ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1683, 25 February 1913, Page 2

ON TOUR AT HOME.

•PERSONAL 'NOTES FROM LONDON.London, January IG. Mr. M. il. M'Callum, oi Keniuera,- • Auckland, leaves lor Zealand on Maroh 17. Mr. and Mrs. Everod, of Waihi, are staying at 8 West Heatn Avenue, H'auipstead.: ' . ' '.•■"• Mrs. M. M. Mudgo and Miss Alispn Mudgi, of' Auckland, return by the Orama, sailing 'on February' 14. '' i Mr. George Kay, of Kawp, "iB nsiting •England, his address being Bennington Hotei,'.Southampton'Row. ; Mrs. Ryder (wife of Colonel R. ~K. -Eyder), bT'the Wailsatp, who ,came to England by the Arawa recently, returns' .by the" lluahfno. ' Miss Ethel M. Standish, of New Plymouth, is in England on a short visit.. Mr. Arthur G. Dean, of Lincoln, Canterbury, is in England until, the end of March. He is residing at Fillcrpombo Road, Sutton, Surrey.Mr.' John Robinson, aerated water manufacturer, of Canterbury, is making a visit to the Unitwl Kingdom after | inaiiy years' absence. He will shortly return to the Dominion. ' . ' ' , '' Lieut.-Engineer Ponsonby M'Kenzio has :bee'n appointed by the Admiralty Inspector of- Coal, stationed at the 'Uiostport Coal .Mines—a threo years' appointment— and proceeds to Now Zealand almost immediately. V- , ' Mr. Daniel M'Gill, of Wellington, who came over to England six"months ago, in connection with a process'of his own •invention, for the conversion .of .jlax into cotton/returns to Wellington by the Ilu'aliineV on' January 18: " ■ Miss G. Freeman, 8.A., pf Christchurch, who has been in London/since last July,, ' sails 'for "New Zealand /on January' 20. Mrs. Cross,, who came over'with' Miss Freeman, is now op the' Continent, andwill' join the same boat later. '■' ' ." Mr. Oliver Bainbridge, who was ,out in New Zealand some years ago, livture.l last week to the members of the Veterans' Club'in London, on Land-of'.the Moa," illustrntinj his lecture with some very fine slides. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sammari, 'of Walkergate House, Beverley, leave Eondcn for New Zealand shortly, intending to p to Lake Taiipo for' 1 trout fishing. .Mr. Samman is the owner of extensive sahiiun fishing, rights ■ in! -N.onr.ay., '.■.- ':,''■ Publishers report' satisfactory wales of Mr. T. Chamberlin Chamberlin's book, "Songs from the'Forests'iof' Tane,". Mr. Ghniiiberlin and-his'adopted son hope to return to New Zealoiid this year..;.:-

Mr. i6rm?by -G. -R. 'Baines, -who obtained a. commission in ".the "regular'.'fore'es (Qpesn's ..Own, Dublin), - from the New Zealand Territorials last y<;a'r, is "now" on leave. He spent a short time in Cacltenham guest "of'a relative -there. (Colonel'Atkinson). and-isno\y on a.short visit'.to''Paris. Before jeturning to .'his. regiment he will .'make Inquiries at Fo'rnborough' about entering th,e Eoyal COTying Corpa wing). V'"" "'.''"'.,. Since his arrival some ,w,eeks ago, 'Mr. Pcrcival H. Powell, Lecturer-jri Electrical Engineering -at Canterbury College, .has 'visited the laboratories,of the Uiiiversity at Liverpool,' .the Westinghpuse'. Works, at ! Man.chester; where Jhere are two New Zealiinders (Messrs,' Jones and Beamish), one of -.whom is an'old Canterbury p-tn-dent; Sheffield, .the Battersea Polytcohnfe National -Physical Laboratorj'. the _ South Kensington Museum!! etc.'At the -Siemens Brpi.': Wprksj !in" Stratford) Mr. Powell, found two more" old'stude'nfc of ; Canterbury ..College (Messrs.- p.e' Renzy and Owen), eaininsr experience. , " >Mr. Edwin Gilbert, wlio sailed with his wife for New Zealand by ,tho Arawa, was appointed secretary of.tho Notional Adult. School Associations of 1902, .and for nearly eleven years has worked strenuously "for' the movement. He nind.e a tour ,of Suffolk before' leaving England, visiting, amongst other' places,. ;Bungay, Beccles, ■LoddOn, and Laxfield,' and Was onthusias- '■ Hcally, received.. He expects to ba . away for about six months; and, Wellington :and '.Auckland will',:bs,,among ..-the first places at.which he will ataV.','''■.. : There was shown at'.thje''Hieh .Commissioner's office's in^-Victoria'.Street,'.a' few days ago! a hutro tiaintinn of the Dreadnought, New .Zealand, by. Mr. Gerild Burn. -~- .' ■", Mr. and Mrs. Basil Jones (Hastings) motored through to -Wellington on Sunday. .''.'" ' ■:■■'■■■'■ ■;■- ■ "Mrs. H. Hall leaves -to-day on'.,a visit to the Auckland district. ■" Miss Nicols (Auckland) is visiting-Mrs. T. W. Young, Brougham Street. . Mrs. W,. Roberts (Whakatane) and her children are on a visit - to'M.ostertOn, .and are staying with Mrs.' Cameron,! .Cole Street. '. / - Mrs. H. Perry (Mastertou) arrived in Wellington last evening.' . '•.■'"..,■' Mrs. Stiickey and her son, Mr. A. StUck!ey, leave Levin shortly to join other members of tlie family in South Afnca. "■• Mrs. Elder has returned to Waikanao froni a visit to tho south. Mrs. Sydney Hall, Levin, is. visiting Mrs. Cielarid, Tinakori Bond. '-. ,-.' '.