NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. ' . London, December:9. : ,Mr. Mark; Isaacs, of Auckland, who arrived in October, has been staying •in London with his,brother, lie Rev. Eat-' chell Isaacs. He is returning- shortly to New Zealand.-" :

Mr, HaU-Jones. is . progressing- favourtowards recovery at Folkestone, and lus doctors assure; him that ho will soon be in- better condition than' he has been for some;.years.'. _Lieutenant W. L. Robinson, of. .the New Zealand Defence -Forces,: has passed with distinction. the examination held on November 10 at. the' Hythe . School of; Musketry' for, qualification to instruct in ,the Maxim gun. - . • • rr Sid w Turtill, St.; Helens,. New Zealand,* full-back Northern IJnrbn - football, has.; settled in St, Helens with, his 'wife and child,; and opened' as a - tobacconist this week in the late Mr. Seddon's native to^vn.

|The Rev. and Mrs. Scott Moncrieff left. New Zealand in-November for Europe. 1 Mr.'Scott Moncricff will break his journey for'a tour; through ; India, l but Mrs. Scott Moncricff.-broceeds - to- London by the Otranto, which is due. early in the new: ; yeari V' ■' -'V ■ ■"■■ • .. v , .=. Tho Rev. A. Lucas, who has been house-: master at Tonbridge School for 31 years, is -retiring ;at the end: of the . present term,; and will spend some time in visiting' Australia and New. Zealand. • On his re- - : turn to England he will probably taie up diocesan, work in London or Rochester. >. ; The- following 'New "3ealanders' are 1 announced as. having passed the, ' Spectaclemakers' • Company, examination .to TOalify;' as opticians^—Mr, A.\. Ai . Davies (Wanganui),: Mr.. J. A. 1 -Peacock land), . '-.Mr. . -IV. E. Suckling : (Christ-churcai),.-Mr.: Ai' W. Wychodil (Wanga- ; nui); and Mr. r H. S.-Gilbert (Napier). . *■Tjl -the official list,- by the way,. Wanganui is spelt : in ' one 'case "Wangbnni;" andih• another• t'Wangannini.". ;New Zealand TLomendature'" is . full of pitfalls for the Englishman. . v : '.'" Sir. Robert Stcmt; ; who underwent ,an •operation weeks ago, will-remain, in •the;i.old-*C6untr3r..fpr ;Ghnstnitasi his : hrst printer; Christmas ..for neariy fifty. yearsi 'He, is "gainingstrength, but. is still - very weak... ,He has, however, been able; to, go "out for .-three' drives the:'past: week ;0t two;, is . shortly; going,: in' charge 1 of' a nurse; 'to Bournemouth for a 1 few. weeks'.- •' 1; .'v. • :' .• •• •' •'-..'

."The well-known New Zealand footballer and -runner,- A. C. ' Palmer, who' is 'now qualifying at London Hospital for a 'medical:: career,- represented that institn-' "°" in the middleweight wrestling com.petition' forming, part , of - the Cambridge : University- v.: London Hospital boxing and' wrestling tournament at Cambridge.' :Palmer's"opponent was' J'. A., Crofts but the Cantab made; only a poor . show' 1 against the New Zealander, who displayed considerable.' cleverness and great strength. Palmer took' the, first fall' with a half-nelson and • press : down -in in.uu, a/sec., and-the-second' and deciding ;. 1 - an .arm '.hold .and• press down ISsec. ' 'Another.' hospital repre-. the jight-weight wrestling, J™' SJ, aD boxing and' fencing events tie; Varsitymem proved too good for tneir. avals, ■ Cambridge: -winning : the tourney .by eight events 1 to' two. ; ; An interesting visitor to London durthe jiast .few 'weeks has been- Mr. Melvra Vanniman, ,of . California, who will . remembered for his remarkable .tads-eyo photographs taken from tho £fr ° Walloon. After leaving AustnJasia -Mr. Vanniman took' .up - the study of amhips,. and' came in touch .yith.. !Dr.: Wollniaii, the Polar, explorer,' airship, to : the" .Fw f?ir years he ,worked .. explorer md .his party in tho desolate Arctic solitudes ;of Spitzbercen proparutg the airship 'for the Polar voy-' ; a"' abruptend,', ow-! Ui© to - an: accident st the start, iir SenmuS'M 9St ' K V ' Wla . f ,® l « a Swi on • aero. ! .inventive gifts i.yhich have 're-ramed.-in_several.jiew patents 'connected ■ ps -'' • on ?.-9 f inventions'.is amovable garage for; airships; i another ?,^ e " vel< ?P e composed'of separate com,'thrad; is :a eajrhnrettor-'for. an<l.'yet.::anbther is ai "imt j type of propdjer. '. : • l„ff , a ® oE e st the visitors : te; tte ; 'Coldnffl.,Jruit.'Sb' 0 w ■at which New. Zealand was represented' by L^ SP - y ' apples (from cold storage)!' honey, jams, .wines, : and preserves. ,' Mr. and Mrs Geo. Wright -and' the ilissea, and Mr. Dairson, jun., aTid ifr and,Mrs.-iA.:C. .Tonkin"are land,people who will, visit England early next year.• • / J -' ' V-Missv Parker, a New Zealander, ad- ; tossai .• a ' woman's - suffrage' ■;- meeting at Hamilton,-' Scotland,; a few hights-ago,' under- .the ( ausmces. of. the : Scottish TJni- : versity .WomeuV Snffrago-■ - Union,: : : Miss : to. up >nth some ■ heckling; argnedo that women s 'OTfErofie had been of benefit to New Zealand,: and-the.'meeting Voted in far"n r 4^r bciEßadopt€dbithoj ?' of Now Plymouth, 15- to New;. Zealand by . the NJ3.L. Bremen, which ship he joins at Naples on January 5.. He will be ac-'l compamed .bv.-: his • daughter- Olave, who i .OMfjatt- finished a course of studies' in Mrope (Oxtendingv.; over, six yeais; Miss' U Leary, .who gained ;a firsUlass diploma for, German' and- French- literature; at- the MaKburg; University, is sin' 'accomplished violinist.Mrs. and Miss Iris and Miss Eileen - ' will .': remain ■in ,Europe : ; for- another, yeat, making"' their headquartecs at.Brussels. „Mr. . John: Hunter Brown, of /.Wairoa, Napier, and his wife and. daughter, who' hav«i been the ; jast' - eighteen' mm' country, : intend remaining until - the end •of ' February.: '. During .' his stay: in the QUI Country Mr. Brown :.un- : derwent a serious operation, which ho had performed on him in Glasgow. .The' rest of; the time has been' spent in imotor-. , . shooting, ,: and ' visiting,. chiefly in -• Scotland, and - a month - was ~also -spent in visiting Franco and Ger-. inany. Mr. Brown; has attended, most of the -British" cattlo /shows,<'.and- ; 'he -will ;probably ;be. sending out to :3few Zealand' a' couple' of 'Lmcoki red bulls, of' the dairytype of-shorthorn, from Mr. John Even/s Jjurton herd. • <•-.