NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

'-. NOTES FBOM LONDON. :/ ; ."•"■'■•'■ , .-'•■■■.-■■' '.' London,. September': 9.. Mr.'and Mrs. , F. P. Walkloy, ■■ of ■■' Hawera, who arrived on.'June ■< 12.' by the *■■ Orotava, are oa- : a pleasure trip, and eo fax-they have spent their' time in and about London. They left last "week, for a tbur-in. the''West and''North of: England.'.', , :. . \: . , ,'. : Mr.'-K.-England, of Christchurch, who ai r rived by.'the.'Nairnshire a fortnight '.ago,, proposesl to-spend some-18 mohths.in this, country to} liayo' aibok .round in' tW engineering, world. '.He will 1 spend, part .of his'time in London, and partVin the- Midlands, j .'..... . .:■; .■••'■ : V Mr. W. S. Wells,' of Manaiai' : who'arrived by. the.Ortdna oil August; 6, is revisiting the Old. Country, after: 30 years' absence. -He,will :visit ; -the>Midlands; Scotland,, and Bristol, ■returning'to : New'Zealand by the'Otway, which leaves Jjbndbn on Octbber.'29.'i.' '■:<:■,! ::-.>.|'. Mr.' and Mrs. W.VWills, and Mr; and Mrs; P.-Wills,-.of Wellington, have just concluded a motor tour - of" Devon and Cornwall. They intend-returning to . New Zealand by the lonic, leaving hero . September 18! They have onjpyed. a . visit to . Scotland and the North of England,- and' will make "a-.short stay iu.London and; Darlington beforn' sailing.'-' Mr. G. Jameson, of GhristcUurch, came to England via Fiji,; Honolulu, i-a»H Canada, ana reached' Liverpool on August 20. Hβ is now staying at the Thackeray Hotel,, Great Russell Street; but arranged to go. with Colonel linyhnrstand party-for-a week's motoring in the south. .His stay.in the Old Country will bo limited to about two months.' '•""■ ■■•■ Mr. Adam'..Werner, of Ellesmere, has been revisiting his native ..Germany after -an absence. of 31, years .spent in New' Zealand/ Ho ™ accorded a- great-reception at Weissenfels, his birthplace, whore his mother, five brothers, and. a,sister;ore still living.; While on his holiday/Mr. Werrior is- looking out'-for oil motor, tractors' for. .'agricultural purposes, anil his quest has. taken- him to all the principal makers-, in Germany and England. He has traversed England from north to south, but S ys £?, has iot'found any place better than the Ellesmere district in Canterbury. Mr' Wernnr 'will leave this" month on his return to New. Zealand,,but has, not yet decided hi what ronto.' :'■.:■ .■ ■ -.."•-■ .

_-As.one of Shetland's most distinguished eons Sir Robert , Stout was called upoa to open an exhibition of' Shetland-made, article's held , at Lerwick afew days-ago/and he , , took l'the'opportunity of emphasising the. necessity for a commnnity hrvving a diversity of interests. •Instancing; New Zealand, Sir.Eobert pointed' out how the meat, wheat, gold, guin, and coal'industries were all carried. on together, so that if one industry failed the community had the others'-to rely. on. He' did-: not . wa i t to anything that .would.further the factory life of' fareat Bntain,' because he thonght that aided the degeneration and deterioration of the race If people ivere shut up in factories,: with bad air and bad surroundings, no one could expect the race to bo a healthy .and vigorous one ..Mr. B. Tbgey, ofMeesrs. E. and-E..Tin ? ey and Co., Ltd., oil and colour merchants, Weilington; arrived in' London last /week, and will 'remain on , this side of the world for a few months: ' ■ '. , .. . . ■. - - ....

•■ Mr.. C. Batkih,of;WeUington,' is in London on; a pleasure trip, and is Bta'ying at iS LeinstorlSq(iare,..Bayswater.■ . „ .. ■ , Messrs. Cutten 8r05., ; whose experience in connection ldth 'New Zealand mining is well known, have-designed all the dredgers recently built ; by Messrs. A. E. Brown and Co. for service , in- West Africa, in the Argentine, and in" Siberia. .During the last twenty years Meesrs. .Cutten. Bros, have designed , upwards of 300 dredgers for service in New Zealand "and elsewhere. ' .' • -.■,.-...

-.Mr.. H. Percy Browii, of. Feilding, who orrived by the Eimutaka a mouth ago with hie info and child after nn absence of seven years intends remaining for at least two years, as' lie has an appointment in London. Since his arrival Mr. Brown ha 9 visited Yarmouth and tho Nor folk Broads, and at present he is.staying with h»s people at Canibridge, but cxpectsNto take up house in Kensington in'a-few week-e' : time '