ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1730, 22 April 1913, Page 3

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON PERSONALS. London, March 13. Tho Hon. James Allen spent a day last week at Oxford as tho guest of the Raleigh Club .(lunching with the New Zealand Rhodes scholars at Morton College), and the week-end with Lord Roberts. Sir Walter Huchaiian lias been staying at St. Ermins Hotel, St. James's Park, since his arrival a fortnight ago, and before that had an interesting trip up the Nile, and a few days' journeying through Italy, Switzerland, and France. Sir Walter's intention is to visit Scotland as well us other parts of Great Britain, and, in May, America and Canada, arriving in New Zealand, via Vancouver, in the first week in July.

The Hon. James Allen (Minister for Defence and Finance), Mrs. Allen, and Miss Allen will probably leave London for NewYork, on • their return to New Zealand, via Vancouver, by the Caronia, on April 19, catching the Makura at Vancouver on May 14. The partv will spend a fewdays in Ottawa, Monlreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg en route. They reach New Zealand early in June. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Poole, of Ponsonby, who have been stopping at Ramsay in the Islo of Man for some littlo time, left on Monday for tho United States.

The High Commissioner visited Glasgow last week in order to investigate some trade questions and to preside at a Highland gathering in that city. Mr. ■J. Graham Gow, of Wellington, who was formely New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Canada, is in this country for a few weeks only on private business.

Mr. I. J. Rothschild, of Auckland, arrived at Marseilles by tho Maloja, and travelled overland to London. He is hero on business, and returns by the Morea. next mouth.

' Mr. and Mrs. E. Vernon Collins, of Gisborne, arrived here a couple of months ago, nnd have since toured Devonshire and Cornwall. They are returning by the Niagara. Amongst tho .passengers on the Turakina, which caught fire at Rio, were Miss Mackenzie and Mr. Bruce Mackenzie, soil and daughter of the High Commissioner. Mr. Fred. J. Bankart, F.S.A.A., and Mrs. Bankart have arrived in London from Demerara, British Guiana, and after a visit to South Wales and Scotland will sail for Auckland early iu April. The Rev. W. F. Grove, senior curate of Walsall Parish Church, is leaving for New Zealand in April, where, it is understood that he is to take charge of a district near Palmerston North. He will be accompanied by his wife.

Sister May, who was for some years a deaconess in Dunedin, had a slight breakdown through overwork, recently, ami was sent down to Westcliff-on-Bea, to recruit, with such good effect that, she is now at work again at St. Faith's, Teddington.

•Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, M.D., F.R.C.S., son of the High Commissioner for NewZealand, who has been in Edinburgh and London for some years, and has distinguished himself in surgery, Tcturns to New Zealand in May, .and intends to practise surgery in Auckland. Jlr. and Mrs. J. F. Buxton, of Christchurcli, who have spent some time in Bournemouth and London, will visit the Midland Counties and Devonshire. They leave England on May 2 for Paris and Switzerland, and join tho Otranto at Toulon on Jfay 15. Miss A. Dexter, of Wanganui, spent some time travelling in England and Wales before settling in London, where she spent live months. In January she was in Switzerland for the winter sports, and is now travelling about England until she sails on May 9 by the Otranto.

' The Earl of Seaficld, who is at. present residing at Castle Grant,' Morayshire, lias' become an ardent salmon angler,- and spends all his spare time on the River Spey. -The Countess of Seafield (who was Miss Nina Towriend, of New Zealand), is at Monte Carlo.

Mr. Addison J. Newbould. of Nnpier, who lias been in England for about 12 months, is staying now at Lancaster Gate for a few weeks, and then is going for a motor tour with his sisters llirough England and Scotland. ■ They hope to return to Hawke's Kay in October, spending « month in Egypt, and, some! timo travelling 011 the Continent en route. Mrs. M. Hocken, widow of the late" Dr. Ilocken, of Duncdin, returned to' England from Japan about eight months ago, together with her son-in-isw and daiipthter, Captain and Mrs. Lo Francois. They have now taken a country property at. Stelling, in Kent, midway between Canterbury and Folkestone, where they have settled down fbr the present, having no intention of returning to Neiv Zealand. At a meeting of the Northern Clergy Homo Mission Union, held recently at Newcastle, Bishop Neligan, formerly Bishop of Auckland, but now Vicar of I'ord,* spoke about church life in the Dominion, and incidentally alluded to the need there was for young Anglican clergy to visit the colonics for a short term of years, and also for the,colonial clergy to come to the Mother Country. He urged that in both instances it would havn a ■broadening effect on their minds. Bishop Neligan also referred to the value c£ synodical church government, which had many elements in it (liat could, with advantage, be copied by ; the Mother Church. If- promoted central churchnianship and extremes of all sorts in churcli! lifo tended very rapidly to disappear. The Hon. James Allen, together with the High Commissioner for New Zealand, and Sir Joseph Ward, were guests at the Livery dinner : of the Leathersollers' Company on Wednesday. March 5. In replying to the toast of "The Dominion of New Zealand," proposed by Dr. ITerringham, the Hon. James Allen said that the bond which bound New Zealand lo the' Mother Country was growing stronger every day. New Zealand wished to give the Mother Country every advantage in trade and commerce, and wanted to see the peoples of the British Empire trodinu ns far as possible amongst themselves, without making any demand for anv preference ill respect of food supplies. All that NewZealand asked, was that the Mother' Country should sympathise with the Dominion and aid in developing its resources as a new country. Any nssistanco given to New Zealand would result in the strengthening of the Empire.