NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 9

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES'FROM LONDON. •" -London,' January 6. fTha -Hi?h Commissioner for;'2vew:Zealand, Lady' Hall-Jones and/.their.faiiiiiy r ' spent the Christmas holidays" nt 'Bourne, mouth, •; ' V. Mr. Werner Laurie will shortly publish an interesting book by Colonel W; Hamilton Browno concerning'his life and adveij.-' tures in: New Zealand; Tho Coltinel is now,at work on tho manusoript in his Surrey home. Mr. J, K. Logan; tho popular librarian at - the-High Commissioner's office,' ■ has ma'do a wonderful recovery after a critical, operation performed some weeks ago. It is expected that, lie will be ablo to no :nioved from tho nursing. home about the middle of January. Mr. Harry' Hope, " MiP., unfurled at Rothesay School, nfcar Glasgow, a flag which had been presented , to . the school by tho children of the Rothesay district of'Dunedin. The flag was sent'over in a beautiful casket of native wood. Ariother flag is to-bo sent to;Dunedin in'oxchange by the-Rothesay-children. - 1 ' -'.'p .. Despite the : h6lidayfpft fair -nuniber'of.New Zealanders-Kave-dallfd'-Kcehtly- -at" the High' Commissioner's Officer' • Anions these were: MrV'-H. Williams (Alexandra' Soulh)S-Mr. P- A;'-W<s'fcott (Otagb)j-Sfr. Donald : -o'L(ar.v (IrivttdSrgillj;; Mr;;£ceil -Connolly (Auckralid) j;'"Mr. Jamej- Wh'ittort: (Oamarn); Miss'Fior'eiice-Goodman;(Wel-lington)! Mr.' G. K.' Phillips (Auckland);' Mrs. W'. G; Treacher (Auckland)./- - :In "Memories of Maoriland," a volumejust recently published in London, Mr. E." J. Jfassey tells- an-amusing story of the late Mr. Scdrion.-. -T'he Wairda Geyser at Whakarewarewa refused: to play en one of the-Premier's-Visits. A-double' quantity of soap-' was throwniin.\biit:'the geyser Remained sulleii - and silent. - Af Mri. Seddon and -thfi- other disappointed ■spectators were: expressing their annoyance a, good-humoiircd voice in-the Srowd, called out: "Ah, Diok,'you can soft-soap the people, but you can't soap,tho geyser' quite So easily!" : And no donbt -'tho gonial Premier .laughed, as loudly as any-' body, at the jest. : Lady Stout opened' a salp of w6rk at Glasgow recently in tho rooms of the Women's Social and Political Union, and made a roply to Lord Glasgow's letter-in "The Times" on women's suffrage. She said the only people against-the. suffrage in New Zealand were people who did not approvo of temperance reform, whose fi-' nancial interests had been hurt in. that way, and who did not believe "in'equal; wages for men and women. Lady. Stout also gave an ( addresst under, the" atispices of the .Glasgow' Jewish Literary Society.'' '. Mr. ;Gcorge -Hi Buckeridge, of . Christchurch, who is at present in England on business,,is a man of,wide experience-in all matters conMrning agriculture, dniryinß, etc. During his stay in' England, Mr. Buckeridge will'deliver a-series of lectures- in various parts of the Muntry, on the dairying industry in New Zealand.His- introductory: address was -given at Stourbridge on the occasion of the din-' ner of--New Zealand', products. Later on Mr. Bnckeridge will probably' deliver' a few lectures. at some'of tie London schools, to which elder girls and their • mothers: might be invited, -in order- that the many advantages'that;-he- considers would attend.the purchase of New* Zealand butter might be put before them. ■ On Januarys!), a uniquo entertainmentwas given near Stourbridge, when 300 o- . old people were: provided with-a supper composed entirely 'of New- Zealand -products. '■ The function was organised ;by Mr., H. mil,, lato- Chief Inspeotor of Schools-in tho-Hawke's Bay; district, and: the "irienu"consisted of chilled mutton, beof, and lamb, pressrvrd fruits (plums, -apricots.' apples,. etc.),.; vegetables, ' fresh butter, cheese, and honey. After supper, addresses on New Zealand were delivered ■by Mr. :H. HilLand Mr.' G. H.- Buckoridge,- of Christchurch. Lantern slidos illustrating the industrial state of tho Do- . minion were shown. Sir. Hill succeeded' in giving a vemarknbly successful Hutertainment; He'speaks warmly, of the as'sistance rendered by tho High Connnissioner, an<| also by Messrs. Lone and Co.. Srbduce of Tooley :SlreH,'i.niul [essrs. Nelson and; Co.; DoWgate.- r': '' ' Profesor Bickerton lectured., boforo tlio British Astronomical Atsbcintioivlast w'eek at Siou Collego on. liisi theory of;the Third Body in conucetion-' with the- bi,i'tli qt' worlds. He stated that thero was. cnor-; mous energy in.the grazing together ; of , stars', and ho estimated that they ncqtiii'f ed. a velocity of 300! miles a.?scc6ud in falling together; \, It" was... no - exaggern- ' tion to say that two sunsijlce ours-would collide with a force one thoilsand million times greater than tho impact-of two ox-" presses grazing one another when, travelling at ihe late of'sixty miles nn. Hour.. He did not rontend that impact accounted- for everything,' but ho thought it accounted for a very large number of phe : nomcna. The number of dark stars- was in tho' proportio nof five or ten to one compared with, visiblo, stars,-and? takiug that and other • circumstances' into consideration. ho thought tlierc must bo a good' many impacts.