ON TOUR AT HOME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 2

ON TOUR AT HOME

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. Londcri, January 1. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hobson (formerly Miss jlita .SiiiipsoHj of Wellington), are among tho gtißSts spending New Year .it ■ ".Kockffeod," with Sir.- and Mis. A. K. Watsoji. 'Mr. and Mrs. Frank Galloway,"-.lato of Wellington, who have arrived from New York, expect to spend a nimitli in London, and to visit Paris before retiiMiiii-g to A'ew Zealand, 'ilicy lislvo been in the. United States for about seven yours, u-'hero Mr. Cialloway hsi.s been conncctctJ with tho Stone Webster ilnyinecrihg Corporation, for wind) /j-ie has just ewiijilotcd a 10,000,000 (J-ollars etiitract at Los Angeles. . _Mr. F, P. Wifcwii), AVollington, siiico his arrival, lias bton seeing as much as possible of the work at ihe London ■School of Economics. In February he loaves for i.Ufminfiiiam, Manchester, Ulasg&w, and 'Edinburgh. : Mr. Xante Wood, of Wellington, who .has bad a six weeks' inotor tour tlirough Kniiland anil Scotland, has also been to Paris, Switzeriajid, the- Italian LaKeS, ami Venice, and shortly goes for somo in-fmtlis to the Kiviera, returning to Kugjand in March or April. Sir. and Mrs. W. Reed, of Palmersten, rotiirn Jo New Kcatnnd early this year. Tho Misses Feldwick intend ta winter ,in Egypt, theft go to Sicily, and return to England about next May. Callers at- tlie High Commissioner's Ofh'cfis last ncA included tlie f<illowtrg:—Dr. I?i\ndall AV'oodlioiisq, DiinetfiiitJilrs. Saiusbury,- Napier; Mrs. Buckley, DuikkUii ; and Mr. F. W. Houston. Dr. and Mrs. , iZobel, of Te Kuiti, arc shortly expected Jiere on a visit tfl Engtond aud tbo Continent, as is also Dr. M'Kao, n.f 'I'o Kuiti. The latter is goiiig. to, Scotland. Mr. ant] Mrs, H. Livingstone Taplcy. of Ptmedin, who Ijave inotbrcd all tliro-ugi! spent Christinns in Haijipsiiire with relatives. They then svent pvi'i-.to Paris, Svlitzo/hnd, and Italy, and intend to catcli tho Otranto at Npnles- on ifaininry 10., Professor and Miss liickp.rton gave an "at liome" last weoTt te the , uiein-, lier.s of the Western' Branch rf the Asti'ononiicn) Society. The Professor finvc nna of Jiis interesting address'eß with demonstrations., which was much aflprccijjtokj'.W' tho 'numctmis guests, fnafly.6f w'lidm ftaiied from Australia, ■and 55<iilaiid» Tlif! (1-eatli lias just taken place at . SslsTiorougi), ISmiscorthy, of Jla'jor PrBan V. Ricliards, fdniwrly of the dajnir efo.'ii Highlftiidors, 33rd I?-figiiiioiit, and the BTtji lip.yii) Irisli Fusiliers, and tile * New Zealand local forces. He served r in the Abyssinian War, 186-7-68, and was at tho storming end' capture of 11l 187(1 lie retired from the 87t.i'i ant}- subsequently joined tlie New Jkmlaiid Foreo-S., and iii a preat nteastire ihp prftiiit of the way. in wtiioh tjie v-ari-mis tentin-Rcnts were K<it ivady for tiie South African Wai , was duo to him, He refciretl from th-3-New Zealand Forces in 1003, aiid. for some-time past resided, 1 iii-Jrcland. ■ .