NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAL

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 66, 11 December 1907, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAL

PERSONAL JOTTINGS FROM LONDON, London, November 1. A marriage has been arrapged betweenCommander D. Murray Anderson, R.N., of H.M.S. Cumberland, and Miss Muriel Teschemaker, second daughter of the late Mr. W. 11. Teschemaker, of Kauro Hill, Otago, whose widow now; resides in London, at' 9 Egertoh Gardens. Mr. Hal Williams left for New Zealand a few days ago, travelling overland to join the Ortona at Naples. Mr. Williams's destination is Auckland and the Poverty Bay district, but lie will spend only a few weeks in the Ddminipn, as his business necessitates his being back in London at the end of February.. ' The. marriage arranged between Mr, J. H. P. Barcroft, R.M.1i.1., of H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh, eldest son of Mr; Penrose J. Barcroft, of Hawke's Bay, and Miss- Violet Crosbie, daughter of Colonel Crosbie (late 60th-Rifles), of Northlands, Chichester,, is to take place on November 12, at Donnirigton, Chichester.' ; ; •■A cable message, in the wedding notices in ' "The Times" announces the marriage of Miss-Elizabeth Jane Mary (Bessie) Bullock, daughter of the late Mi'. Alfred Bullock, of' Christchurch, to Mr. Venour Royal Dulhunty, eldest son of Mr. G. R. .-Dulhunty, of Dubbo," N.S.W. The wedding took" place at Valparaiso, on October 21. Mr. T. G. Parrott, of . Christchurch, aocompanied by his wife, is revisiting England, after an absence of ten years. ' . They came over last May, and will return about March • of next year. Tliey are on a pleasure trip for rest and change,-and so. far:have put in most of their time in renewing acquaintance tvith relatives and friends in various-part* of the country. ' Sir William .Stuart-Forbes, ninth baronet' of Pitsligo (Scotland), ajid of Tua ■ Marina,' Marlborough (New Zealand), who died there; on July.s ; 1906, aged .71,, left estate in the United Kingdom valued at £731. Probate, of 'his will, dated' September 2, 1903, .has been'-, confirmed'in'London in favour' of his wife', to whom lie left tho.whole of-his property absolutely. "A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take-place, between Yi'alter Georgo Howes, •son of tho. lato J. C. Howes, of 481'orchester Terrace, and Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, arid Etta May Gibson, daughter of tlio late ■ Edmund Gibson,'--.of Waitangi, New Zealand, and grand-daughter of the late . .Charles Gibsou, of Quernmore Park, Lancashire. -. Mr.. W. Acton-Adams, of Tarndale, New, Zealand, who has been elected- a• vice-presi- ■ 1 dent of'tho Tariff Reform League, on the proposition' of tho- Duke of Sutherland,' haa ; lately purchased a country houso at Kenley. i Surrey,., which, he has ■ called "Redwood,i after an old family property in Worcesteri shire. His eldest son and his son's bride, ; Mr.: and Mrs; Herbert Acton-Adams, of Ti- : papa, Now-Zealand, returned to New ZeaI land this .month, after a year's tour round I- tho world. . • s Tlio outgoing steamers are taking home a good many magnates connected with the land 1 and landed interests in, Australia. Mr. J. . Newman' Barker, chief inspector in Australia ' for the New Zealand Loan Company, has loft' : London by the Orient-Royal Line s.s. Omrah. s Mr. Barker has had six months in this couni try, and lie and Mrs. Barker" and'their .two , . daughters hayo had their headquarters at Oxford. The Hon. William M'Culloch, who i has had much better health lately, and Mr. J. J.-Falconer, manager for Australia of the 1 Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Coms BAiiy. both sail /by the.P. and 0. s.s. India. ,' ' Miss Irene' Ainsiey. of Auckland, and' Mr. . Cyril Towsey, of Wellington. took part- iri a' conccrt given at the iEolian Hall a fewg i nights ago in ai(j of tho National Society of' I Day Nurseries.' Miss Ainsiey' sang "Divini--5 tics du Styx"' (Gluck), avid later on a group of songs—Lalo's . -."L'Esclave," Brahms'' '.'Sapphische Odo,". and Teresa del RicgoV "Happy Song." Though suffering from a'baa cold, Aliss Aiiisley acquitted herself ' most creditably under the circumstances, and was', heartily applauded and, recalled, afWr eachappearance." Mr... Towsey-.acted as accom* " panist. •

Air. Murdoch M'Lean, of the, firm of iAlossrs. v AI. and K. Al'Leaiij the contractors ■for the Arthur's Pass Tunnel, arrived in London via Marseilles - last : week. ■, Mr. M'Lean has come to Europe to bur boring; machinery, of which it is estimated that bo ' tween £40,000 and £50,000 worth will be ro.quired for, what. is.' one/of the 'largest engineering. contracts ever lot south /of tht, line. Air. M'Lean will_ probably visit Switzerland' as,-well as England, the Swiss having a high reputation for tunnel construction, •He is expected back. in New; Zealand with the machinery in February next/ 'Mrs; and' Miss M'Lean are accompanying'him.'; ■ - Recent callers at the' High Commissioner 1 ! Office:—Mr. E. A. Keesing (Auckland), Mr. Alexander M'Nab (Gore), Mr. and Mrs. Roborts (Christchiirch), Mrs.; Simmons,, Mrs. and Miss Alonckton, Mr. Henry Miller and Miss Miller (Auckland), Mr. Murdoch '.••M'Lean (Auckland), Mr. ,T. W. Leys . (Auckland), Air. Ohas. A. Richards (Wellington), Mr. Hugh' Douglas (Hamilton); Dr.' and : Mrs. Alackin (Wellington), Air. W. -P." Cameron (Dunedin), Mr; N./S. Johnstone (Hawka's Hay), Air. J.. F. Al'Goyern (Upper Hutt), Air. A. G. Hill (Auckland), Air. H. L. Ben-jamin-(Auckland), and Mr. Telford H'Lcn nan-(Christqhurch);