joseph Chamberlain Latin. V. Form: Mentioned with praise, Joseph Chamberlain. French l’p. V. Form: Mentioned with praise: Joseph Chamberlain. Mathematics 1 p V. Form Prize: Joseph Chamber lain.