NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1182, 18 July 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

London, Juno B.' llr?. Frank Clapperton, of PalmerstoU Xorlli, and her daughter, Mrs. Haggitt, propose lo remain in London until nftor the Coronation. Then, with her daughter, Mrs. Clnjipcrlon will travel about England, and hler, witn Mrs. llaggilt mid Mi?s Johnston, her granddaughter, .will leave for a short stay in Sivilzorlnnd, after which Mrs; llaggilt will return, lo New Zealand. Mr. J. W. Harding, of Waipukuraii, visited Canada before coming on to London for a >*!'«• days. He then went on t:> Scotland, where he purclinscil four pedigroi> Clydesdales- for ins stud in New Zealand. Jlc has now returned to London, and afte. , (lie Coronation will start on a round of visits to friends in the provinces, Scotland, and Ireland, then making a lour of the Continent l>eforo joining tho Macedonia at Port Said early in September. Mr. Samuel Irwin, of Christchurch, spent three weeks on the Continent en route lo England, and is now in Ireland on a visit to relatives whom ho has not seen for thirty-four years. He. returns to London, going lo Ireland immediately afterwards for the Dublin Horse Show, etc. After another spell in England he means to tako a trip to New York, and will probably lcavo for home on September 29. Mr. H. B. Kirk, of Timarii, has been to Richmond, in Yorkshire, on a visit to relatives, after an absence of forty-seven .«nrs from the Old Country. Mr. Kirk returns to London, and intends after that to tour in the West Country, visiling Scotland and Ireland, tho Channel Islands, etc., and, if time permits, tome of the Continental cities. Urf may probably pay a brief visit to America. Mr. and Mrs. R. Twopcny, of Christchurch, broke their journey from New Zealand, and had six weeks in the Nile Valley, and a month's tour in Italy. They have taken a furnished flat in Kensington for the London season, and in August will probably lake a trip lo Norway, and another to St. Jean do Luz, towards the 'end of the year. Mrs. Dlanford; L.U.A.M., lalo nuisio mistress at the Wangauui Girls' College, has for some time, benn confined to her room with gastritis and tonsilitis. Thongh her health is improving sho has bceii told by her physician that it will he impossible for her to again lake up teaching as sho had hoped to do. Mr. J. S. Fox, of Okalo, who, with his wifn and three children, is now on a vis.it to Arbroath, his native place, will remain there for a few weeks, then devoting a fow weeks to a business tour. He reluine to Scotland for the balance of his holiday, and they all leave on their return to New Zealand on August 25, : Sirs. Harold Heauchamp, of Wellington, with her two daughters and Mr. Leslie Bcauchamp, lias taken a furnished house in Norfolk Square for the Ecason. T.ho parly will be augmented later by Mr. Harold 13eauchamp, who travels here via Vancouver. Mr. P. A. Vailo has been busy within Ihe last few days in giving instruction to English people. on. various sporting matters. A letter of his in tho "Westminster Ga&ette" insists that the decadence 'of English .tenuis is due to a wrong grip of tho racket, and an article in tho same paper tells golf players how to play "a stymie on tho green."

Jlr. A. E. Shaw, of Wellington, arrived at Easter on a business visit, and lias been visiting some of the great industrial centres of tho north. Mr, It. 11. Wilson, of Petoue, with his wife and her daughter, Miss Peach,' hiia been visiting friends in' Bedfordshire and London. Tho party intend to visit thn Isle of: Wight, and afterwards they , will tour the United Kingdom, and visit lli< Continent. Captain A. M. Samuel visited a number of Continental cities before coming 011 to London, and, after witnessing tho Coronation here, he will f-et out for some salmon fis-hiug and big gamo shooting in .Spitzbergen. .. He expects to bo back in, Xoiv Zealand about Christmas. Mr. David Crewe, ex-Mayor of Pabia* tua, and Mrs. Crowe, visited tho chief Italian cities and (he Riviera ou" their journey to England.' "' Mrs. W. Brtss, of Christchurch, and her two daughters., arrived in London by way of Paris and Marseilles, and intend to remain ,iu Europe for about eighteen months, visiting various parts of. ,tha country after June. It is sixty years since Mrs. Buss was last in England. Mr, Edward lioberts, of Dunedin, and Mrs. Roberts toured in tho French Rivi-. era, Italy, uud Switzerland, Paris, etc., before coming to England. They hopo to visit theiy respective birthplaces in Kent and Cornwall, and then will tour in Scotland, Ireland, and the. provinces. Mr. W. C. Brmtmont, of Christehureh, spent a thort time in tho West. Country before coining on to London. Whilst in Bristol he stroked a liedclifT fI.C. racing four. Mr. Beaumont presently pes to Glasgow, Manchester, ttc, on business. Mr. David 31. Thomson, of Otago, is in England by way of Canada and the State?. After keeping, his eyes open for good cattle, his return will bn via Africa, whore ho proposes making nfi up-country trip to have a look at South African cattle and ostrich farms.

