NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON., . London,' August 5. ' " . Sir. nnd Mrs. Howard Vernon, of Auckland, left the Orient steamer at Marseilles and spent '■ a few days there,, nnd a, week. in/.Paris bo- ■■ fore coming on to London. They leave again for New Zealand in November. Among a number of Now Zealand doctors who attended the Congress of the British Medical .Association at Belfast, were Dr. C. Morico (Greymouth),' Dr. W. Collins and Dr. Izard (Wellington), Dr. 0. Jarvis, Dr. H. M'Lean, ami Dr. W. Unwin. Mr. Xingey is revisiting London after forty'five.yeure' absence. Ho and his brother arrived here by tho Marmora, and will leave ngaiu at tho end of August, .travelling via Canada, and sailing from Vancouver for New Zealand on November i. .-..' ' liieut.-Colen.el R. H. Davies, Inspector-Gene-ral of the New Zealand Forces, has [ arrived in '' London, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss E. 11. Davies. , . ■'•'■■.- .■ : -.' Mr. E... Reynolds, of Wellington, has been very busy since his arrival here-some weeks age, spending most of his time in Coventry, the contro of the cycle trade, and in London. Ho will leave for New Zealand by the Mooltan, . joining the vessel at Marseilles. .. - (- '. .Mr. Percy LeslioFoote, of London Hospital,. nnd Mr. William Parkinson, of St. .. Thomas's Hospital, both of .the Otago University, have passed the final examinations of the . Conjoint BoiTd, and been admitted to practico by the committee of tho Royal College of Physicians. ■"•■' •' . • . ' Mr. W. B. Board; who recently sold his interest in "tho firm of Broad and Tristram, chemists and photographic dealers of Napier, is faking a; holiday iit the' Old. Country: after an absence of twenty-three years. Ho came by iho Oswestry Grange (Federal-Houlder Line), and .purposes, returning ' to. New . Zealand towards ■ the end ,of the .year. 'V . Aniongst the New. Zealanders at the inaugural'banquet, of the British Empire' Club, in ' addition to tho Premier, were Mr. , Vincent and Miss Eileen Ward, the Hon. 'I'.-Kennedy Macdonald. Dr. Fitchett (Solicitor-General of New Zealand),'Mi-. James Hislop, and Mr.; F, D, . .8011. The High Commissioner was represented ■by his .private secretary, Mr. J. A. MasonMr. W. T. AVilliams, of Wellington, ia in London;just now, on his way,to the World's • Conference of Young Men's Christian Associa-

tions, to bo held at Barmen-Elbprfeld, in Qormany. He'attendcd the luncheon.and reception I 'given-to tho delegates at. the Hotel Russell by , Mr, Howard Williams, chairman of the-British and Colonifil Union of Yeung Men's-Christian Associations; ■ ' •■ ■, • •...;:■..■: Mr. R.. Newton Vanes,' of. Dnnedin, wh,o 'has ■' now been just over two years.iu London,.,has booked ..to'.return'to New Zealand in the,_Friedrich der Gross,. leaving Naples, on November •' 10. Last Mr. Vanea passed the final ■'; examination, qualifying for- Associaleship of the'Eoyal Institnte of British Architects, and . was elected an Associate in March.: Ho has just had a week's sketching tour through Nor- ' mandy,. and contemplates spending October next in. Paris and Italy, studying Renaissance architecture in the Italian'cities. Mr. Vanoa intends, to practise in Dunedin; ■ . ' , .- Mr. H. T. B. Drew, lateof the literary stall ! of TitE Dominiou, Wellington, and Mr. Q. E. Woolley,. also hailing from Now. Zealand, < have recently completed an interesting cycle tour on , the Continent, It occupied four months, and in- that period the two cyclists travelled through eleven countries and covered a distance of• 3260;miles,:.doing ■ anything from 50 to" 100 ; milos a A tour like this, says Mr. Drew; ■-. can be" done very cheaply, if tho. tourist will join the ;Cyclists' Touring ■ Club and avail himselfof- tho facilities' which that body provides: •"So far as hostile-feeling to tho Britisher is . concerned," ho said,' "our , 'experieiico was ithat '; everywhere wo wont, oven in Germany—except, 1 -.' perhaps, for parta : of not : ; do enough for the Britisher.",. , ... ... .: - Mr. W. Q. Foster, manageT of.the Wellington Meat Eicport Company, will probably leave for ':., homo about ; the middle of September. ' ' Mr. R. H. Hooper, bf the High- Commis- , sioner's office,, who is returning-, to New Zealand,leaves by tho Drayton Grange pn August 21/ with his 'family:. ; _j,,. ■"■:-:'-, .■'. : Mr.-Noririan Collio.nJ WeUingtOß,>has. just passed his- examination for. the ': of tho Royal Collego p{ Organists. The percentage of passes was small—4o put of 221 who eat.' '■'■'•"• •;.'-■''.'■■"■- ' ■■-!•■.■■.:.'■• SiHMotrr'J '■) '. ' "Besides 'winainK' the; Cotteri.U, prize,- Mr.. Cecil „ Donne,'son'of'Mr; , . T.E.--Donne (Wellington), ■has -leen awnrded , "-'mcdals i .for , 'don.tal surgery,. histologr, and ,qperating,;at tho'Londqu Dental . Hospital. ';'..'. . ." '. ~ '. '■' : ! J. 'M.-Ma^on,'who; ha J comoHome.to act emifrranta to New Zea- ■.' land.hasiaken up his residenco for thopresent at liighgate, in the north of London. Already : ho has.boon.jnteryicwing, some of the-'shipping and. has arranged for'a meeting, \vith'regard to: food standards. ; .' •■ . ■ A New Zealarider haidono well to come out at the top of tlie examination for commissions in "the Royal Array-Medical Corps. Theio were • 54 entries, but only 20 of tho candidates, got through. At thoihead of the list stands the ■. namb of G. H. Dive: (TaranaM), :St.;Bartholomew'fl -Hospital, M.R.C.S., L:R.(S.P;,- with:C32 marksi ■, • : .; ■,'.' ■■'■■:■"■■ .- ■'• ; :'■ v r '"■"'.'," :.;..* ;v y