NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 968, 8 November 1910, Page 2

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

London, September 29. Among the colonial visitors at .the annual dinner of the Atlantic Union, held in London ,i few nights ago, were Mr. Acton Adams and Mr. Ziman, of- New Zealand. Three members of the Scottish Farmers' Commission, to Australia—Mr.- James Dunlop, Mr. Wm. Henderson, and Mr. E. B. . ' breig—intend to-visit-New Zealand before returning to Scotland. Mr. x Dunlop is an expert on all daily matters, and especially on the Ayrshire cow. : He has done some' exportation of dairy cattle, ■ and nisei of Leicester sheep, to New Zealand, and has many friends in the coun- ■ try. He is certain" to , be making every inquiry into dairying as practised in New Zealand. Mr. Henderson will travel more, as a tourist. .Mr. Greig, as. one of the best, if not, the best, lecturers in agriculture, will devote himself largely to : education and legislation on agricultural matters. : Lieutenants J. E. Barton aiid H. L. Robinson,\of the New Zealand Defence I'oicc, who are attached to infantry battalion at the Curragh, have had their' period of training lengthened to eighteen l ■ .months in all. . - - - .■ : ■a'he Rev. F. J Gibbings, M.A., vicar of..' ht. Mary s,- Snethshani, Norfolk, and for- •■■' merly vicar of Christ Church, Perigo, is - . -•: ■ yisitmg Kew .Zealand for the benefit of- ' his health, and may take up work in.the " Dominion. • ; ' ' Dr. Eercy T. Herring, F.E.C.P.., Chan-" 1 dos Professor of Physiology, in the University of St. Andrew's, is on a'holiday visit to New Zealand. Dr. Herring re, raved Ins earlier education at Christ's: College, Chnstchureh, New Zealand, and" ' Otago University, thence proceeding • to Mmburgh. Dr. Herring was president./ : of the Koyal Medical Society in. ~ .Mγ.. H. E. Best, of Christchur'chi' is visiting England for his health, which ' has improved very much in the course of his travels. He landed at Naples'from the Otway on May 22,>and visited. Rome,:. llorence, \emce, the Italian Lakes, Lucerne, and Paris on his way to London, arriving. here on June 9. Since then he. has visited Leeds, his-.birthplace, and >. other parts of the United Kingdom. Mr. V'i Best leaves England" 7 on October 8 for '■'■■ America, where he will spend: three, weeks, '■' joining the Makura at Vancouver on No-. vcmber i,' homeward bound. Mr. A..C. Gow, son of Mr. George .'. Gow, superintendent engineer of the Northern Steamship Company, Auckland, has qualified for the dinlomas of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College in both.electrical and civil engin- " V eering. ■ Mr. Gow has been a etudent at ; " the college since 1905. ■■•,.. . ■ '•■-.■ Lieut.-Colonel E. S. Heard, command-- , ing the 2nd Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers, who has been selected for the an- ■ ' pointment of Adjutant and QuartermasM v : : ter-General -of the Forces of New Zea- '.V land, will leave England for that coun- r ' try on October •14 next. He takes the - place of Major H. D. Tuson, Duke of >"' Cornwall's Light Infantry, ivho held the : appointment since July 27, 1907. ■ ■;■'-.' Mr.and Mrs. G. Tattle," of' Wellington, !;'• and their.daughter, Miss Edith. P, Tat- .; ; tie, who arrived by the Morea on June " "■; i, spent, two months in Scotland, after- • i ■■ wards touring in North "Wales and vari- • ous parts of England. After a visit to '!.■'■ Devonshire they left.London by 'the'llol-'- , ' 7 . davia, outward bound. They intend-to,. '■'; spend some time, in Melbourne and SyoV4-' ney on. the return journey.- ; .. " ■ '■ V-'-' : . Mr. and Mrs. G. Walter. Palairet,- of I -': ■ Gisborne, are paying., an extended visit] •• to the Old Country. They travelled via} ""' Canada. . They stayed at .many places en' . ■ route, and arrived in Liverpool, on May) 10. Their trip to England is made" ini order to visit their son, Mr. C. R. Pal--, airet, who lives at Stafford. They propose remaining in England till after the ■ Coronation, and in the interval.are visiting many places of' interest, including! ■ - Norway and Ireland. They will visit the! ' Continent on their return'journey, joib-j" : ing their boat to New Zealand at Marseilles. r

