NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1176, 11 July 1911, Page 2

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL,NQTES FROM LONDON. London, June 1. Mr.' J. E. Smith, of Napier, is staying with friends at Tanworth. Mr. H. Caplen, of Hawora, with Mrs. Caplen and two daughters, is in England on a pleasure trip. . ~ , , The Misses Hopper, of Auckland, who arrived early this month, leave London early in Julv for the country. Mrs. Isabel Dufaur, of Auckland, has returned to London after a few weeks in Germany, and will later make a tour of indefinite length in Scotland. Major C. Dean-Pitt, and Mrs. DeanPitt, of Auckland, arrived in Loudon recently, and will probably return to New Zealand in September or October. i Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Povey, of Auckland, arrived in London by the Ruahine, and intend staying in England three months. They visit (he Glasgow Exhibition, and then tho English,lakes. Judge rainier, ai the Native Lands Court, lias arrived in London. Mrs. Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kidd, of Auckland, are at present in Paris, en route for' London. Miss Cora Chilcott, of Auckland, arrived iii London by the Karamea. She has come here primarily to complete her musical studies, and has entered as a student at the Royal Academy of Music. Mr. Horace S. Cottrell, of Napier, leaves London for Taris after the Coronation, and will make a round of sonic of the chief commercial centres of tho United Kingdom. Later, he hopes to tour Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Mr. and Mrs. A.'G. Jarrett, of Auckland, after thirty-one years in New Zealand, have returned to England via Canada. They intend to spend about five months in Great Britain; later visiting the Continent before returning to the Dominion. Mrs. Henry .Feldwiok, of Invercargill, New Zealand, accompanied by her daughter Mabel, is at present on'a cruise by the P. and O.'s s.s. Mantua to Spain, Portugal, Azores. Madeira, Tcnerill'e, and the Canary Islands. Mr. C. Prebble. of Napier, who is hi England, accompanied by his mother and sister, intends visiting most of (ho bi« seaside resorts here, and tonrin" the South of England and the Continent, before returning t6 New Zealand in September. . . Mr John D. Colyille, of Christchurch, left London for Scotland this week, but will return to London for the Coronation, and afterwards with- several New Zealand friends he will tour the United Kingdom, and hopes to also spend some weeks on the Continent. Miss E. Goldsbury. of Wanganui, expects to remain in England for a couple ■ \t ' V °- arS :i ™!' " oil, .U° m et!iing of rural wni-\ n t the 01 i Co "» { 't; Miss Goldsbury or ler fn 0 „"? V i1 nnr - <erS in LoU(Ion in drug trad! experience in the , alld I"* .niece,, Jiis» J.i lllips, of Canterbury, intend to remain in-London until the seasoTcomes Coronation hey visit Scotland and Ireihe d su , nnner mS h ° n,C to ™ d * fl '« ***« London. After tho Coronation they join in p,,r cLf fl S cluls ,' ? nd s ' ,eml - 1 '"MS Mr. Herbert-. J. Babhage, a New ZoaZ\ £ m T* I . in L™" 1 ™ * days n-nii ' y H* K«<'»no, and after (ho Coil nalion will go sketching and nindV for a couple of months in the Nethelands. m il l '« V, 1 Londo " for th « winter. Mr. I'. LJull, of Napier, who, on his retirement lrom the New Zealand Government service in 190 S. came to England with his wife, intending to settle here, has decided to return to the Dominion this autumn. The English climate does not a.gree with Mrs. Bull. Mr. Bull, through Messrs. Cassell and Co., has just published a volume of poems under tho title, "Dominion Ditties."

n Mrs. and Miss Lilian Woodman, of Chnstchureli. came !o England last August on a visit to Mr. Alan AVoodnian, wlio had met with a bad accident in connrotion with the tourist trophy motor cycle race in tho Isle of Man. Mrs. and Miss Woodman have wintered in the Isle of Man, but will be in London for the Coronation, afterwards returning to the Isle of Man, and then touring in Ireland Dr. Thomas C. Savage, of Auckland, Mrs. Savage, and their children, havo been staying in the country since their arrival. For the next three months, Dr. Savage proposes to remain in London, visiting the chief hospitals, etc. They will devote August to a motor tour through England, and Dr. Savage returns to New Zealand early in September. Miss A. M. Williams, librarian of the Leys Institute, in Auckland,, who is on nine months' leavo of absence, arrived in London last week, accompanied by Miss Mabel Leys. Miss Marie William's, and Miss M. B. Bell, of Auckland. Thev travelled by the Grosser Kurfurst, anil spent a week or two on the Continent, including a week in Berlin, before coming on to London.

Mr. i.. .T. Heighway, late of the "Otago Daily Times" staff, and Mr. Wilkinson, of the Danedin Licensing Committee, who have just arrived here on a holiday trip to the Old .Country, left on Saturday for Birmingham, where they started a cycling tour, which will take them to Land's End, and back to London via the south coast.

A small afternoon tea parly was given for Maggie Papakura by some members of the Writers' Club at the club in Norfolk Street, on a recent afternoon. Maggie, who was accompanied by her comely young-relative, Hara Poata, Was resplendent in a beautiful mat composed of red and ruddy green kaka, kiwi, and kereru feathers, and was undoubtedly Die belle of the To please her hostess, Miss Bedwell, of Colchester. Ihe well-known guide, recited to her English hearers the legend of ITinenioa and Tutanekai.

Mrs. Sctlrlon and her two daughters, Misses Mary and Hulii Scddon, were among the guests 'al the foreign Office reception on Monday week, and Mrs. Scddon and her elder daughter attended the Stale ball at liiif.-kinghain Palace on Vvhhr week.

Miss Amy J. Hnrband. of Christchiireh. expects to* remain in London for about six months. Miss Harband went to New Zealand in 1870. and. after gradualing at Canterburv College, sho served under tlin Canterbury, Board of Education.- In 1803 sho went to Madras and took tin, work in connection with the London Missionary Societv, her mission being both evangelistic and educational. This is her first visit to England since she left it <11 years ,e_go, but sho has spent two furloughs in Nnv Zealand since going In India, and slip expects to bo.in the Dominion again in 101:). Sho wilt remain in London till the end of June, afterwards visiting various Marts of England and Scotland, and rcturnin;! to India via (he Continent tow.irds the end of the present year. One nf Miss Harband's sisters is .Miss Be;tri.eo' Hnrband, known as a writer of books dealing with mission work, e-nccially in India. Her other sister is Mrs. J. Uits«oll Brunt, wife of a former Mayor of Linwood*