ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1772, 10 June 1913, Page 9

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON PERSONALS. London, May 1. Mrs. H. C. Pilcher, who is a New Zeaander, and lived in Wellington until sh( ind her husband 6ettled in Capo Town, IE 'ears ago, is, with her eon and daughter, iow in England. They will remain 111 jondon until May, and thou will go to th« Jontiufnt. Mr. Pilcher joins his faniilj u London at the end of May, and all reurn to Cape Town in August. Miss Frances Brewer Lysnar, of Devon>ort, Auckland, has beon. elected a fellow if the Eoyal Geographical Society. Miss Lysuav is the first Wow Zcalander to b< elected under the new by-laws whioh re:ently camo into' foroe regarding the adnittance of women to tho privileges of the society. She has travelled extensively li] ;he South Sea Islands and South and North America, and yesterday loft for c short visit t<s California, en route to New Zealand. She is a sister of tho ex-Mayoi >f Gisborne, who waa in England eomc .ittlo time ago. , , Mrs. It. W. Holmes, of Wellington, ami her daughtol aia in London at present, md will later travel in Scotland. Thej ii-ill then go on to Ireland, where tliej re-ill stay at Kilkenny, and at Blundell Mr. Peter l'arfitt, formerly manager ol the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington has Teturuud to London, after a bis months' tour in America. Mrs. Hatrick, of Wenganui! is in London with her throe daughters. They visited the principal Continental cities befoN arriving here, and will go on to Ireland this week, and then motor through lingLand and Scotland Mr. and Mrs. John. Hutchinson, 1 of the Waikato, are in England after all a'wouw of 36 years, during which time Mr. Hutchinson has been engaged in cattle ant sheep farming in Now Zealand. He lias now retired, and intends to spend some it months in England. ... . n, Mr. I'ani Paora-Ctaamberlam, of i« Whaiti, cave a lecture last week on Ne* Zealand, on behalf of the Twickenham Corps of the Salvation Anny, at the Green, Twickenham, when he was supported amongst others, by the Countess of fceafield (lato of New Zealand), and tin Ladies Caroline and Nina Ogflvie-Grant. Sir Joseph Waj;d, writing to the Earl ol Darnloy to explain his absence from tn« annual dinner of the Rochester branch oi the Association of Men of Kent and Kent ish Men, paid a warm tribute to fan Hcnniker Heaton for his advocacy of postal reform, adding that he Henniker in looking forward telegrams twelve words by cable o\ei th Mr "aSk Mrs. H. and. Mis 9. D.Viola Moses, of Auckland, having visited Colombo, Naples, Cairo, Toulon, and WbrStar, cn route to England, intend leaving nbout tho end of tho month for way and the Continent, and on' refnrn will travel through England, Scot land and Ireland by motor-car. retmung to Auckland about December, via America a who was well known ii Auckland J M». » Mrd, and who is now the wife of Mr. w.. J- «» lisan chief of the Hansard staff in the Queensland Parliament, is m uresent and intends to deliver numerou. Eres on New Zealand and Austra ia ; in Scotland, Yorkshire, an d Devon|iire Mr' Gilligan's daughter, Miss Hewn Crawford, has been in B n^" d rnllwc) and Ireland for the pas' & 2f it school, and will travel with h Mr m W h Devenish Mears is returning tx fntrkfehurch 1)V tho Corintluc • Miss Belle Eobertson, of Dannev.rke is in London, and returns to New 4ea la M d iS3 n oiive y Tur?on, of, Du , ncdi £' £ in London, leuve# shortly for ft visit friends in the country. Mr, R. A. Cameron, of Wellington. i. in England. Ho is accompanied by Mrs, Onmeron and tvro children. , Miss Ada Stringer, of Christchurch, th< aunt of the late fes, Evans info oi Commander Evans, is m Lon™"; ~ The High Commissioner and Miss Map kenzie attended the Shakespearo Birthday celebrations at Stratford-on-Avor ' 6 Wray Palliser, who., has, been il for some time, is staying for- a few weeks at Eastbourne, accompanied by Miss El Binney has recovered frott her recent serious illness, and « the Hotel Excelsior, Lucerne, with Mis. M. Wallace, of Wellington, Widow of Mr. P. M Wallace, the Clinst church inusician, is in. England. oh< will return to New Zealand in Octobei or Mr!° V j m w!' Nolan, Crown Solicitor al Gisborne, Mrs. and the Misses Nolan art at present in London. They later- intend to tour in the Provinces and Scotland. The Very Rev. H. F. Holbrooke, of St Patrick's fcathedraU Auckland was n London last week, and in ford. He intends to. remain in Luropt until next January. ' , . m „ The Hon. T. Ogilvie-Grant, of Wellington, arrived with his wife and familj recontly. Thw intend to remain in Eu rope for some time, and durinj the sum mor will visit Scotland. Sir Joseph, Lady, and Miss Eilwn Ware and Master s?at Ward, paid a visit to Palmouth last week at the request of th Mayor of Falmouth and the member foi tho district, when Sir Joseph Ward opened the Cornwall Flower Show. They wert tho guests of Captain and Mrs. Tremayno at Carclew. The week-end was spent Bournemouth and Eastbourne. Sir Jo gepli Ward, Lady and MiS3 Eileen Ware sail for New Zealand in Juno. Master Pal Ward remains behind at Downside School, near Bath. \