PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 6 July 1907, Page 25

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(From O'.r Special Comspo;.deni.) LONDON, May 24. Mr. C. R. Williamson, of Auckland, arrived by the Runie on a holiday trip to the Old Country. At present he is making London his headquarters. 4' 4" 4 Tw o New Zealand editors. Mr. T. W. Leys, of Auckland, and Mr. Mark Cohen. of Dunedin, are included in the party of British editors who have been officially invited to visit Germ. ny. The party leaves London to-morrow, and will spend about a fortnight in visiting the leading cities of the Fatherland. A formidable programme of entertainments has been mapped out for the travellers. 4- -s' ❖ Recent callers at the High Commissioner's Office: Mr. Lawrence Foot C'inton.i, Mr. William Barnet: (Christchurch), Mr. George E. Prince and Mr. H. 0. Manz (Wellington), Mr. A. Louisson (Christchurch), Mr. W. Broadway (Christchurch), Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Chiek Christchurch*. Dr. and Mrs. Earle (Wanganui!. Mr. Gordon-Frazer, Mr. and Mrs. M. Frazer (New Plymouth), Mr. R. Seymour Fannin Napier l . Mr. C. R. Williamson (Auckland*. Mr. James Lovell .Auckland . Mr. Thos. J. Lovell (Auckland . Mrs. Joseph and daughters Wellington!, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Evans and family (Gisborne), Miss Himmel ,Dunedin), Mr. ani Mrs. Alfred Gibbin <Te Ante*. Mrs. D. Renouf. Mr. John Renouf (Napier >, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Grandy, Miss Grundy (Wellington i, Miss F. Waterhouse (Napier), Mrs. R. C. Lambery. Mr. C. Lambery (Wellington,. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Car truer ( We.Ung ton (, Mr. and Mrs. IL E. Williams and Miss Williams (Dunedin *. Mr. F. Hobbs, of Christchurch, who is a member of the "San Toy” touring company, distinguished himself at the Harborne Club's golf links. Birmingham. on Whi: Monday, by winning the Joan Wilson Challenge Cup. and the first prize in a ma'cb with 65 competitors. The result was somewhat of a

surprise, as Mr. Hobbs, au IS handle*] player, went round the course in 97, thus achieving the phenomena! net score of W. The score of the runnerup was (S2—S>. 74. and the third man si-ored (94—b 75. so the New Zealander bad an easy victory. < < 4* Mt-. S. McGuinness, of Taranaki, ano the Misses Reay. of Christchurch, are on a holiday trip to the Old Country. They left the Moldavia at Marseilles, and spient ten dr.ys in France before coming ou to London. After touring in the United Kingdom, during rhe summer, they propoaed returning : ' New Zealand by way of New Y'ork, Vancouver and Sydney. «■ $ Miss F. Waterhouse, of Napier, who arrived here by the Tongariro. on April 27t-i. will probably return to New Zealand about October, travelling by the Orient line via Suez. Misss Waterhouse hopes to visit various parts of Englan 1. Scotland and Ireland during the next few months. 4 s Mbs M. Himmel, of Dunedin, arrived by the Runic on the 12th inst., after a very enjoyable 'rip. She is on pleasure bent, and will remain in London for ■a couple of months, and then travel through Scotland and Ireland, afterwards visiting Paris ana Berlin, in which city she has relatives. Miss Himmel has not yet de.ided by which route she will return to New Zealand. 4 -S' Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Grundy and MisGrundy, of Wellington, arrived by the Omrah last Saturday after a very pleasant trip. Mr. Grundy is attending the Federal Conference cf Education. which begins to day, as the representative of the Wellington Edt. ation Board, the New Zealand Educational Institute and the Masterton Technical School. He will reurain in London with his wife and daughter until the close of the Conference, and then leave for the Midlands, where he has relatives and friends whom be has not seen for thirty years. Later on Mr. Grundy will probably make a tour through the North of England, and through Scothan 1. visiting en route representative ed.ieational institutions. particularly those connected with primary education. Returning to London abo.it the middle of July, he will visit school* here, and probably take a trip to Paris. He expects to leave London for New Zealand on August 23. by the Oro4 4* New Zealand papers are asked to record the death of Mt. Thomas Andrey, • ■ i. sen : t tie i,.■ Si: 1 .... W. Audrey, on the 20th inst., at At lath. Salisbury, in his 67ih year. Mr. T. Y. Lusk, of Dunedin, who arrived by the Tongariro on the 27 th ult.. intends staying two or three year- in London to continue his studies as an architect with some of the leading men in that profession. Subsequently he hopes to return to the ccloav to start in business for himself. ’