ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1677, 18 February 1913, Page 2

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON PERSONALS. | ' '■• London, January 9. h The High Commissioner paid official * visits to Nottingham and Liverpool last |. W Mr! and Mrs. W. Bruce and Miss Bruce, f of Karon, Wellington, are expected in ;, nro in England for a few months. Most of their time will bo spent visiting English relatives. ■ , , , „„s„t Miss I. Howlctt, who has been appointed to a post in the School for Imbecile Children at Otakaike, left London by tho Arawa last week. • , Miss Frances B. Lysnar, of Devonport, is spending a few weeks in Sussex. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Brougbton, of Wellington, are staying with friends in Manchester until February, when they w on to Dublin. .They expect to be.in. this country until about June. Captain and Mrs. Chesncy, who were married just before they sailed from Now Zealand, have taken a house at Camberley, as Captain' Chesney will be attached to the Staff Collego there. Air Frank Mills, of Dunedin, loaves at the end of January to visit friends m France and Italy, and will catch an April boat from Naples, spending a few monUis in Adelaide and Sydney before crossing to. New Zealand. . _ Mr. and Mrs. C. K.: Kay, of Kawa,

Auckland, arrived recently, having left the Otranto at Toulon, and spent a- few days in Paris en route. They will bo here probably for a year,'intending first of all to pay 'visits to Mrs. Kay's relatives in Cumberland, • Yorkshire, and Oxfordshire. ' ' - Mr. and Mrs. James Laing, of Wellington, are staying with Mr.'Lning's father, Mr. Montague Laing, general manager of Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Ltd., at Kingston-on-Thames. They will remain in England for- three' mouths and then go to the Continent- before returning home. \ •Amongst the recent admissions to-, the fellowship of the Koyal College of Physicians was Mr. A. B. O'Brien, of Rugby football fame. Mr. O'Brien was one of' the stars of Guy's Hospital team for,several years, has never played-in ah international match here, but ho was reserve three-quarter for both England and Ireland about a year ago. •<:-' / ' i . , London' papers recently gavo some pro-, minence to the distinction gained by Miss Lily Pain in becoming the first Licentiatein Dontal Surgery of the Royal College.of Surgeons, arid it-will interest New Zealanders to learn that this young lady studied under the direction of Mr.--Cecil L. Donne, L.D.S. London, of Wellington, who is demonstrator to the Uoyal; National Dental Hospitals in London,: Tho twelvestudents who went up for thdr • final'examination from this hospital all took their ; degree—a good record. Miss Elsie Simpson, of .Wellington, leaves for home by the Osterlcy on January 31.;. She will probably' just spend a few days in-Paris. ; Mr. J. H..-Freeman, of Devonport; Inst "week returned from a three months' tpur of the Continent, and Is at present iu Plymouth,

Miss Maria Bnuchop, L.It.A.M., of .Wellingtonj' who has just returned, from a. visit to-.'her sister, Mrs. Binds, in Kent, leaves ioi Toronto on Saturday morning.'' Miss Van Stavcren, 'one of tho daughters of the' Rev. H.', Van Stavercn, of Wellington, is expected in England early in the New Year. Miss ildeluide unit Miss Min'nio Van Stavcren are still" in Italy. ■■'■■:■■ •'.'■:"' Mr; J. A.: Wilts, of Napier, has just eom'o over.- to England from; -Nigeria,--.whefo ho "spent the past ten years, and will be hero foi- another . threo Weeks, when ho leaves for New Zealand., Mrs. 'Cross, of Christchurch;' left this' week for. tho Continent. Miss CarolineFreeman, however, will -remain at West Kensington,■ whero sli'o .is now staying. She has greatly improved in health. '; Mr. A'. M. Wishurt, of Wellington, who arrived in London ,two months' ago, -is studying marine engineering, and expects to sat .for. his second engineer's ccrtiniato at the end of January. -''. ''•.Mr; and Mrs. Leo. Myers, of Auckland, who liavo been at Queen's- Gate Hostel since: their arrival in England -some, months ago. have now taken a flat at, Montague Mansions, Portinan Square, W. Mr. Frederick E. Moore, of Wellington and Auckland, leaves' London in January for trips to Holland, Germany, I ranee,, and -Italy, and intends to spend, some •time in Ceylon on his way back to New Zealand. -. - - -v• ■ .- The Rev. H. Johnson, late pastor ,of Wilsden Congregational Church, ' leaves for his new chnrgo (Trinity ; Congregational Churoh, Christchurch), early in tho New Year, accompanied by his wife and family. „■ ' , „ _ Mr. Harry Clay, son of Mr. A. H. Clay, of : Wellington,' who, arrived in England spme time ago after.twelve months.in South America, has been spending a fow weeks with friends in Ireland. Ho leaved for New Zealand, in February. _ Mr. Joseph' Gould, of Cadogan Place, who - left .£112,333,: bequeathed ,£IOOO o his manager in New Zealand, and .£IOOO to his sister for the purchase of jewels and pictures when she, next comes to England from New Zealand. '.'-,• Mr. Charles Sogers, a bnliant member of the Jersey Swimming Club, who is tho possessor . of. * number of swimming trophies, has left to try his fortune to N Mr Z j! B. 'Clarkson, of- Now Zeriand, left England on Boxing.Day for New York en route for home. He will spend three week? in Amenca and Canada.-

Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. ■V?"s, a % ot To Mahanga (Hawke's Bay) left Hastings on Saturday en route for, England. They wilffi'way for nbout_ eight months. - . Mr. and Mrs. D. Stewart and family'left Wellington 'last week . for Christchurch, whore they are to make their future home. Mrs. Murray, only daughter of, the late Sir John Logan Campbel\was a Passencer by the Marmora on Friday for LouSon. Mrs. Murray proposes jo return-to Now Zealand by way. of Australia about next July. !''' J • SUPER, Ww things are more annoying to' ro•ftneu and sensitive ladies than superfluous hatronany part of the face or body and is.with rial pleasure hat we publish herewith a recipe received from.a reader who stales that by its use (.he >n ajery Jiort time comp etely and permanently remove a stubborn growth of hair from her upper lip and cMn. This recipe calls for ii drams Pulverised ■SuUhine Concentrate, 2{ drams Zinc Oxide, F. 8., and 1 dram of powdered Orris Root,- which, should bo thoroughly mixed and put in a wide mouth bottle. For use, mix a lit lo of the powder into a paste on a plate by addinß a few drops of water. App y with a narrow knife blade and remove ht the end of 2 minutes with the back of he knife, when tho dissolved hair will "ii it, Eenen t „t ntervals of two days ,U EachtinHho growth will be ■' Ims until it entirely disappears. A good cream, such as Cremo Topon, may be used after.each apphcarTrfTlON—Gentlemen musi-not use this a, a substitute for shaving, as its repeated uss Spletely destroys the hair roots.

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