NEWZEALANDERS ABROAD

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 4

NEWZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. ■~..". London, Dercmber 10. ' A lady who was setting out for New Zea» ■ land.bythe Tongariro, as a result of. her ex< porience in the Channel, has cancelled her " ticket, and decided to lomain in England. ' . Mr. Frederiok Zoltner,. of Wellington, has. spent the past year in the United States, and ' is,-now in London.. Ho hopes soon to return to : New Zealand, which he left in February, aw;-/.■-,-,-•. ...:.- ,v , ■ ;■ Mrs, L. F. Moffatt.daughtor of-Mr.-.Felij;, .'■ Macquire, of Mount Hbyal, Okaiawa, is ro , turning to New Zealind in theP. and O'.'i :. s,s. Moroa (which left Plymouth last'Saturu&j)> after a twelve-months' absence from, the. Porninion, She has spent 'an enjoyable holiday in Switzerland, Francq, and England, : . Mrs. 01i?ia Packer, of Dunedin,- has just 1 amv?d in London from Toronto, where sh» h&s the past twelve months, v"' &v x cnt to Canada via London and ■ lprky spending only a few days here ' on her way. She will spend two months in. ' London ana-sail from Southc.mpton on Jariu. ary 26 by the Bremen, en route for New Zealajld.:- ,; -. "•■ ■ ;-.-, ; ..'■ ■;. .; : •- ■ ;.:_.... Rece'nt r callers at the. High Commiesib/rier'r : iw-^! 01 " 1 ! -Packer' (Dunedin),'.Mr, J.A., Willey (Chnstchurch), Mr. H. F. Wigram '■ (Ohnstohurch),. Mr. H. K. Saunders ■ M™ W. 0, Schnuchel (Dunedin),. w'J'nv ?* ylp F (Punedin), Mr. J. P.Ruddv•(Polt: Chalmers), Mr. and Mrs; Geo , . Coup (Canterbury); ■ Mr. T.-E. Richardson (Wet. Imgtpn), Mr,i Pi-.' Stewart-(Napier),- Mr,-F. ~- : Zeltner (Wellington). '■ -.-.' - ; ;. ;: '-■' ." ■ ,-". ; ; . • Aiipther. Maori-war Vveteran. passed' awar , last,- week jn • Lieut.-CploneJ 'John -James: : Henrj',_late Roynl-Army .-Medical- .- Lieut.rCol. Henrys who wgs-.in his SOph .yeaf, ' . joined the army: in- 1856, and/ after serving'-.: m_:the- Indian.Mutiny-j -went with his 'regi-:. ment ...to New - Zealand; and was 'meritjphed : in dispatches for his services in ■ the ■"a.ttaek" ; on the Gat« Pa and'at.'Te'.Rariga.': He : toed in.November, 1878A.-' : : h. :' -: : i■'■.• -■:& ;i-> .The third-class passengers from ; the Tpnga-V nrp,: which- was/damaged- in/collisions: 'off:. ivera ■ sent : on-, last: Friday ;by>thßv which sailed-for"New Zealand: : With what is for-her probably 'a record : mihO ber of.th!rd-claßs'-passengers - ■ the first-.c)ass passenger's go ■; by ■-the ; lonic-- ' Becohd-elass are waiting"' until the Tongariro is ready to "put tp" : sea". ■•"'". A %y\ '■•, "hoped she will'be ready by the. end of the.present month;?-'-";'/ ' :^ ■■•'•";;:■-;• 'i.Mr. and .Mrs, W, Ware, of Auckland, also , the |pn. G. J. Spiith, M.L.C.,:and his ; wife. and-.family, who.were aboard; the,Tongariro-" When she collided : ..in the Channel''with an--, other steamer ; some days for" - New Zealand by the lonic..- recent col-: : lon } s n Pt the.first exciting experience i> are. has had in travelling between EnglandZealand,,, He-was .on j.bpard; the-' Mptmc;-when she caught ativPlymputh. two. years ago on the voyage to'.LondonV ■'' '■ .Mr. and Mrs. Walter. Fuller, whp'arrived in Septenjber, have been touring iii Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland, and.the North of 'England,r ". and are" npw visiting the Riviera, whence thev ; ■ return .to/London for/Christm'as;,, They' yn\V > leave London again in February for/.an .ei-. ■fended {bur of Germany and Italy/..picking, up ■ •■ an Orient liner at Naples, and breaiting thejourney at.Port Said to.visit Cairo"'and the' : . Pyramids. :Tbey expect to" reach New. Zea-': land about the end of April or the middle of ■ May.. -The object of Mr. Fiiller's■: tiip7 is, . prim.arily to extend ' bis ■ knowledge of \ thea-i'i ' trioal affairs.- " :.: : •/■"'\'V:! > \ '■.■'. ':"■ ;

..In the Paris'f'Depeche Coloniale" (Novem- , ! ber 17. to; 26), Professor Henri-.;-.Eorin,'.'. , . a' French colonial authorjty of- repute,' , has-, a' eerie? of articles under the 4>itle of■••.'.''.'.The'-' .British Colonies" at the. Eshi-; bitioh;"- The.writer devotes a .considerable amount of space to New Zealand 1 !{-, f !The : 'e&;. hibit pf New he says, in opening, ■is • very ■ successful. : .'(tree Sreussie).'-'. fhe pavilion which shelters it is no more original, than ;thev ; Crown' the.in-; terior\arrangement 'is agre'caiile "and:speik-' ing." 'M.,Lbrin proceeds to ; give a sketchVof'. thalhistp'ry .•and-'.econpinic;' 'develppment,; New; Zealand," which"(excepting two' or th/eeT: little inaccuracies) - will anwii "X\\fT co'uifffy-" men a.very good, idea, of', the -.country -.jjjhafc:'was within-measurable'distjince> of becoming' a'French colony—a'fact he.diily ;chrbni<i}es. Concluding; a , description pf-the New ZeafariiJ r: exhibits, M. Lorin says:—"All , these ep?ofc' ! • men? are-presented with taste; amoiig attract'* tive photographs,' and go to-malcp up a com-' , prehensive exhibition,-'oh-which -we are happy-"* ,tp felicitate -the organisers."; : ■. : -- ;"■- "-