NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 10, 8 March 1911, Page 7

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

LONDON, January 27. A handsome tribute to Dr. Chapple’s work in the House of Commons was paid by Mr. J. W. Gulland, the Scottish Liberal Whip, at a complimentary dinner given by the Liberals of Stirlingshire to Dr. Chapple, in honour of the New Zealander’s second victory at the polls. Mr. Chapple, by the way, shares with Mr. J. Cathcart Wason the distinction of having sat in both the New Zealand and the Imperial Parliaments. Mr. Gulland declared that there was no more active and diligent member in the House of Commons. Dr. Chapple was there early and late. He was the best listener he knew. He confessed he (Mr. Gulland) did not listen very much to the debates. He had better things to do, but there was Dr. Chapple all the time listening sometimes to very sorry stuff. (Laughter.) When Dr. Chapple rose to speak he gave something to them about something he had thought out himself, something he knew about, something that was original, something that came from himself, and was, therefore, a useful contribution to the debate. Professor Edgworth David, who was the geologist of the Shackleton South Polar Expedition, is spending a month in London. He has come to consult with Sir Ernest Shackleton in reference to tiiu publication of the complete scientific memoirs. The Professor’, who was formerly Scholar of New College, Oxford, and now occupies the Chair of Geology in the University of Sydney, says he pects excellent results from Captain Scott’s expedition, as it is so well equipped for scientific investigation. Professor David has brought with him specimens of the limestone fossils he discovered in Antarctica—a discovery he regards as of the highest importance, as “marking on the geological clock the dawn of life.” Lieutenant Walter, from the New Zealand Defence Forces, has" been appointed second-lieutenant in the Imperial Army. Mr. Walter, who was a colonial candidate, joins the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, of which the Ist Battalion is at Rawal Pindi, India, and the 2nd Battalion at Lichfield. Dr. J. M. Mason, M.D. (Brux). D.P.H. (Cambridge), late Consulting Medical Officer to the Dominion of New Zealand, who studied law and passed as a barrister during his visit to England last year, was called to the Bar this week as a member of Gray’s Inn. Mr. T. W. J. Jounson, of Otago University and Middlesex Hospital, was granted the diploma of L.R.C.P. at this week’s meeting of the Royal College of Physicians. Tile Earl of Onslow, ex-Governor of New iMMand, who is suffering from laryngitis, is still confined to his bed at Clandon Park. There is not likely to be any material change in his condition for the next two or three months. Messrs. Wm. Sullivan (Wellington), Floyd Gillam (Auckland), and Stuart Williamson (L. Hutt), who travelled to England as engineers on the s.s. Cornwall, intend to enlarge their engineering experience here before returning to the Dominion. From London they will proceed to Liverpool, where they expect to remain for a month. Canon Ivens, Rural Dean of Halifax, and Vicar of Sowerby Bridge, has returned to his home after visiting N.ew Zealand as one of the Anglican mission ers. Altogether he travelled 30,000 miles, and all the time enjoyed the best of health. Canon Ivens, says the “Yorkshire Post.” has still under consideration the offer of the living of St. Mary’s, New Plymouth. Mrs. F. Carr Rollett, wife of the well known Auckland journalist, and herself an accomplished journalist and fiction writer, has a short story entitled “His Brother’s Paradise” in the February number of “Nash’s Magazine.” Recent callers at the High Commissioner’s Office: Mr. Wm. Sullivan (Wellington), Mr. Floyd Gillam (Auckland), Mr. Stuart Williamson (Lower Hutt), Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Russell. Miss T. and Miss B. H. Russell (Palmerston North), Mr. G. J. A. Lester (Wanganui), Miss A. E. Baker (Nelson). T. C. Williamson (Gisborne), Mrs. W. H. P Barber and Mr. Ray Barber.