ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 21 October 1913, Page 5

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON PERSONALS. London, September 11. Mr. Wray Palliscr and his family aro in Cumberland. Captain George Goss left for India in tho Galconda 611 Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. J.. Watson, of Port Chalmers,. sail for Now Zealand on November 7. Mrs. F. E. and Miss Badcock, of Auckland, leave England to-morrow for New Zealand. \ Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cameron and family have gone to Port Said for a holiday. Mrs. C. L. Donne has returned from three weeks' holiday in Norfolk, Derby and Devon. . "" Miss Annie C. Anderson has arranged to give- several lectures on New Zealand in the provinces. Miss Rosemary Rees, of. Gisborne, played Miss Violet Vanburgh's part in "Find tho Woman," at Watford last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Appletcn, Christychurch, who havo been travelling 011 the Continent, have left London for a fortnight's tour in Lancashire. Mr. nnd Mrs. Hatrick, of Wnnganui, after touring Great Britain and the Continent in their own car. left for New Zealand by the Moldavia on Friday. Mr. T. M. Stewart, of Dunedin, has just got back from a tour of Switzerland and Italy, following 011 six months 111 Scotland. Ho sailed by the Moldavia last week for Australia and Duu-

Mr, and Mrs. T. E. Donne are at present staying at St. Leonards. Mr. E. W. Christmas lias returned to London after a few weeks abroad. He is exhibiting at the annual autumn exhibitions of Manchester, Liverpool, and Derby. Mrs. J. A. Bernstein, of Christchurch, arrived about nine months ago. Her liusbnnd is the Rev. Mr. Bernstein, Jewish Rabbi, and was tho first Jowish minister to receive the appointment of Chaplain to the Scouts and Territorials, Mr. Malcolm Ross, who has been 011 a yachting cruise in the Western Highlands, is now 011 the Continent, and will net return to Loudon until the end of October. Mr. James Gardner, of Gisborne, and his sister, Miss A, S. Gardner, of Auckland, visited Home, Florence, Venice, Lucerne, and Paris before'going oii to Ireland and coming on to London. ilr. Gardner returns bytheOsterley this month, his sister staying for a longer visit. , . Captain and. Mrs. W. Sopwith Shelford aro leaving London for Fording Bridge, near Salisbury. Later, they go on to tho East Coast. Mr. Arthur J. Ilees, late of the "Now Zealand Herald" staff, is bringing out, under tho aegis of Mr. William Heinomann, a six shilling novel, under the title of "The Merry Marauders," which dopicts the adventures of a travelling theatrical company in New Zealand. Callers at the High Commissioner s Offices last week included:—Mrs. F. W. Haybittle, Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson, Port Chalmers; Captain Oliver Steele. Auckland; Dr. Claude B. Welsby, Wellington; Win. R. Gordon, Dunodin; Mr. and Mrs. Bntnelj, Hawke's Bay; tho Misses 0. and M> Dean, Napier; Mrs. J. A. Laing, Auckland; Mr. W. G. Evans, Hawke's Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Buddcn, Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. W. Faulkner, Auckland; and Mr. Thomas Brown, Duncdin. | Professor and Miss Bickerton gave an j "at homo" 011 September 3 to the mem- . bors of the-west branch of the Astronomical Society, one of tho many branches formed by tho professor in and near London. The professor gave a short lecture, with demonstrations, and a number of new members were enrolled. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raynes, ot Auckland, the Misses Raynes, and Mr. E. C. Tudehope, also of Auckland, havo returned to London from trips to Jersey, Guernsey, Paris, Switzerland, tho north and midlands of England, and Scotland. Dr. Claude Tudehope, now of Kent, and formerly of Auckland, accompanied them part of tho time. They return, after paying visits in Liverpool, and spending a few' days at Bournemouth, by the Ostorley, and spend somo timo in Sydney on routo. Miss Myrt-lo Rowntrec, daughter of the manager of tho Auckland -Savings Bank, was witli the party 011 tho trip to the Channel Islandfi.