NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

3 , PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. 1 London, June 24 J Mr and Mrs Arthur E G. Rhodes, of J Chnstchurch, New Zealand, have armed at ' 225 St James's Court 1 Mr 'Lyons, late registrar of marriages in , Auckland, is m London at present, accompanied by his wife Since Ms arrival he ' has much impioved m health -, ' Mr John> Werner, uunuif! engineer, of Punta Arenas, Chile, has arnvedun London on his way to Non Zealand, and leaves London on June 25 by the Or-iva, en loute tor Dunedin , Mr and Mrs T H Hamcr ha\e taken up then residence at 20 Elgin Avenue,, Maida Vale. ' ' Mr F M Spurdlo, of Wanganui, arrived here on Mav'l6, having 'diseinbaiked at Naples and visited the Italian lakes and cities*en route for Pans and London After another week or twcini London he mil visit Scotland, aiid IcaVe In July for Amenta, returning thence to New Zealand in October ~ ;^l R, fenine™, Auckland, and their'two "aVnvetl by tho Connthic on a ( se\en itionths' pleasure tup .They havq been at Cambridge, tho homo of All Hcaddoyjs foiefatliers,' and leave this week for,/ tour in Scotland Mr Magnus de la'Laniß, the Neiv Zealand piau'st, has recently been getting a good many engagements to play in tho piovinces, and is also practising hard at his home in London, where lie is living with his mother, Mrs Laing-Meason He hopes to give a rectal in London m October or November. Mr and Mrs H B Sorensen havo bean visiting friends' at Copenhagen, where they spent three neeks While in Denmark they paid a visit to Mi; Sorensen's only sister, whon) he had not seen for 49 years They are.now in London tor a few weeks, after which they will visit tho Channel Islands, and spend a month in Scotland t Afterwards they will visit Pans, Holland, and Germany Mr J A Burt, of Dunedin who arrived by the s s Moldavia on April 23 with Mis Buit and Miss Molly Burt h'as taken up lesidence at 17 Talbot Road, Highgate Mr Buit has come over here to su|>erintend the buying for the Now Zealand business of lus firm, and purposes to remain for two or three years Since arriving, 'ho has visited Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and Glasgow He spent a few days in Edinburgh and Glasgow golfing, and one day at the amateur championship at Muirfield Mr J Sidey Adam, of Qunedm, New Zealand, was recently married at St Martm-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, to Miss Lilian Hayward, only daughter l of the late William Hayward, ' Plumstead Common, Plumstead Mr J Sidey Adam is a grandson of the old pioneer J'ohn Sidey, who emigrated to Otago t in tho Brundoll in 1848 Since leaving New Zealand ho 'has both studied and practised dentistry m various parts of the world, and will probably remain a year longer in England, as he has taken'a flat m tho West End of London for that period. On Saturday, Juno 12, at All Saints' Church/ Devonshire Road, London, S W , tho marnage took place of Edmund Walter Djnnie, finger-print expert of tho New Zealand /Police, eldest son of Commissioner Dinnie/Now Zealand Police, to Margaret r Emily Yates, youngest daughtor of .the late i John Yates, of, South Lambeth, London The bride, who was very prettily dressed in nhite, silk, and was attended by two bridesmaids in white and blue, was given away by her eldest brother After the reception, held at the bride's residence, Mr and Mrs Dmnie left for Clacton for the honeymoon .s Mr Thos. Falvey, tho New Zealand inventor of the roversible steam turbine, has succeeded in forming tho Falvey Turbine Company in London, with a capital of £5000, to work his invention Patent rjgh'ts bavo bees' taken out all over the world The company has taken offices in Trafalgar Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London, and this will bo Mi Falvey s headquarters for somo timo tp come. Leading engineers from all parts of the kingdom have seen Mri Falvey's turbine under sieam, and declared that it was an advance on anything hitherto seen A large machine is to be built on the Clyde by Messrs Denny and Bros, to test its power Mr Fahoy now intends proceeding with several other patents which he has in hand, including a totahsator invented by him some years ago Mr R Jlerdman-Smith, F S,A M , tor of the School of Art at Canterbury Col,-' lege, Chnstchurch, sinco his arrival on April 19 has vistcd the principal art schools in Leeds (where he was a member of the staff for eight years), Manchester, and Liverpool In theso cities he finds a great improvement in art instruction t Sir HerdmanSmith has also visited the municipal ait schools in Pans and the studios of several ' French nrtists, including the Hnlous sculptor Rodin Next month he will attend the annual conference of the Society of Art Masters, which is to be held in London, and the exhibition of tho National Art Competition at the Royal College of Art Latci on ho will visit Germany, Belgium ; and Holland He expects to remain in ( England i until the end of the year ' , I Qmte a party of New Zenlanders were tho guests of Mrs and Miss Gillies, of Auckland, at Cambridgo for the "May Week"

•rncos, which-- nowadays. take placo in Jurio. Mrs. Gillies-r-ivhoso, health,Jias, very.greatly improved—has 'taken at -Cambridge, to be'.iiea'rV.licrj■mari'ie , 3vdSiiigKter.lwhV-Jj v 6 s these;;..; 5 Mrs;-Gillies 'first ''gave a luncheon 'partyf-at > the' famous Bull Hotel, aiuTitho guests, afterwards - were conveyed dowii-jthe Cam ;ou 'rin&. or.the- delightful, "barges'-') secured;*' for .-.'these' occasions.-; The - races} in which;a'New'Zealander, Mr. F. E. Riddiford, son of-Mi-. Kiddiford, of Hawke's Bay, Avas taking ; part, were; followed with immense interestAv who'-, included Mrs.' jQilliesl'- 'Miss .'Gillies;. 'Miss;-Williamson, the Misseaj'Bl.eazard -(2), Mr.- E:;.W.- G. -Eathof £ 'Auoklajid, : and iMrsi.'rßiddiford,' :'of Hawke's .Bay, .with Vtjvo daughters; and >Mrs.' it,:' ■