NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

0 . PERSONAL NOTES -FROM LONDON. London, Mrs. Parke,; -wife of Mr. vJ. Stuart iPnrke, of. Lov'in, : left;,London by the now :.t)rient liner! Orvioto;-. on: November 26, air lier return to Now ..Zealand. . ■ : _Lieut. J.-, Hughes, of tho New Zealand ; .Defonco Forces, i who cametoEngland a : few mpntha .back, has boon attached to • "u Irish ■; regiment for. training. Laurence Henderson,'.'aVwelUknown' Glasgow, business man, was a passenger. : for . New Zealand'by-, the Orvieto:* Ho intends taking a coursef ofi mineral baths ,at.-Rotorua. •: . '. : 1 . . ; . Mr,. and: Mrs.V.H;.■; J. N Sibbati' of Sed- -. dan,/Marlborough, who-:arrived\by..the, Shdw-SaviU/steamer -Arawa- oii' November ; 15, intend making V 'prolonged : stay : in this .'country.. Hiss: : Kathleen\ Irene • •,'Wix; 'daughter -of .Captain -M'Kellar Wix, "was" a ! passon- ' 8©?: by. vtli© Orvieto for; New-Zealand;' She ; ' will;/; probably :be , absent 'from "London for twelve .months. .• r . Mr. : Herbert Bailey,' formerly of Wellington, who came to- London some seven or , f'Sbt/ years -ago; -is now holding anexhibition';- of . modern; artists' , work' in Brtinton',Street,' off Ilond. Street. . . -.y Tho Hon. W. II all-.Tones, who - is - now recovering: from his recent illness,-bis goiie ;to:. : his -native iFollcestonei' where' he will.- stay: to •reenporato. Mrs; 1 Hall-Jones has. .accompanied b'er . hnsband : to the seaside. 'E.^::;Grove,vq.Bv : 'ofi ; Eedhill; ourrey,- loft London on Friday for New Zealand, , accompanied; by :Mrs. : .Grove,- on : a .nsiiing: and ■ deer-stalking, tour.' They propose ; to> j remain-. six /months ' in the Dominion. .'vv. '•■•/; • • ' • • ; Miss. Mabel . Manson,. a New, Zealand soprano, ,eldest daughter 'of Mr!' Joseph' .. i>roithwaite;;.« of. Dunedin, sang* -a -few/ ago; in- at- a 'municipal' tiou ' - was accordedva/fine- recepCaptain : Hope j ohnston ■ and, his bride, l n' 1 a3: stated; last: week, intend settling at .le'. Awamutu, left' by the Orvieto-on her, first voyage, :en route 'for :; the^Do- : minion. Captain; Hope Johnston, %: the . ;is.-.considered- ono ,of : .the - crack riders of ihe Bristish Army/ . ■' Mr; C. Martyn, ofMou'ntEden, .Auckland, who arrived by'the Ruapehu; some; weeks 1 ; ago, , has) sincevisited; relatives in-.Cornwall. . Ho intends. to remain .two years ,in-' England; and was last week.' successful : inpassing'.' the; . Spectacle Makers ■■■:Company^examination." '. .<.: - Lancelot B. ; . Todd/ of Auckland/'memof;tho';professional- 1 f 'All-Blacks/' and' atterwards shining . light inv Wigan's ~Jorthern .pnibn rteam, , has returned -to : Wigan: from a . brief visit to; bis home in New .Zealand.;He was accorded' an enthusiastic; welcome .by upwards of 3000 •people;. V;- ;. Captain Bryco Wilson, an Army officer who, has.;-served a. large, portion : of his tiuie m India, is taking, bis wife, •Wo sons, vand daughter ./out ;• with him- to New> Zealand,' where lie.proposes to take up "land and settle- permanently. He and. his : family will leave •. for : the Dominion this week. • ' • 'Northcoto and 'bis sister, Miss Eva Northcote, . of - Wellington,: who arrived here early in November, have made tho voyage 'on account- of- the ill-health of ; the former. Mr. NorthcotO ; has benefited greatly by tho - trip. -They. aro at present in London, ; and : will. spend. Christ- - mas,with relatives: in-Surrey.' . New Zealanders. took-pnrt in the Rugby County Championship match: be-' twepu Kent - and 'the ."Eastern . Counties, decided at .Blaekheath last Thursday. - L. B. Stringer figured in tho Kent three- : quarter lino, and A. H. Hoby in • the front division, 1 whilst A. C. Palmer-and . Alan Adams were amongst tho - threfc quarters for tho Counties, 'and J. Mohaffey. was: in the. forward lino.' Both lioby and "Stringer scored smart ' , tries for Kent, but Palmer and Adams , got few opportunities for .anything savo , defensive .work'. : i-, : : i David M'Phail, ox-oaptain of tho Sydenham (Christchurch) football team, : and an: ex-Canterbury representative, is tho j latost addition to the ranks of,colonial playors in Northorn Union'football, his been secured .for "Wigan. , M'Phail had : a trying experience on the " voyage'from New Zealand, being a very ■ poor sailor. ' Ho lost about a' stono in weight during the ' voyage. MThail is , only 21 years of ago; and "Sid." TuriaU, i of. St Hfilons, a former colleague, .speaks c highly of bis abilities as a. cento three- 1 quarter.!: ' ; . t