NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20093, 24 November 1930, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. (rxou ocx. own coekispomixt.) LONDON, October 17. Miss Mildred Cooke (Christchurch) (friffid last April by the Rangitane and will leave for home on December sth. Soon after reaching England, she went to Paris fcr a few days, accompanied by Mrs Charles Murray. During August she motored in Scotland nitli relatives and then went to Norfolk where September was spent with Mrs Spencer Parker (Wellington).' Mr and Mrs H. E. Leighton (Lower Hutt) will leave for New Zealand by the Orford on October 25th at the conclusion of a very pleasant live months' holiday spent in England risking relatives and friends. They will remain in Sydney for a week before connecting with the Maungar»m, which is due to reach New Zealand about December 17th. Mr A. W. Scarfe (Auokland)j who has been in England since July, is leav- j ing on his return home at the end of October. He has been travelling in Germany and the Mother Country, and has been visiting the colleges at Cambridge. This week he will be present afc the Motor Show at Olympia. Mr Scarfe will spend about ten days in Sydney prior to connecting with the Maunganui, with the intention of being home just before Christmas. Mr il. Mowbray Bruce (Napier) has been on a business tour through Great Britain and Ireland. His travels occupied August and September. The trip has been very pleasant as Mr Bruce has many friends in the British Isles. On October 25th he will leave by the Orford on his way home, via Sydney. Mr "W. H. Entwistle. M.A., B.Sc. ''Auckland), intends studying Educational Psychology under Sir Percy T. Nunn, Professor Burt, and Professor Spearman, of London University. Hie trill take n thesis involving experimental work for his degree of Ph.D. Mr Entwistle expects to be in England for at least two years, and he has been advised by the Director of Education in New Zealand (Mr Strong) to collect material on Higher Primary and Secondary Education as well as on Vocational Guidance Professor J. \V. Hinton (formerly of ihe staff of the University of Education and Knox College, Dunedin, and now Professor at the University College of Ceylon) lias been on long leave since the beginning of April, has visited the Far East and New Zealand, and has now arrived at Cambridge. He came by the Aorangi to Vancouver, travelling across Canada by the Canadian National Railway, visiting Toronto and Montreal. At present Professor Hinton is seeing the Cavendish Laboratories where Sir Ernest Rutherford directs so much modern work in Phvfcics. He intends snending about two months in England and then to go to KgJTt, where three weeks will be passed on the return journey to Ceylon. The "Southern Cross Log" announces 'he arrival in England on shore leave of tlic lie-v. A. A. Thomson from South Main, ami of Miss Hilda Broughton from Ragu. Uecent callers at the High Commissioner's Office have included:—Mrs L M. Alien (Dunedin): Miss D. Bunbury I (Dunedin) j Mr A, S. Burr (Greonmwidows); Miss M. A. Cooke- (Cbristihureb); Mr A. E. Clouston (Wrstport); A*i&s B. Collins (Island Bay, Wellington; Mr W. C'oulston (Remuera); Mrs E. J. Cronia (Hamilton); Mr J. B. Dixon

