ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 3

ON TOUR AT HOME.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Lcnilon,' Xovembe.rvi!.^;-;! Mr. S. A. Longuet, i>l Aiieklandigej.; turns to New Zealand early jicst ywir:;; Mr. and Mrs. Uyers, or Cmtcrton,;, left on Fridny on their Zealand. ; - "'"y^^'l'^^i'it: 'I'hu lUn-. K. Cowiwi- r lonnant,'Oii.il!i!;:. tiiiborou«h, probably loaves for. Jnnuarv 19- ... ■',','. K;, ,« ? - :! Si Mr. G. Forbes Miehie, of ■ W ollint£tpJi,T; has left London to join the stall' oi : ;t!ic; Hank of Now Zealand in Wcllingvou.,^;. Tlie "Times" announces tno mrth..ol., a daughter to Mr. and Alrs:."-Jiorniau" Uarkor, on November 22, : .at,.Akarana,;, Hnlo, Cheshire. :■■/< ,i! f. !J '&f'n Tbo "Times" reports . the bsrUi.,.oh November 18, at 14 Blenheim Gardens; Wellington, of a-son to Mr. and-JUs.-: Cbarlos F. liryer. '; :' -f -^siMr -V \V. at. Clair Tisdall, who was one of the successful candidates .for; the Homo and Indian Civil Service,; has been appointed to the Insurance Commission, England. ■ "." ■'■'''""V'■' Dr. J. A. Mcdonnld, of Taunton,,whp is chairman of the council of-the-Bn-'; tish Medical Association, has been: appointed delegate to'attend the Austra-; lian Conference on "Medicine, 1 whicft is to be held in New Zealand. ?■ >*^rfi: Mr. W. 13. Scandrett, Mayor of In-, vercargill, who is accompanied by Jlrs-. Scandrett and thoir daughter; loaves for home by the Orient s.s. Otway on; December 19, after haying spent a long holiday on this side of the world. -■■;,• Miss Kosina Buckmaim, tlie New.Ze.sland singer, who has been unusually successful since she came over to England, is ill, and was unable to sing attho.j Halle Concert at Manchester, or the j Phillies Concert at Mast, for which, she had' been engaged last week. . - - :.'; Amongst the prominent Masons ,wio ; attended at the Mansion House for tho installation of the Lord-Mayor as. Worshipful Master of the Gmldhall Lodge, was Mr. .James \V- Mathews; P.A.G.D.C, P.S.G.W., Who represented the Grand Lodgo of New Zealand. ■'- Mrs. Maurice Natlwn, of "Wellington and Auckland, gave a, musical reception at her house, Priory Road, Hampstead, a few days ago. Amongst the perform-, ers was 'Madame Julia Caroli (former y. Miss Davis, of Auckland), who recently sang at the Palladium. ■■ ■..;--..■ Lady Islington has been staying with Lady Henry Beutiiiek, at Underley,- and paid a visit to Barrow this week for tho naming of the battleship Emperor | of India. She is now in London, but: leaves probably on November 30 .to'. Paris, where she has taken a house until- ' 'Mrs. Jacob Joseph and Miss' Joseph, of ■Wellington, who have been staying at. Whitehall Court, Westminster, while.in London, left last week on their,return] to Now Zealand, after having spent-a year on the Continent. They plan another visit to this country m the near future. < '-,""■" At ft demonstration under the ■ auspices of the Peace Society at tlie tax-: ton Hall on Friday, at which the President on tho Board of Education (Mr. Pease) will proside, Mr. Corder, who has recently returned from Australia, and New Zealand, will reove a.resolution dealing with the effects of compulsory military service in tlioso eoun.-. tries." ■ ' .■■'.':■■' -J S Lord Plunket, ex-Governor of New Zealand, lectured before tho Philosophical Society last week, and save an interesting sketch of the cltoct I of -women's votes in A'ew Zealand—a somewhat disappointing one except where the bin question of drink w.is concerned. There they had taken decided and independent action. The | fears of tho croakers as to "shrieking I sisterhood," hysterical agitations, arid such horrors, had never had a foundation. • ' •Sir. Charles C. lies, of New Zealand, who recently obtained the Diploma-of Public Health of Ireland with 'lioitonrs, has been appointed- Assistant Pntholo- j gist to tbe Pathological, Bacterial, and Clinical Research Laboratories of the Royal Sussex Hospital at Brighton. Mr. lies graduated M.H., Ch.B., at Edinburgh in 1910, D.T.M. Liverpool in 1911, M.D. Edinburgh 1912. and was recently elected a Follow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, London. , Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pillans, of Dannevirke, who aro accompanied. by their, three daughters, arrived here last December, and aro now in Edinburgh, for tho winter. Mrs. I'ilians underwent a very serious operation some Jittle time ago, but the party nevertheless have now toured the larger part of Great Britain, and will, later on, if Mrs. J'illans is strong enough, pay an extended visit io the Continent before returning to New Zealand in Augu.st. While over here Mr. Pillans intends making inquiries into the distribution of frozen meat/ Ho has already visited some of the finest farms in Scotland. Professor Bickerton, of New Zealand, spoke at a demonstration held by tho Actresses' Franchise League iast week, protesting against worasn'n ■ exclusion from political privileges accorded to men. Taking an analogy from Nature, he held that woman should be hor own mistress end linve the selection of hpr own mate, so that the race plight advance. Then we should get rid of more mercenary marrioao amongst other thin<rs, and tiro future of ■ tlie world would be a future.