During the recent visit of'the-oversea, journalists to Oxford University,,Mr. -W. H. Triggs,' of Christchurch, had' '■ the l ' interesting experience of making a speechJ in the famous Sheldonian Theatre, where* the visitors and their, hosts assembled' after their tour of the colleges. ' To 4 Mr.'. Triggs fell the duty of returning thanks,' on behalf of the oversea journalists for!' the hospitality shown to the party by; the University authorities.' He took.oc-: casion to refer to the fact that one of i New Zealand's best-known savants. Professor Macmillan Brown, was a 'distin-. guished son of Oxford. ■■--Mγ.-Triggs great-.' Iy enjoyed the visit to Belgium, which'! closed the ■ Journalists' Conference' festivities. While in Brussels he made onei of a party which visited the battlefield! of Waterloo, and ten minutes' explapa-' tion. on the spot by the guide gave him, ho say's, a far clearer idea of how that' famous battle was fought than he had' ever been able to gain, by reading. He made the acquaintance of si number of! Belgian journalists, and although there: was a very general vagueness as to'whatl sort of a place New Zealand was, and! what sort of people lived there, . they! made him Very welcome and themselves most agreeable. It was a pleasant surprise to some of the Brussels folk to find! that a New Zealander was not U savage!' The Burgomaster .of Ostend, • a verji' genial personality, proved better, informed on the subject of the Dominion., "From New Zealand?" he said. "I wishi I came from there too. It is a fine ' country." And. it was plain from his conversation that in one way and.:-, an- . other he had gained a-.very fair idea. of New Zealand and its charms. .; ; : ■ .'The .following signed the visitors' book at the v Nciv Zealand Pavilion of the AngloJapanese Exhibition during the week:— T. E. Donne, London; D. 0.- C. Earp--Thomas, Wellington; Mr. Justice Denniston, Cliristcliurch; P. D; Farrar, Christ-' church; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. D. Kemp, Auckland; " Mr. '• J. Brown, Blenheim; Misses Brown, Blenheim; Miss H. Norris, •Wangamii; W. T. Hartgill, Dannevirkc; J H. Baker (late Commissioner for Crown. Lands), Wellington; V. E. Moore, Weilington; Mrs. M. J. C. Auckland; Mrs. E. M. Martin, Auckland; K. Boon, Nelson; M. D. Alexander, Dunedin; M. Alexander, Dunedin; '■ Alex. .Thompson, Dunedin; T. Thorburn, Ponsonby; E. Short, Feilding; Jas. Knight, Feilding; Eev. T. Flavell (late of Christchurch); A. 1 , . Kelly, Petone; Miss V. von Meyer, Auckland; Mrs. M. Desborcugh, Christchurch; Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Jackson, Nelson; H. J. Palmer, Petone; Mr. C..Cum r . in'" , ; Dunedin; Misses Cuming,.Dunedin; C. A. Kessell, Auckland; C. J." Milne,'; Christchurch; H. S. Graham, Auckland;" Misses E. and S. Hoffmann, Auckland; "J; S. Munro, Palmerston North; Miss K. L. Brownlov.-j Paeroa; S. Harcourt Arthur, Wellington; J. Wprtt, Auckland; J.'.liW Adair, Christchurch; J. W. Luxton, Eangiora; Lieut. C. S. and Miss Broomo, Wellington; J. C. W. Gregory, Christ--, church; Jas. Thorn, Cnristchurch; Mrs.' W. H. Simms, Christchurch.; Mrs. H. G. Cachemailie, Wellington; A. Cameron, Wairarapa; Mrs. -F. Barca's,-..Tiniaru; V; N. Lompriere, Auckland; G.'M. S. Osborne, New Plymouth; K. Essex,' Palmerston North; H. E, Duncan, Nelson; B. H. Strange, Wellington; M. Dallas, Balcluthn; H. Smith, Hukunui; P. J. Hewitt, Cambridge; W. F. Neil, Dunedin; W. ; Hovino, Dunedin; Mr.-and Mrs D. K. and Miss Galbraith, Auckland; 'S. Harrison, Dunedin. . '•' . . ■ .