('Wanganui); Miss A. Duncan (Wellington,; Mr W. Gaw (Auckland); Mr J. W. Harding (Wellington); Major R. j I. Howell (Kowhai Bush); Mr C. F<. Hilliam (Dargaville); Mr_W. J. Hunt 'A ucklaad); Mr W. T. Irvine (Wellington); Mrs K. Irvine (Dunedin); Misß K. M. Jansen (Wellington); Mr E H Kirk (Kelso, Otago); Mr and Mrs T. Kirk (Remuera); Mr T. V Lysons (Hawera); Mr and Mrs Lindo Levieii, Miss L. Lcvien (Wellington); Mrs T. Gore-Martin (Auckland); Miss Martin, Mr G. Marriner (Auckland); Mr W J S. McCurdie (Wellington); Mr and Mrs T. MacGillivray (Nelson); Mrs J. Macalister (Invercargill); Mr K. D. • Nealo (Christchurch) ; Mrs 1 agni, Miss B. and Mr F. Pagiu (Auckland), Mr-T. E. Perks (Auckland); the Rev. J. Ernest Parsons (Palmerston North); Misses J. and M. Perry (Masterton); Mr and Mrs G. Robinson (Auckland), Miss Joan Kobinsor. (Christchurchi/; Mr T. Ritchie (Dunedin); Messrs B. F. and E. Ij. Scanned (Auckland); "*s G* T Seymour (Blenheim); Miss Una Smith (Poukawa); Mr and Mrs H. V. Teagle (Lower Hutt). _ Dr. and Mrs K. Tallerman (nee Dr. Alice Rose, Dunedin) have returned from a four weeks' walking tour in Germany. Tbey were on foot for the greater part of the time, walking right through the Black Forest, from north to south. They also spent a few days in Ileidelburg and V18ltl "8 the children's clinics in both places. U*. and Mrs Tallerman devote most of their professional time in London to matters connected with children and their health. Jv Miss Mary M. Philpott (Southland) arrived in the middle of July, and went first to stay with relatives in Warwickshire. During August she attended the Post Certificate School for Midwives at Camberwell, and then went for a Ave weeks' tour which included Scotland and the Continent. Miss Philpott is going shortly to Cornwall, but her future plans are rather indefinite. She may decide to gain more nursing experience before she returns to New Zealand. Mr F. A. Taylor, Student and Tutor at Christ Church, Oxford (late of Auckland), has been on a trip to Egypt. The date of his approaching marriage to Miss Byass will be settled on his return. An old boy of Hamilton High School, Mr S. Crump, applied for a commission in tho R.A.F. last May. He was successful, and is now at the No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, near Chester, for 12 months' training. His rank as Pilot-Officor dates from September 12tlx. . Mr Crump was previously Engineer-Officer on the U.S.S. Company 's Aorangi. He was trained at the works of Messrs G. Fraser and Sons, Auckland, and at Auckland University College. It is interesting to note, by the way, that there, are five other New Zealandcrs taking the Bame course at Sealand. They are: Messrs 11. L. M. Glover, H. L. Andrews, -r-. Slowey, —. Nixon, and —. King. As there are only 26 taking the course, the proportion of New Zealanders is rather remarkable. Mr Geoffrey T. Jarman (Wellington) arrived by the Corinthic at the beginning of this month to join tho R.A.F. it; England on short service commission. A marriage has boon arranged, and will shortly take place, botween the Rev. John Maryon-Wilson, of Great Canfield, Essex, and Miss May W'ankIvn, only daughter of Mr Alec Wanklyn, of Napier. At Minto Hotel, Edinburgh, the wedding took place, on October 4tli, of Mr Neil McKay, of Pine Doll, Mastorton, to Miss Henrietta M. Maelennan, M.A., cider daughter of thn late Donald Maclcnnan, aad Mrs M&clennan, 27

Arden street, Edinburgh. The bridegroom is the second son of tlio late Mr and Mrs George McKay, "VVangaehu, Wanganui. The ceremony was performed bv the Rev. Percy Hepburn.. B.r>

At Mansfield College, Oxford, on October 4th, Miss Dorothy Winifred Benham, daughter of Mr and Mrs H. A. Benham, of New Zealand, was married to the Rev. Robert Reynolds Turner, M.A., 8.A., son of the Rev. G. Reynolds Turner, of Ilwian, China, and grandson of the late Robert Somerville, Glencairn, Dalkeith. A recent arrival from Christchurch is Mr R. D. Neale, who has come to take a two years' course with the General Electric Company, Birmingham.' At Martinstown Vicarage, Dorchester, on October 14th, the death occurred of Hannah Elizabeth Kent, at the age ol' 97 years. The deceased lady had friends in New Zealand. On October 14th the sudden death occurred, after an operation at King Edward VII. Hospital for Officers, of Captain Critchley Waring, D.5.0., at the age of 44. Captain Critchley Warin" saw a good deal of service during the war, at the outbreak of which he was brigade major and infantry instructor of the New Zealand Forces. He served with the New Expeditionary Force from its formation until August, 1915. From 1921 to 1925 he was A.D.C. to Lord Allenby, who, at that time, was High Commissioner for Egypt. He was twice mentioned in dispatches, and he won the D.S.O. for great gallantry and resource in command of a small party at Gaba Tepc, on April 2otli, 1915. In 1923 he married the Honourable Gladys, only daughter of Lord and Ladv Waring, and he was granted permission by the King to add the surname of Waring to that of Critchley.