NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 25, 22 June 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

LONDON, May 13. Lord Islington,- who was the last to kiss hands on appointment by his late Majesty as Governor of New Zealand, left London on Tuesday for Paris, en route for Marseilles, where he joined the Macedonia for New Zealand to-day. Lady Islington accompanied her husband as far as Paris, returning to London to-day, after seeing his Lordship off to Marseilles from Paris yesterday. Many friends were at Charing Cross ■to see Lord Islington off, among them being Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Mrs. Asquith. His send-off, however, was quite informal. The High Commissioner (Hon. W. Hall-Jones) and Mr. C. Wray Palliser represented New Zealand, and the Colonial Office was represented by Colonel Seely, Sir Charles Lucas, Sir Francis Hopwood, and others. Mrs. Christie and t'he Hon. C. Louisson, of New Zealand, were also at the station. Mr. W. Robinson, of Riccarton, Christchurch, who is studying medicine at Guy’s Hospital, has just completed his third year there with a list of fine performances to his credit. His principal feat —and it is a notable one—has been to pass the Primary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England at the first attempt. His is by common consent acknowledged to be the “stiffest” examination in the medical course. Only 15 to 20 per cent of the candidates who go up each time get through the searching tests, although all the candidates may be said to be picked men—the best men of their year at the schools. Many a surgeon of eminence will tell you that he was “ ploughed ” more than once —in some cases four or five times—before getting his Primary Fellowship. The Final is not so severe an examination, and the student who has got through his Primary, especially at the first attempt, may be reasonably regarded as a certainty for the distinction of F.R.C.S., the “blue ribbon ” of the medical career, in addition to this success Mr. Robinson has passed the intermediate M. 8., 8.5., tied for the Sands Cox Scholarship of Guy’s Hospital, awarded for three years for physiology, and won the Junior Efficiency Prize at Guy’s, and was the runner-up for the Michael Harris Prize for anatomy. Mr. Robinson is now off for a two months’ well-earned holiday, leaving London this week for Ireland and Gloucestershire, lie may also visit the Brussels Exhibition in July. Other New Zealanders have also distinguished themselves at Guy’s—indeed, it has been quite a New Zealand year there. Mr. J. G. Richards, of Wellington, has passed the Intermediate M. 8., 8.5.. and won the Michael Harris Prize for anatomy and a Junior Efficiency Prize. Mr. C. H. Gould, of Christchurch, passed the first part of the Intermediate with distinction in organic chemistry—only two men in the whole examination passed with distinction—and Messrs. L. B. Stringer and T. I. Bennett, both of Christchurch, passed their Intermediate. Aar octogenarian “ globe-trotter ” is sufficiently remarkable, even among a people so vigorous and long-lived as the New Zealanders. But trips round the world have evidently no terrors for Mr. Erie Craig, one of Auckland’s very oldest identities. Not only had he braved the 13,000 miles’ journey by sea from New Zealand to London, but he looks upon it as a mere preliminary jaunt. His programme is far more extensive than that. With a certain dry humour the veteran told me of his plans. “I have no special programme,” he said, “but 1 intend taking advantage of every opportunity of seeing all I ean and enjoying myself, for if 1 do not do it while 1 am young (lam only a little over eighty years old), I shall not be able to do it when 1 become old. I eame in the Tainui via Cape Horn, and arrived here on May 4. As to my return I cannot say definitely. It is my intention to stay in Europe until November next, and if my health keeps good, to return to New Zealand by China, Japan and New Guinea. 1 have been a resident of Auckland for 57 years,” added the youthful tourist. Mr. H. S. King, who has been in England for some nine months, is returning to New Zealand by the Ruapehu, which left London yesterday. During his stay over here Mr. King Ims travelled extensively, both here and on the Continent. He

spent five weeks in Switzerland, where by courtesy of the authorities he studied the latest developments of hydraulic power plants in that country. He is going out to New Zealand as sole representative of some of the largest engineering companies in Great Britain, and is taking with him a large stock of electrical and mechanical machinery and appliances. Since coming to England Mr. King has been elected a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, also a member of the Royal Society of Arts. Mr. W. F. Ware, late of Auckland, and now a resident in Brazil, is on a visit to England. He arrived on April 9 from Rio de Janeiro, and will remain till some time in July. Mr. Ware is engaged to be married to Mrs. Seavill, formerly of Rosario, Argentine, and the wedding will take place shortly in London. Mrs. Seavill has lately’ visited Auckland.