Mr. C. Hustings Bridge and Sir.- C. W.ray Palliser, of New Zealand, attended Inst week a. dinner given by the Council of the Surveyors' Institution to the Sur-veyors-General, who aro taking part in a ■ special conference on surveying a connection with the Imperial Conference. Dr. E. Henley, of Napier, who is accompanied by his wife on a six mouths' pleasure trip, hopes to do some- hospital work during his ttay in England. Dr. Henley will represent New Zealand at tho annual meeting of the British Medical Association at Birmingham in July. Mrs. and Miss Bridge, of Christehureh', recently returned to London after a year's lour oi' the Continent. They relumed, to Knglaud to meet Mr. Bridge, who has conic over for a short holiday in this country. Mi's. B. H. Palmer, of Wellington, who came to this country a conplo of years ngo, and will probably decide, (o- scttlo permliueiitly in London, has recently returned from a lengthy spell ou tho Continent. . ' Mr. G. C. O'Cailaghan, of Chmtchurch, and Mr. William Perry, of iNcw Plymouth, intend (o leave London to tour England by road for a time, afterwards viMting this Continent. , . Mr. Thomas l<. .Strang arrived in Loiidon at Easter, ami has been making an extended tour in Scotland, lie G°es ™ J';uis and Brussels, travelling home via .New York aud Canada. Sirs. Stratford Henniker, of Grcymouth, and her niece, Miss Brett, intend next month to leave. London for a mouth's motoring round the United Kingdom, and afterwards to tour in Norway, Ucumark, aud Holland. Mr. W. Ixiidlaw, of Slatakanui, Central Otago, has been on a visit to his native county of Selkirkshire. Alter a three months' stay hero he will return to th» Dominion.

■Mr. .T. D. and Mr?. Brown and Miss Christina Ilaldane will spend soiko time in London, ami then will go for a lour of t.ho Continnnt, ■ later visiting Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Mr. .1. K. Hughes, of Manawahi, expects to be in England for three months, ami then rocs to tho Argentine to study ranching nud sheep-farming methods there. , Miss Bora P. Hnrman has just returned to London after wintering in Cyprus. On her way back to England she visikxl Cai'o, Xapks, Geneva, Algiers, and Gibraltar. , . Mr, .T. (i. Smith, of Wellington, arrived in F.inlaml by way cf Canada and tho Slate, 'lie hopes to iouv in Scotland ami Ireland, and then to visit Paris and Berlin. Mr. A. H. M'Kwon, of P-iWrstoß Ncrih, and his daughter, Miss M'Ewen, iH'iinn.'-e to tour Scotland. Miss Tiuby JliUV.nl, of Wellington, intends (o leave London, and will visit Dcv. onshirc, Ireland, and lh« North of England. , , , Mi«s M. liOvatl, of Auckland, who arrived here las! month, proposes visiting relatives in Ko:il and Cnmlifiilpfslliro, and lalnr lo go to friends in Canada. Mr. Servant liaddro.il, who has been in New Zealand (New Plymouth) Tor forlv-fivo years, and his wife and daugli(or.'arrived in London l>y the Kuahiiio., Mr?. A. A. Finch, of Duncdin, and the Misses Finch, intend to, stay hero for a year, visiting friends '"•) lOU'iug in Engiaiii uui Scotland.