NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES EROM LONDON.

■'-■■!:. '■■...' London, .November 25.'. ,r Vpaptjiid'-'.Caxrut'hers; a' retired of-; ' ficer, : . isileavinjt for' New 'Zealand <i or tlic -pur'pbse'Qf"taking 'up land there..■• ! .'r: , '-" , . Mrl Davisi :son' , of'a'':Chesliire''"s'quirej now at , 'an"agricultural' school, leaves; for 3s T ew.'Zealand at the -end"of;'the 'current term'to take up'land in' the Dominipn. 'Mr/, Christmas, and: Mr.; Worsley,:.twoof tho.eight new members of the/Eoyal Society of 'British.Artists, have•;contri-;! buted- to the society's exhibition pictures of. New-Zealand ■scenery'.. > v ; ' , ■•> ■.'■.• ■'■ .•.'»' Eeoent'callers at..the: High' Commissioner's offices:—Dr. Henry "K. -Allison ■.(Christ-church); Mr. E. >.W. ■ Beaglehoky Mrs. -K i.' Stephens'.(Riverton, South-, land)-)-Mrs.; Constance: > M'Donnell ■ (Dunedini, and: Mr. John'Mtiir (Thames).-. ■ '■-.•■• MrT-George',Fiddes, a well■ known.Northern agrieulturistf, , ' who (died i.a .'few-. : .d'ays "ago 'at j'Nairn,.:spent';som_e of ;, - his early years- in ■ New 'Zealand in •agricultural pursuits,:■ but > for• the-last 4.0. years.;ho had farmed at Drumduan, , Nairn. ..-;.■• '.: Maior'C: J.-Ufquhart, who died atHeathcroft, Ascot, a fow days ; ago; 'served with the 65th Tprk and Lancaster,Eegimenf through the-New Zealand war of 1869, v d861,, andi 4862j> foir -which- !he' was mentioned in dispaiches. anii received the medal. ' ■ '"-.. ■■''■. ' -• ' Captain Hope;. Johnston,; who. visited New Zealand.as a tourist in: 1907,' has recently, married; end he-leaves' for New Zealand shortly by. the; Orient Company's route. l ,He lias purchased a'farm hearTe Awamutu, Vand intends settling permanently in New Zealand. '-. \■' death occurred at Leeds, a few; days ago, of an oldKaiapoi-' resident, .Mrs. George,' Coup. : ,; Mrs. .Coup,'.and-her hus-; band - ; lived in,- jKaiapoi', for. many, years, arid since shecarne; to "Eh'gland'her home, in. Leeds,: had"bQci..;an.'.cmerL;houso for' many v visitihg New Zealanders.' ':-/ -•' Mrs; E. 8.-pstler, of Wellington, and her. daughter, .who .left .Now., Zealand .ill' January,, on ■ a' two -years' pleasure trip,; spent -four months on tho vojage toEngland, .'.putting in : ' a .■'fortnight" in Sydney; sii weeks in Ceylon, and a fort-, night in Italy. ' Then followed two months in London, and two moro in Ireland aud North Wales, and now they aro going to Grindolwald for December. . Mr. Cecil Donne, son of Mr. T. E. Donne, the Now ■ Zealand Trade and Immigration Commissioner in' London, has just capped a remarkably brilliant scholastic career by winning, in , London, the Eymer gold medal for the most distinguished dental: student of. the , year, as well as the diploma of Licentiate oi Dental Surgory. Ho came to London in UO7, and entered' as a' student at the. ■ National Dental., Hospital and. at the Middlesex Hospital Medical' School, where' he won-: an entrance, exhibition of the :yahie Sirico'then'Mr.'Donne ..has •won 'medals ;' for ■' theoretical dental 'mechanics, dental anatomy,:dental, surgery, dental histiology, and operative' surgery;- Ho "has been , awarded certifi-; ■cates for chemistry and physics,' .metallurgy, iind practical dental mechanics. Also ho has won the Cottrell-pmofor :operatic"and : 'dental surgery.. After a spell of practical work in London, Mr. 'Donne hopes ,to continue-his;studies at Harvard University in the United States. ''. Mr. D.' , Allen,' of .'Napier,; whoso ■ marriage with'' Miss Croomes-Allen took place • recently in ,Londori,' is a- consulting! engineer and partner, in- the firm of-Messrs; iMaginhis and.Allen.. Mr* Allen .has. done .a:/good' deal of ■ travelling m, thenar. ■East; across Siberia to Vladiyostock, then to Tokio, where ho was, engaged on work 'for! tho : Japanese Admiralty, and -visited all their naval bases:. 'Ho saw all the captured Russian-, ships, and met many :well-known Japanese officers, ■ including Admiral Baron ' Saitoh (Minister-:,of Marine), ' Admiral Togo,' and Admiral iOki. ": :■■ ■■ ■:■-■'■.- ■■■' /■■■->■, ,"..