Mr. J. H. Upton and Mr. John A. Newell, M.P., of New Zealand, have joined the Royal Colonial Institute. Mrs. John Gordon, of Hamilton, arrived in England by the Otranto, and after staying for a few weeks at Berner’s Hotel, has gone to Scotland for a trip. Mr. M. G. McGregor, of Auckland, with his two sisters, Misses C. and J. C. McGregor, are here on a pleasure trip. They arrived by the Malwa on April 9, and have been in London since then. At the end of next week they will go for a month’s visit to the Continent, and later will spend a month in Scotland before leaving for New York. After spending about six weeks in America they will join the Union Steamship Co.’s liner Makura at Vancouver on November 4.

The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Ruapehu (Captain Forbes) left London yesterday for New Zealand", via Capetown, with the following saloon passengers:—Miss A. J. Anderson, Mr. P. Henderson, Mrs. F. G. Hume, Mr. 11. S. King, Mr. E. Martin, Mr. N. J. Nunnerley, Mr. C. Pinnell, Mrs. Pinnell, Master W. T. Pinnell, Miss D. M. Pinnell. Mr. J. W. Porter, Mr. A. Hindle Smith, Mr. H. E. Temple and 173 third-class. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Girdwood, of Wellington, who arrived at Avonmouth, Bristol, at the end of January, have just reached London. The voyage to England was taken on account of Mrs. Girdwood’s health, which has greatly benefited by the change. They spent three weeks in Monte Video on the way. From Avonmouth they went to Edinburgh and Glasgow, visiting the home of Mr. Girdwood’s father at Rothesay. Thence to Ireland, where at Kilworth they stayed a while with Mr. Girdwood’s aunt, the Countess of Mountcashell, afterwards visiting Cork and Killarney. They intend visiting the English lakes and the Scottish Highlands, and expect to leave on their return to New Zealand about July. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbin, of Hawke’s Bay, and their two daughters, who have been wintering in Switzerland, are now in London, residing in Cleveland Terrace, Hyde Park. At All Saints’ Church, Norfolk Square, Captain William Edwin Comber Hood, Bedfordshire Regiment, was married on April 25. to Mary Augusta (Molly) widow of Mr. Percy Waterfield Shakespeare, and second daughter of the late Vicomte Lionel de Labrosse, of New Zealand. Mr. Robert Engles, of Palmerston North, arrived in England last week and left on Wednesday night for the Continent. He leaves here on his return journey next August. Mr. A. E. M. Rliind, of Wellington, who arrived from New Zealand recently by the Avawa has come to take up work in the London office of the Bank of New South Wales. lie expects to be here for about a year. Mr. Louis Cohen, of Wanganui, has arrived in London, accompanied by two sisters, and is staying with his brother Dr. Cohen, in Brondesbury. As one of the leading amateurs and critics of music in New Zealand, and a keen student of the drama, Mr. Cohen has been appointed to write his impressions of music, art and the drama in both hemispheres, in a series of articles for the “Auckland Star,” the “N.Z. Times,” the “Lyttelton Times” and the “Dunedin Star.”

Mr. J. H. Aitken, of Wanganui, arrived, in London on Saturday by the Mongolia on a pleasure trip to the Old Country. He proposes to include a tour in Spain in his itinerary, and to leave on his return to New Zealand on Octobec 22,.