ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1269, 26 October 1911, Page 5

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON PERSONALS. London, September 11. Mr. Ernest G. Skcates, of Auckland, ifl lias spent tlio past four months in Engr- land and on tho Continent, and leaves is for New Zealand by the Athenin to-day. )- On a cable being received reporting the n death of Rangiwhc-nua, a relative ol' the l- Arawa tribo of Maoris, now at the White J' City, last week, a tangi was held, in acf> cordancc with Jlaori custom. -• Mr. and Mrs. \V. Aiken, and family, of New Zealand, have returned to 82 Kensington Gardens Square alter an exK tended motor trip in their own car ■? through tlio Nortli of England and Scotd land. Mr. T. E. Coal'es has for t'ho past livo . weeks been on a motor tour through , \\ales, Ireland, and Scotland, and now j! "as gone over to I'naucc. Before arriving in England, via the Continent, ho toured the Holy Land and Egypt. The marriage of Miss Rubi fc'cddon, daughter of tho lato lion. It .J. Scddon, t'o Dr. Woods, R.N., of H.M/3. Cambrian, will take place in Marylebono Church. Miss Michie, of Dunedin, who ha 3 toured Scotland, i'aris, and Home, is now | in London, and leaves by the Otway tomorrow for Melbourne aud Sydney, e where she intends to stay until Christlj mas, afterwards returning to New Zeaj land. e Miss Christie Mackenzie and lier sisters _ have returned from the Continent, where 0 they visited Brittany, Rome, Florence, f and Paris. Miss Mackenzie has since n been on a trip to the Highlands of _ bcotland, and hopes to return to New y Zealand very shortly. e c Mr. and Mrs. John Strang, of Cllensido t Station, Wairarapa, arrived by tho e Athenic last week, 'l'licy are accom'panied - by their niece, Mrs. William Cooper, and 0 their youngest daughter, Miss Is]a Strang, s a,1( l are at' present staving at the Strand a l'alace Hotel. Mrs. F. W. King, of Auckland, who ar--1 rived at the end of August, lias since been i Portsmouth as the guest of tho Rev. - 1 ; Iv. Allen and his wife, the latter a i niece of Mrs. King's, aud is now visiting lier sister-in-law, the Rev. .Stewart and .. M}'ii Cox, iit Clevedon, in Somerset . t v} Q which left Plymouth on I Friday for New Zealand, carried anions t others tlio following passengers:—Dr. and i Mrs. H. C. Bennett, Captain S. A. An- . ning, Drs. F. 0. Inglis, A. G. M'Killop, t and K. Ross, Miss D. G. Dall, Dr. T. G. 1 Gray, Mr. T. M. Reid, and Mr M. S. c Ivoid, Captain R. Deere, and Mr. S. . liowarth. 3 r - W', H. Kccbel, the writer of several - entertaining books of travel, is at pre- ! sent engaged in perusing tho proofs of a & new book dealing with up-couutrv life iu f -New Zealand, which ho has entitled "In i tho Maoriland Bush." It is based on tho t author s personal experiences and obser- » Rations, and includes intimate descripf lions of the humours and tragedies of the j Aew Zealand backblocks. 3 Mr. W. Parkin son, of Auckland, spent 5 » fortnight travelling about Italy--3 JJome, and Carrara—before cross- > to After a few days in 1 Loudon lie then went on for a fortnight t to (he North of Scotland. He leaves for \ aneouvcr at tho end of October, dividing his remaining weeks between London and the Continent, Ho sails for New Zealand from Vancouver by the Marama. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moreton, of Duul m • e ccn sfaytoj? for some tiino at Inn?, in Herts. On October 7 Mr. Moreton leaves for New York, en route for Buffalo, where, at the National Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, opens on October 18, ho is to be tlio New Zealand delegate. Tho convention lasts five days, and Mr. Moreton returns to England, via Toronto. Montreal, and Niagara. Mr. J. B. Clarkson, of Wellington, arrived in London last week 011 bu«ine c s ?JS.! ting J li3 fiftli Wp to England sinel.'OJ, and will probably como again next year. Mr. Chvrkson came via Vancouver, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and after some six or eight weeks here he leaves for the Continent, catching tho Maitai at San Francisco, and arriving in Wellington early in December. London, September 21. Mr. J. S. "Pennant, Inspector of Schools, <?iljngton, is now holiday-making in this country, and is, at the same time, on tho look-out for a teacher of domestic economy for one of tho Wellington girls' schools. Tho Iter. C. F. Askew, lato vicar in cliargo of a large parish at Ingrew (lorks), sails for Wellington, where ho has been appointed vicar of St. Mark's Church, next month. Mr. Askew takes with him to his now cure one of the I curates who has been working with him ! at Ingrew. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Martin and family, of Auckland, New Zealand, have just returned to London after a motor tour tilrough England, .Scotland, and Wales including the English Riviera. Mr. Martin intends visiting Germany and tho united States Ixfoi'o returning to NewZealand alxmMho end of the year. Mr. Robert Maclaurin, of Gisborne ia 111 England for a fortnight on his way to the University at Pennsylvania, whero ho intends to finish his studies in architecture. Mr. Jlaclnuriu will probably spend two or three years at this university, then come back to England for a time before returning to New' Zealand. The recently-formed "Imperial Mission," of which the Duko of Argylo is president, and Mr. .To.?eph ChambWlain vice-president, has clected tho following .New Zealand representatives on tho General Council:—Sir Wm. R. Russell Dr. E. G. Lovinge, Mr. G. A. Buckley, Mr. Joseph Gould, and Mr. Arthur E. G. Rhodes. Mrs. Helen G. Macbeth, who left New Zealand 011 Juno 1, has arrived in this country after having visited Raroton"a, iflhiti, and spent two months in California, in tho Santa Yuez mountains, and at Barbara, later paying a visit to New York. Sho arrived in London 011 September 9, and left again on yoptoniber 15 for Scotland, whero sho intends to slay for some time. Miss Alice E. Law, L'.R.A.M., the Auckland musician, is taking her present trip to Enropo for purposes of further study ami has now gone to Germany, whero sho intends to put in tho next fen- months investigating now ideas in music, and attending concerts and operas. Sinco her arrival 011 September 1 Miss Law been staying with relatives in Scotland and Willi a friend nt CliftonviNe. She hopes to visit I'aris and Switzerland iu Iho spring. Mr. James Hamilton, son of Mr. John -Hamilton, of JLataura, who, with Mr Horace Newman, of Invercargill, left -New Zealand a few months ago ivith tlio intention 01 furthering his exporienco in engineering, lias taken up aviation sinco he arrived in England, and has just made a successful flight on a Bloriot maclnno on tlio sands at Seaforth. Ho is advised by those interested in aeroplanmg to compete for his aerial licensc be foro returning to New Zealand