NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 9

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

s PERSONAL NOTES FHOM LONDON. London, December 21. vi . Produce Commissioner ;fyr; New, Zealand,; gave,:ft'.lantern, leoture at :Harlestten,-a .few nights; ago onv New 'Zealand,' --.^r-'i^amerpn.^says:theUoccil :papeiv ."Should . certainly-, be;.encouraged: to ton tin tiehis lectiti':ing . Th'ere ,-Was ■ never dull- Moment during.:tlie;mnety.^-minutes• he WiiS^:on; the.plat- ; .form,-; ahd;;botll;aatt'6r .'ttnd..delivei'y. were tresb. ;and;bnght,"..;.;.:' j 7 ;. H , Wellington, "arriVed in wcek.'byvtbg .German-mail steamer : .'Mr.;:. ColU.e,'lins' "come three y'ears , .\muMcai'Btudy;;at\tKo Royai-iCbllege at bt:vJu,arli b -Cfrurcn, AVelhpgtoni' organist :at tlie Wesleyjiu l.Churcll' itii'tiiht city,- aua'gave ■ KeveraiovgaErecita^;-p'riw abn. y ; ; .'''.vV'v • .-:' : Tbe;-engageinent-;iS :nniiouncM ; of Miss' Mar-: .garet 'Heunettijb'tliird daughter, of:the' late. Mr; iThomas Sadler, barrister-at-la;w,i'lnner Temple',, ;tl : easurer'.of the, Eigity-Glubj' and.of : ' Mrs.' Sad-" •lei';- 5 ; St.. Andrew:s :Place,i Regent's: Park; anil -granddaughter Storks,' Jd.P. for llipon, • and Dr. R. Walter Baron, youngeet'Son .of' Mr. Hi.-Wi Baton, Of DUnedin, New Zealand.

.' A resident.of Katikati, in the Auokland Province, Mr. G. Vesey Stewart, wrote to King Edward; some\tfcre6'-years- ago, ; begging, for a : 'sUbsMptioh-'totfafdi.the'building of. a Presby--Iterianvmanse,in;that;distriet.«:.He~ha^.:iioW:i'eceived'v^sfeply^froMs'the ceived'v^sfeply^froMs'the Purse. Office, ■ the King's; 'hat; the''many." his ,private, baunty ;. would-not allow : liis . Majesty to contribute. • '- - ■> .., i-vAt 1 aVreceiit ! ,the^"D&go University Council- lt'.wa« ':anfi6Un6id',that' the well-kaoteu . firm; of- BeWfck; Mofeihg' arid C 0.,. had, 1 ' in :'response to' a request ,from Professor Park, agreed to -award ,ono. post-graduate pei' annum to, -,mintng:V:gfaduateS •. of,- Otago Uflfvei'Slty, Messrs, Bewick.; Moreihg, and Co; fcontrol :?eVen:teen:of.:the.leading,njineS irt-Western AlistralilV,, besides "mines t in.? Victoria; Queensland, New ;Ztoland, ; and; elsewhere,;:)vlf:'students^'prove satisfaotery .aftef ; two : work-they' Wilb be' placed oil the.permanent stilf. :V.BW^)f.-®lffti»t;llut ; h«rf«td,v WhO: is amative of New Zealand; and: who recently 'was awarded ;th6 Nobel prize for:chetniStry'of,^76oo.for'his. aisC6veries .and Works on .radioactivity, hnsire'', 'ceived ,numet6hs. honours,:ahd/., degrees , from British and AmeiiCali, universities. He is at present .Professor of Chcmisiry at the Manchester Umvcrsilj\ Last week Professor Rnthei''.to_rd; yisitea .Stockholm,- aocompanied: Ijy his vwife, . Where he.Was ;en(ertairie(f fer.; si*' days. Tra«?tF?T d i' il « tl »i , sion,fr6m Stoekholm■ to ;UpsaiA Ufliversity, 'wltere great homage was •paul. Il in • He,, inspected': the.. 'chemical: and ■physical laboratories .before": returning to ManChester by way af Berlin. - u