NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

;-PEESONAL/NOTES .FROM- LONDON;' -.. . ;■•■., ;i, ' London,. January 6. />' -. Sir Francis -Price, Bart., of Napier, was, a passenger by the ltimutaka, which iir-' .nved.from /New, Zealand a, few days ago/, '; : Mr«; ;J. Edmdndj' of who M j. now in London, has sent her .son/to /Maidenhead College, Berkshire, and will remain in Euglaiid /until his/schooling /incompleted.■'- ,/■ :.../'/ .': Dr. W.' Ledingham Christie, who recently organised: a special treat for' the very poor of Bristol; is "a native of. Bun-;'ediii':(N-;Z.-).■ He was the first M.B. and M./D.vof New Zealand University. .<• "Sir, Robert: Stout,:/who -is still -,-at Bournemputh," reoupe'rating after his re-ceiit-operation,'has' booked his passage for /New..iSealahd;.-in' N the .Moldavia, / leaving :London, on January. 14. Ho hopes to reacn .New; Zealand/oil February 2V. / ; ~A jina'rriage of,;the future that will be. of •■ interest to New' Zealiinders will be tha,t 'of■'•Miss' Margaret -Scott / Johnson; -younger; daughter of Mr. T.'Scott John-. son':'of Glenmark, Waitara,; and:.Mr.-.J.'. .Tattersall'Whiteley,/eldest son of Lord; ahd.La'dy Marchamlcy, whose engagement ■is- announced/ Miss Johnson is> the sister of. /-Mrs."/Herbert. Acton-Adams,: of. Can'tei:bury:,(N.'i;.).:' , - -':; /■'. : '■/:"■'■. ; Mr.-:;Jas;.;T. ..Wellwopd, a Hawke's ;Bay; p'astpralisti now' in :London, returns' liome. .via: Suez about the. en'd-of. January.- 'He travelled; to i the ITainui' via Cape .Horui arriving at 'Plymouth ; on December ,13:.'; Mr. Wellwood intends'to pay a /flyvag/"visit/ in ia \ few. days'." time ,; to. County .Kilkeiiiiy, .where he/was born, and-whence-he/went:as a' little 'boy with; his. parents: to .New-Zealand;- //.- :,-..: -~ • /.Major .-'Whitney; ..a'., well-known'.-... Auck;lahder, whohas been'in England for" the' last-year, left' on-Priday. by. the Malwa for.'New - .'; Zealand,:,accompanying -the Earl of Orfo'rd arid. Sir Reginald Beauchamp bn/their, voyage to .the 'Dominion. Lord .Orford's trip- .is principally on account of ill-health, but he'hopes .to':, get some .tfbuti.and -sea .fishing,": and will probably ..payja visit to Fiji; where'lie was on his 'ship* '(H'.M.S.'-'.Pearl)-under Commodore: Gbodenough, when/these islands were an : . !neked,:.tb'/England.//;-He was in-New Zeo--many yearsjago./on H.M.S, Blanche; andjsays' he has'-.viyid'recollections of the. beauty, of the. climate", and. scenery, and .'of the'; kindness of everyone'' in - New Zealand to-the/iiaval/officei's. ■;-';.- ~ ■/, //.vX