NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 2, 13 July 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

(From Our Own- Correspondent.) LONDON, June 3. Mr. John Stone, of Messrs. Stone- ami » Son, Dunedin, is in London on a health trip, accompanied by Mrs.'"StOne. They arrived on Saturday by the Rimutaka. “I am just on a ‘loafing’ holiday,” said Mr. Stone, “and mean to take things easy.' There' are some things I want to see, of course, but if I don’t see them I shan’t worry. We may stay a montn or so in London, and then visit the Continent and Scotland, but I have drawn up no programme, and don’t intend to. I haven’t seen any of the regular sights of London so far, except the tertainment in the streets, and I just tertain me in the streets, and I just ride here and there, and wherever the fancy takes me. I haven’t seen London since I was a little boy, and I don’t remember much about it then. I enjoy finding my way about in this maze of streets. On my first day here I decided to lose myself to see what it felt like. So I got oft’ the ’bus I was riding on, went down the first side street I came to, then down another side street off that one, then through an alley-way, and another street, then turned round three times —and I was lost! My idea was to see if I could get back to my hotel without having to ask the way. I managed it all right.” Mr. Stone proposes to spend three or four months in this country, returning by the direct route. His health is much improved by the sea voyage. Mr and Mrs T. Bullock, of Ashburton, arrived here by the Rimutaka on Saturday, after a pleasant voyage, and left on Monday for the West of England to visit friends. Later they go to Scotland, Ireland and the Continent. Mr Bullock is on a pleasure trip, but he hopes to acquire information regarding contributory old age pensions in Germany, and to study liquor traffic problems in that country and in Austria. Mr L. Fraser, of Waianowai, Southland, who came to England by the Orient liner Otway on a pleasure trip, journeying overland from Naples, left for Scotland this week to visit relatives at Milngaire, Glasgow. Thence he goes north, via Oban, to Inverness, returning via Aberdeen and Edinburgh. After seeing something of the north of Ireland, Mr Fraser will return to London, and leave for New Zealand in the Orient liner Osterley, on August 5. Being interested in the frozen meat and produce markets from a producer's point of view, Mr Fraser is gathering all the information he can in regard to methods of distribution in the English markets. The “Morning Post” announced on Wednesday last an engagement between John Warren Clouston, eldest son of Robert Stuart Clouston, of Wellington, New Zealand, and Edith Hughes, of 51, Wellington-road, St. John's Wood, youngest daughter of Alfred Secretan Hughes, of The Firs, Stroud, Gloucestershire. The Misses A. and E. Stringer, of Christchurch, arrived in London by the Otway on May 28th, and intend to remain for about two months, after that going for a short trip to Paris, then returning to London probably for a year. This is their first visit to England, and they are both thoroughly enjoying their trip. Mr. I. E. Foot, of the Government Insurance Department, Wellington,, who came to England some weeks ago to consult specialists with regard to his eyes, has considerably benefited by treatment here. Mr. I'ool had recently joined the staff of the New Zealand Pavilion at the White City, and will return to the Dominion upon the elosing of the JapanBritish Exhibition. Mr. T. D. M. Stout, son of the Chief Justice of New Zealand, has passed his final examination for the medical degree of M. 8., B.C. (London) with honours, gaining distinction in medicine. Mr. Stout has been studying at Guy’s Hospital. The Sterndale Bennett scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, awarded for any branch of music, has been won by Arthur Alexander, a native of Dunedin, for piano-playing and composition. The judges were Messrs. T. B. Knott,

Josef Blaha and F. Corder (chairman)'. > ’ Mr. A. P. Clarkson, of Christchurch* ■is visiting -the Old-Ceuntr* and Europe to make himself acquainted with the i latest methods in ferro-concrete construction, and _will remain .tilk.early next year, when he returns to New’ Zealand,, via America, He left the Orontes at Naples, accompanied by Mrs. Clarkson and Miss Kathleen Barclay, and journeyed overland to Germany, visiting. Vienna, and other places en route. The ladies remained at Leipsic, where Miss Barclay is going to finish her education and then study music (piano). Mr. Philip Presents, of Christchurch, who has been spending some time. in Norwich, the Midlands and North Wales, has now come to London, where he will probably spend a month or two, afterwards visiting the Continent. The date of his return to New Zealand is at present uncertain, and it is probable that he may decide to settle in London. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Terry, of Dunedin, who arrived-here by the Orsova on May 14, intend to stay five months. They are bn a pleasure tour, and mean to visit some of the leading towns and watering places in England, and to tour in Scotland and Ireland. Covent Garden was crowded In every corner on Monday night, when Madame Melba made her appearance after an absence of two years. Her position is indeed unique, and it is the more remarkable when we reflect that she is by some years the senior member of the company, and that last season was the only one she has missed since her debut in 1886. Her voice is still as pure and fresh as ever it was. She sang the part of Mimi in “ La Boheme,” which is a favourite with her, and by the time the third aet was reached, she had thrown off all signs of anxiety, and sang as beautifully as ever, and with the exquisite finish which has made her famous. She was more impulsive in her acting than was her wont, and made the scene very touching. At the fall of the curtain there were endless recalls, and finally she came out before the curtain many times alone, and the Australians in the house shouted “ Cooce.” Mme. Melba is pushing negotiations In various quarters for artists to join her grand opera company for Australia, a scheme which she proposes to carry out in conjunction with Mr. J. C. Williamson, who is now on his way to England. That several celebrated artists will ba associated with her in a grand opera season about twelve months hence may be regarded as a certainty. Mr. Ernest F. Luks, of the Lands and Survey Department in Auckland, who has been visiting Europe on twelvo months’ leave of absence, is in London just now. He has greatly benefited by, his stay abroad, and hopes to return to New Zealand quite restored to health. Mr. Luks arrived here from Auckland in September of last year, spent 21 months in Scotland, England, and London, a fortnight in Paris, and then wintered on the Riviera at Nice and Mentone for, 3J months. Thence he went to Milan, Lucerne and Frankfort, and after visiting relatives in Wilhelmshaven, Varel, Schweibourg, Oldenberg, Westerstede, Bremen and Hanover, he went to Berlin, Sonderhausen, Cassel, Cologne, Aix-laz* Chapelle, Brussels, Ghent, Paris, and so back to London. In Sondershausen he stayed with Mr. Hermann Brown, for, many years German Consul in Auckland, and in Ghent he visited Mr. Sam Kronfeld, Mr. Emil Vincent and Mr. Octave Willems —all ex-Aucklanders. Mr. Luks will remain in town until June 10th, when, he leaves for Auckland by the Orient liner Otranto. At present he is visiting the various Imperial Survey and Titles Departments in England, and studying their methods as far as possible. The Hon. W. and Mrs. Hall-Jones, Lady and Miss Mills, Mr. Justice, Mrs. andl Miss Denniston, were among the guests at the reception given this week at the Ritz Hotel by Sir George and Lady Reid to Mr. Roosevelt. An engagement is announced between the Rev. H. Darwin Burton, vicar-desig-nate of St. Michael’s, Christchurch, New, Zealand, and Lilian, daughter of Henry J. Toulmin, The Pre, Hertfordshire. The death is announced of Mrs. Sophia Thornton, widow .of Daniel Bateman Thornton, of St. Petersburg and New Zealand, in her 82nd year. Mrs. Thornton died on Friday last at Eastbourne. Miss Ola Humphry is now convalescent after the severe operation for appendicitis which interfered with her very successful performance earlier in the season. She is at present in London, the guest of Counters Denvers.