NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 683, 7 December 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

-—,—ll —, PERSONAL NOTE!) FROM LONDON. London, Octobcr 28. ; -Mr;; and Mrs. Mel '.Orchard, • ot. Auokland,wild' liavoi been oils a visit to Irolnnd, will leave for New ,Z9siaiid by the Morea on*. November 5. 1 Miss Dall, of.-Wcllaigton, whoso mother sailed by the Avs"-t«cv. on her return to tho Dominion, is romainunS in London to continue her studios in singings Miss Lma Hanson, of Auckland, left for Now. Zealand by tho Medic, aftet an extended visit-:tav tho "Old--Country, 111 the course of ■which sh? trained foil;tho nursing profession, and. took diploma Inst Decemher. She has been doing :private tursmp since, and hopes to continue it in Auckland. ' . Recent: callers at., tho High Commissioner's: Mtissrs. "H; B. ; and 11. T. - Morton (Auckland), ;Mrs.: and . Jliss Cliilios (Auckland), tho Misses Hudson Williamson (Auckland), Mr. William Thompson (Auckland), Miss K. E. Mnllin (Dunwlin),Hiss.Dons G. Dall (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Myors (Auckland). :.Dr, T, A. Milroy, of Dnnedin, who studied medicine, at Glasgow University, has now obtained' .an 'appointment las. home, surgeon at l tho Glasgow Roval' Infirmary; and: hopes to I spend a year in that institution before returning .to. New .Zealand. . While in London thi9 month Dr. Milroy took tho diplomas of M.Tt.C.S. and L.R.C.P-, (England). - Mr and Mrs A. B. :E. Rhodes, of Christchurch, have returned to St: James's. Court, S.W., from. Scotland, prior to leaving for New Zealand m November. Mr. 'Rhodes. leased a shooting and : fishing -proponr m Perthshire, and shot 32 rod deer stags. Cunoualy enough it was the e&roo : shooting property: that Mr. l Cccil Rhodes, of South Africa, used to loaso for his annual summer holiday. Mr. and Mrs. -HenryGilnllan:and theirdai)ghtor(; of Auokland; will leavo for New Zoaland by tho.Morea on November 5. They havfl i recently roturned to London from_ a

five weofa'trip on ttia' Cdntinont, in the course of 1 which they visited Switzerland,' Italy, the Riviera, ftncl' I'avis, "Thoy ~ propose, to stay a few days in Molbonrno on tno way out, and roflcli. Aucldaiicl 'about the New. Year. ... . Commissary \Uei(qral J, 0, Ilamley, C,8,, retired list;: has just celebrated his: eighty-ninth birthday,'- .Tho .gullunt veteran served..with tho Ordnance Department at Sydney over .60 'ytttti 'ago, and from. 1847 to .1870 ho was in charge of : the . military,/ stores. in Now Zealand, and took, part in t tho 'Maori 'campaigns of 1847-8 in the southern distriot. and of lSliO-l in the'northern district. He.■ retired from tho active list , in'tho seventies, and'.was "given the C.13. ■ • v; " In conncction with 1 the reccnt: private recital in ■ London of Mr, • Alfred Hill's opera, "A Moorish* Maid," Lord Glasgow-has, written to: Mr. Cunningham Bridgeman' expressing gratitude : to tho latter for having brought Mr, Hill's work forward in. this country. "If you are successful," added Lord Glasgow, "you will have done.a.servico to all lovers' of musio in opening ■ up a fountain in the Antlpodos from .which;should,flow,' for- a long time' to come, a strain of beautiful : and original melody: which would be a pleasure to all who love musio for its own sake, and who value Alfred Hill as a real: credit to Now, Zealand." ;