ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1494, 17 July 1912, Page 9

ON TOUR AT HOME.

PERSONAL NOTES FHOM LONDON

London, June 0. Mr. A. E. Marsdcn, of Christclmich, arrived in London earlv in May, and intends to remain in England about twelve months, furthering his ttutlies lit Icchnical education. Mr. and Mrs. Cleor«c lilooinfiecl who have'been at the. Melropole, Uexhi 1, for the lavt lew weeks are now in London at the Homers HoU-l, lSerncr.-. Street. Mr. E. Goldsbury, of Wangunui, who has qualilied here in one of the branches of optics, intends to visit the Continent and to return to New Zealand about ilia end of this year. Professor Ernest Rutherford, pt -Manchester I'niversity, has been elected a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Mr. Maurice .I»urliii«un, ot Wellington, h staving for onlv three weeks in London, before setting out on a bicycle tour through Delgium, France, Switzerland, the Tvrol, North Italy, Austria, hcrniany aiul Great Britain, occupying three to four months, and amounting to about 3500 miles. .Mr. and Mr.?. Gilmour, of Wellington, have spent the past five weeks in Devon and Cornwall, and shortly leavo London to tour Scotland and Ireland,. then return to London and Devon again. Ihey leave bv the Osterley early in October, and will probably, in the meantime, visit the Continent. . ,„ ~ -Miss Erice 1. Bavlev, of New Plymouth, came to England in April, and hopes to stay until November. In July and August Miss- Bavley intends to pay visits in Scotland, where she has friends, and she also hopes to spend a good (leal ot her time yachting. Later, she will tour the English Lakes and visit Paris. Mrs. Ferguson, of Inveroargill, and her son, Mr. T.. A. Ferguson, are visiting Mrs. FergiiMinXsisler-in-luw at l.'lverston. Later, they will'stay with other relatives'in England and Scotland, alter that going to Ireland and tho Continent before returning to Now Zealand about the'end of October. Mrs. and -Miss S. M'Laughlm, of Auckland, have just returned from a four months' trip to the Continent-Pail, Warritz, several old Spanish cities, Burgos, Segovia, Saragossa, and Barcelona, irorn Spain they went to the Riviera and Italy, then France. After a visit to Berkshire thev remain in London till July, and im 1 probably return to New Zealand towards the closo of the year. Ladv and Miss Janet Stout and Miss , lsitt, *of New Zealand, were among tic guests at an evenins party given-.b}- the president of the Women Journalists Society (Mrs. Charles Perrin), at Westminster Palace Hotel, on Thursday last. The medal given at the International Flower' Show by the Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society, has tallcn to Captain Dorrieii-Smith, for Ins exhibit of Ulearia.dentata, from New Zealand. A wedding of New Zealand interest that is to take place at Holy. Trinity Church, Brampton, to-day, is that of Miss Groco Corbett to Mr. Cecil -.Fosbery. Nation (Roval Engineers), a >oa of Mr. l<. M. Nation, late .of New Zealand Civil Service at Wellington, and grandson of Colonel Nation, who distinguished himself in the Maori War. Tho bridegrooms mother is a sister of iLady Mills, of Duncdin. A reception will be held after the wedding at th« Rembrandt Hotel. Dr. Elizabeth H. B. Macdonald, M.A., M.D., of Dundee and Wellington, arrived in London recently with her mother and sisters, for a week's holiday prior to leaving for Nofc Zealand by the. Wuimnna, from Liverpool, on June 8. Dr. Macdonald and her brother, .Dr. H. irncdonalt, go out as ship's surgeons to the UOO emigrants who are booked for Sydney by that From' Australia. Dr. . Elizabeth Macdonald proceeds to New. .Zealand, where she again becomes associated with Dr. Mackiu, on September 1, in his practice in Wellington. The International Radiotelegraphs Conference, opened this week in London,'at tho lnstituto of Electrical Engineers, Victoria Embankment. Representatives are present from all parts of the world. New Zealand is being represented by Messrs. C. Wnvy Palliser and T. E. Donne.