NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

■ _——& —— PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. j London, August 18. / Mr. and Mrs? Jacobson, pf Wellington, whp arrived by the Fifeshire, will spend some months in England. . Mr." George' Anson, eldest son pf Dr. Anson, of U'ellington, is shortly enter r ing- on a five years' course of medicine at Cambridge University." . i . A Dr.' Win. A. Dunn, of Otago University and St. Thomas's Hospital, Loridori,-has been appointed resident physician to the Swansea Hospital, Wales. ' Mr. H. W. Jennings, late of the Bank of New Zealand,. New Plymouth; -has joined the staff .'of; the New, Zealand Pavilion 'at the Japan British Exhibition. Miss Dulcie Willianis;' 8.A., B.Sc., of Napier, who- is continuing her medical studies in ■ Edinburgh, left-last week for a .five weeks', trip on the .Continent.Mrs. J. C.,Colbeck and the Mikes.Colbeck, of .Auckland, .intend ..making a lengthy stay, in London; ! then-' visiting Brighton and' Cumberland before settling in Bournemouth for the winter. ADr. Macdonald,' of Dunedin, who' is revisiting the ; Old Country. after 30 years in!the.Dominion,, is' at present.on .a'visit i to. his native county' of Caithness,, in the North of Scotland.He gave a lecture on ' New Zealand;'a 'few nights ago in the Town Hall at Wick. . . Professor A. Jarm'an, -A ; .R:S.M.; director ,of the Auckland llniversity College School of Mines; has .been elected corresponding member, 'of-'.'council'- of the'. Institution, of Mining and Metallurgy, London. .. .- : Mr: 1 E.' ,M;. Hallenstein, well-knewn in New! Zealand and Australia, was' the com-mandant,-'of the; Jewish . Lads' Brigade lately, ericamped for- a week at .;N'orth Deal, when 750 boys and officers were under canvas., A A .' Mr. - and Mrs. Bullock,,, pf. : Ashburton, j have - recently/returned;- from a '.trip-., to the /Cpntinent,;' and; now /go /on to Scotland/and. Irelarid. They visited- the: Brussels , Exhibition,';: Amsterdam, -! Rotterdam; and. The Hague. A :- Mr./ P. . L., Davies,. of; Christchnrch, is revisiting England' after 18 years' absence, and has already, travelled all over. North-and'South : Wales; his; native land; He, intends,'.to visit Paris,/ Antwerp,' and other, Continental cities .before : returning via Sydney. - , • '"--'-' , : - -•'Mr. J. Clarkspn, of Auckland,, who' has coine':';to.':England with his : son, CadetSergeant' Harold Clarksoni. and Bugle-! Major Johri. Morgan, is on! a business trip to this country, and - expects to leaye again for. New Zealand by the Orentes on' September''2. ~ Mr, ':T. ;P. Gilfedder, who/.hails from Otago, has been/elected /a'-Fellow, of the : National Gecgraphical. Society,' of America.' . Lieutenant/ Oliver Steele, ißoyal 1 ' Berk-, shire Regiment; who .was.ajppointed second .lieutenant in May, 1900, from, the :New. Zealand'-contingent*in ithe',Transvaal, has just;'[ been, promoted. captain, and; he' re-' n;'airis.,/;/with!;:' the ( Second", battalion at Meerut, India,'/ ori:.promotion:;. . / /• Mr. Thomas Sedgwick,/who. recently returned to'•Loridori: from a . visit 'to New Zealand, where.' he .urged tho claims of. East-End. / as.. suitabla ' immigrants, has received;, instructibris^.' from, the New, .Zealand,,! Grovernmerit through / the '-High Commissiener tp'select' 50! beys as a ..'trial contmgont. The boys will be approved by the' -High Commissioner befPre being firially. chosen. '-' Mr, and.Jfrs.. C./ S. rarmer, ,of Auck-; land; - ! with;their "sens' and/.daughtersj. have idecided' to-settle near : Otrisk,' in Siberia, where Mr. Parmer has. become engaged in the'copper, mining industry.: A! :; ! "Ini' thp' gardens 'of the Earl of Onsipw'e beautiful, place,'Cl'andori Park', 'rie'ar Giiil-, ford; ,thore :is a' building, a "Maori council iiouse„" which is an.exact: replica! of' a ; Native :council house in, New Zealand; Lord Onslow imported all .-the carvings, . which-, were, done.; by: Natives,,- from' New/ Zealand. ... _. A' •- ... Mr. W. H. Gummer, of Auckland, who has .been studying architecture..in: London for-i-the. past, two years, has passed the final examination for / the ..'Assooiateship of 'the; Royal Institute: of. 