NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 16, 19 October 1910, Page 7

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

(From Our Own Correapoadeiit.) LONDON, September 9. Mr. and Mra. F. M. Young, of South Canterbury, and their daughter. Miss Vida Young, who have been spending several months in this country on a pleasure trip, intend leaving for the Continent in a week's time. They will spend some time there and return to London to join an outward Suez steamer, en route for their home. Dr. Moncrief Finlayson, well-known as an Otago mining student, has been studying for the last two years at the Royal School of Mines, South Kensington, after having won the 1851 Scholarship in New Zealand. He recently gained the distinction of Doctor of Science and Geology at the University of London, and left, two days ago, to take up an appointment for two, or prehaps three years in Burma, to do geological work on the Burmese oilfields. During his t ime on this side of the world. Dr. Finlayson has put in three months in Spain in geological work at the copper mines of Rio Tinto, three months also in the mines at Durham. the Lake District, Lead Hills (Scotland), Isle of Man, and North Wales. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place on October 5, between Noel Percy, son of Mr. Percy Holland Adams, of Nelson, New Zealand, and Eileen Kate Nesta, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Raw, of 28, Albert Court. Major-General A. J. Godley. C. 8., who has just been appointed to the Imperial General Staff, New Zealand, is a former officer of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, to which he was appointed in 1886. and the Irish Guards, to which he was posted as Major in 1901, on the formation of that regiment to mark the valour of the Irish soldiers in South Africa. Major-General Godley first saw service in that country in 1896. when he went through the Matabele affairs as a staff officer, and was mentioned in despatches for good work. He was on special service at Mafeking when that place was besieged after the outbreak of the Boer War of 1899, and served through its defence as adjutant of the Protectorate Regiment, and subsequently in command of the defences on the western side of the town. After the. relief of Mafeking he commanded the Rhodesian Regiment, and for some time commanded a brigade in various operations. Mr. anj Mrs. Callon, of Ravensbotirne, Dunedin, are visiting the Old Country, on a pleasure trip. Mr. Callon having" nowretired from business. They will remain here until about the midddle of November. Since their arrival on July 22, they have visited Dublin, Manchester, and Buckinghamshire, where they have relatives. It is 32 years since Mr. Callon left this country to settle in New Zealand. Professor A. W. Bickerton, of Christchurch, of “Cosmic Impact’’ fame, has arrived in London. “I came Home by the Orsova, he told me, “and had a wonder-

fully good passage The best trip I have •ver taken, in spite of it being considered the worst season. 1 have found most delightful quarters in Maitland Hall, l.einster Gardens. Hyde Park. 1 have come to develop my Impact theory of Cosmic Evolution. My visit was suggested by his Excellency Lord Dudley, the Gov-ernor-General of Australia, who made a very liberal contribution towards the cost of the journey. His idea was warmly taken up by the Government and educational authorities of New Zealand, who contributed the remainder of the expenses. I propose to stay somewhat over a year, and may take a run across America, through Canada, and back through the States.” After spending two years in the Malay States. Miss May White, of Auckland, came on to this country by the R.M.s. Moldavia, and is now staying with a friend. Mrs. Waymouth, at Hampstead. She does not intend to remain long in England, and after doing a little sightseeing and shopping in London and paying one or two visits in the country, she will accompany Mrs. and Miss Waymouth to Paris. Later on. if the political situation in the East is sufficiently settled. Miss White intends to travel as far as Athens. Constantinople, and Tiflis (in the Caucasus), returning to New Zealand towards the end of next year. "This is my first trip to Europe," said Miss White, “and I am anxious to get in touch with as many nationalities as possible.” Mr. W. Cecil Leys, of Auckland, who has been visiting the United Kingdom after a tour through the East and Siberia. left London on Wednesday for Marseilles to join the Orontes there, en route for Auekland. Mr. C. F. Sanders, of Auckland, who arrived by the Persia on July 17, via Suez, is at present in London. Mr. Sanders took the sea trip because of a general break down in health, and it is satisfactory to record that he is now well again. He leaves for Scotland next week, and later will visit the Continent, probably returning to Auckland about the end of the year. Mr. Percy J. Hewitt, of the Waikato, arrived in England a few days ago, after an extensive trip of some months in Canadit and America. He now goes to Scotland and Ireland, intending to stay in Belfast with his sister, who will later return io London with him. Before embarking for New Zealand at Marseilles, in about six weeks' time, Mr. Hewitt intends to see something of Paris. His visit is one of pleasure. Miss Nora D’Argel, the gifted young New Zealand singer, who will be the principal prim-a donna of the autumn season at Lyons, is now staying in Buckinghamshire, where the wonderful gowns she will wear as Lakme and as Flors in “La Tosca” are being made by the head workers of that country. Mrs. K. Long (Miss D'Argel's mother) has lately become a professional guide to the historic spots in London. Mr. J. L. Kelly, ex-editor of the “New Zealand Times,” has a striking article in the current "Westminster Review” on “What is the Matter with the Asiatic*” His views on the moral aspect

of the colour question may be thus summarised"(l) We have no right to*impose ourselves as conquerors and taskmasters upon Asiatic race* in their own countries. (2) We have no right to reduce Asiatics to serfdom, under the name of 'indentured labour* in other countries. (3) We have no right to allow voluntary immigration of Asiatics into Colonies where the result of their influx will be the moral and material deterioration of the British population.** The great Colonies, says Mr. Kelly, ultra-loyal though they be, would face war, separation and the risk of foreign invasion rather than open their gates to a flood of Asiatics. Behind this determination lies ‘‘the unerring instinct of race-preservation, and the imperious call of civilisation and progress.”