'British Archi-, jtecja;.' - He has gone.ivith.another, studerit on a. four, months' architectural tour' of' France and Italy. /'- . .. .Mr. Frank 'C./ A'Court, son of Mr. A. A Court,, of - the ICaiapoi . Woollen' Com--pany, (Christchurch, is doing dental- work. in London; and also continuing his studies in dentistry.:ln. June last/he coriipleted; a three years': course 'At the-University of" Pennsylvania-iby'-gaining, the /degree, of. Doctor of,' Derital Surgery. A?. ... ;/; ■: ■ , .Mr, R.,Essex, of Palmerston-.Nprth, ar.nved in /England early in August, and proposM/ tP .;Stay-;.fpr about , tWo! months., •His-healtl,-. is. already smvoli: > improved./ He; lritends .: to , see s'emething of Wales, Scotland, and Paris before, crossing- :to New. ,.ljprk; .where" he . will spend three weeks before.' returning to New Zealand by the" Vancouver, route. .. . .'. -.Cadet Bugler-Major John- Morgan,;' 'the rifle shot, of: New;' Zealand, who travelled -13,000 miles [to: firo/iri the ccmpetition for .the Gwendoleri!,Guinness Cup 'at Bisley, lost the trophy by the narrow margin of "three points. ," :The. match took place on; Saturday,.'-and: was won by H. Price, an; English cadet from Rothschild's School, ;who: scored--,62, Morgan'; finishing second with '59. ~'/. . . ;! '~... '_.: „ . ■' Mr. and Mrs. John Bronrian, of Wanganui,- and. their son,' Mr.'.L. Brennan, leave. London this! week .for Irelarid to attend the,, Dublin- Horse :Show.. Aftenvards they/.Tisit. Francej- Italy, 'Germany,! .Canada, and the -Hnited States, returning to London to:,: go'/.home by the Suez'-route, and .staying .in Australia on the way back to New Zealand. : • /- ; ',:. - headmistress iof H l6 Auckland Girls? .Grammar. School," arrived;, in ' England,:last' -week to take up ~l appointment as head of. Wycombe .Abbey,„ the well-known girls' -school! in B , uo tm g hamshire. She, left the Euahirie 5,'..f Jy.®?oth,-i..and spent a few. days in Clifton with Miss Bagnall; late of tlio, Auckland Diocesan. School,. l>efor6 coming on .to ilondoii. : "X-j : ; a- - : Mrs:/ Furze,, of''Sumner, Christchurch, iiccompa.nied :by iMiss '.Furze iand Messrs. v" Furze,-wlio. arrived:liere m Jiine,;,yia,.China,: Japan, Canada, an'd New York, have since divided their time the English "and Irish • Lakes, ihey left on -Tuesday for; a tour.' through i 'ranee, ■'Switzerland, arid Italy, and join the Malwa at- Port Said on September 7 for; New-Zealand.:' < ' ■ ■ . . /:- i Mr.and: .Mrs,.' W. F. Gordon, of New. i'lymouth, arrived m .London after an extensive; tour/; of : the-'Far East . and' Europe, ', and ' are mow; spending a' few Gordon's native - county, btaffordshire.__Mr. Gordon is an old member of the/ New Zealand •' Civil 'Service' and, is .also the sole survivor of the original editorial staff.', of■ the "Independent" (Wellingtori). The! travellers hope, to reach New .Zealand again "about 'tne> sad of/ December. ! p V WeUirigton, eldest WnUfc i' ?" Wood,. of Scargill, North Canterbury, arrived in London bv the'. Malwa, .on a : three' months' business visit .to Jingland,...prior to'/ooamencing business on his own - account in Wellington. ~Mr. Wood has recently resigned his position as - manager of the .Wellington' branch of. Kemptliorne,:Prosser, and. Co Limited, with which firm■ he had -been tor close on thirty years. • v t SBBS, editor of thb Christchurch > Press," and .Mrs.!, IViggs, have just' returned -to London ' from an exten-sive-tour; various paHs-of '.tlle United Kingdom. - Mr. Tnggs will attend the Press Conference' to be.- held:in London next month ■ at the Guildhall, under tlie auspices of the Institute of Journalists After the conference Mr.; and Mrs Tri"f?s gp'-to Canada, and jpin the Maicura at Vancouver'.on November 4 for New' Zealand.-. a. •' • :

Mrs. Rolleston, of Wellington and "Napier, - has returned to London from America,' where she gained a first-claM diploma'.in electrolysis.' She has been elected a patron of the National Insti-' tute of Trichologists in London, and is its first' patron from ovcrwas. Mrs. I?ol--leston. who has quite recovered from the illness which' attacked her on the voya<*o here from New Zealand, is leaving shortTy for -Paris.:-'; From there she will proceed to Switzerland, Venice, aud Rome, returning to Marseilles to join the Malwa outward bound. She is due in Now' Zealand about tho beginning of October The Earl of Egmont, who died last 'week at Thames Uitton..-"was- born at Pananui, in New Zeaalnd. Ho eame as a boy to England, and had a romantic career"as sailor before the mast, fireman ...and', many, otlicr things. On obtaining a legacy, of-.JEBooo,'ho gavo a banquet 'J-o all the poor folk round the Town Hall of Chelsea; where he was caretaker; He died of neuritis, aged 54. Tho'titlo passes to his brother, who was formerly in the Jlisil. Sendee in Natal.