ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 9

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON PERSONALS. London, January 22. Miss Masoii, daughter of the late Mr. T. E. Masoii, of Wellington, is in London, and staying at the Hotel St. Petersburg, where she is giving a danco on February 10. Her sister, Miss Ethel Mason, has just arrived in England after spending some weeks in Colombo, and is staying at •Portinaii Square, Lou■don.

Tho Swinoy Prizo for Jurisprudence has been awarded to Mr. John W., Salmbild, K.C., Solicitor-General for New Zealand, for his work, "Jurisprudence." Tho prizo consists of a sum of £100, contained in" a cup of tho same value, and was founded'in 1844 under tho will of Dr. George Swiney, who left £5000 Three Per Cent. ■ Consols to tho Hoyal Society of Arts in order that tho prize might bo awarded on every fifth anniversary of his death, to tho author of the best published work on "Jurisprudence." An arrangement was made by the adjudicators that tho award should bo jnyen alternately for medical ,and general jurisprudence. . . • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Laurence, of Wellington, arrived here in October, and have spout most of the intervening time in the North of England. Mr. Laurence intends , soon to visit Germany, and after that the United States. They will possibly bo away froni New Zealand lor another 18 months.

Mr. W. 'C. Tisc'h, of Ch'ristchurch and Wellington, left for Now Zealand last week, after spending three years in England studying eleotric traction work at King's College. . Mr. Arthur Myers and Mrs. Myers are at tho Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. ■

. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Myers, of. Wellington, are. on their way to England for a pleasure trip. Mrs. Swanson, of Tauuiarunui, is on a six 'months' trip to England and America. .. . ... Mr, G. W. S. Batham, of Wellington, who is at present in London, returns to Now Zealand in March. ,

' Mr. and Mrs. C. Rawlinsou, of Auckland,: who'arb accompanied'by Mr. H. Rawlinson, are on a visit to this'.conntry. They later go on- to the Continent, aiid the United .States of America. Mr. Henry A. B. Davies, Livingstone, who has been in England since August, studying at fho London hospitals; is returning to New Zealand by the' Kaikoura.

' Mr. W. H. Deurkop, of Messrs. Deurkop and 'Macl'ay,- Auckland,, arrived in England three weeks ago. Later he goes to tho Continent on business, and. will probably return to New Zealand in June or July.' , ....->. Mr. . F* D. Farrow, of Cliristchurch, has left Liverpool University, and gone out to Bhodes University College, at Grahamstown, Carjo Colony. ■ Mr. and Mrs: Wesley Spragg and Miss Spragg, Auckland, who arrived in L'ondoii at tlie end of December, aro at present at Tavistock Square. London. Mr. Spragg is engaged in 'business connected with' the New Zealand Dairy Association, of which he is the president. Mr. and Mrs. Spragg-and Miss Spragg travelled via. the United States, and expect to return to New Zealand in about six weeks' time by way-of tho Suez Canal;

At the general meeting of the Association of Public School Science Masters, which was concluded at South Kensington on January 14, Professor ■Bickcrton, Christchurch/.in speaking on tho question o£ research, said that upon returning to England after forty years' absence, bowsaw < great defects ; in tho teaching of-''ssicriW which , ' defects-'t-lio public school master could remedy, He alluded to tho system of specialisation and l tho-lack of generalisation. > The; ."professors' 'pi "tb'tay-UVero 'eSttfiidrdinar-:'. ily' contradistinction : 'to' those of forty-five years ago. It , was tho,work of 'sciencp'ntasters v to,-lend- thought in England.'-' '' "' A ■■ '■"':'• - ■ Mrs. /Mackenzie, 'wife of" tho High Commissioner' for 'Now Zealand, acted as hostess at tho nilmtal dance of the Neiv Zealand.''Association,-'.'held' at the Holborn Restaurant lasfc week, •'when about a hundred guests were present. She was in a gown of black silk, trimmed with sequins and with touches cf dull gold.' Miss Mackenzie wore palepink' cliar'meu'so ■ with a high sash- cf floral uinon and' a white plume hair ornament; Miss Mary-Mackenzie, apricot' silk with a short tunic of fine black lace; Mrs. Parkinson, deep-rose colour with touches of-black; Miss Jessie Bond, flame coloured silk, trimmed with black jet; Miss 'Doris 'Ponsonby, pal.o blue satin trimmed with swansdown 1 ; Mrs. Wilkie Jones, pale-grey mid diamante.; Mrs. Upton, pale mauve over pale blue; Miss Flero, cream net and a pink'sash'; Mrs. Foden, old rose silk and lace; Mrs. Hammond,'crushed' strawberry dull charmouse, with a- folded belt of deeper velvet 1 ; -Mrs. Mason, white with touches of black; -Miss Eileen ; Sibbald,- c'reum taffotas trimmed with ruchings' of ."the' same and'nale blue marabout. Others present incLidcc! Mr. and Miss Ely, Dr. Parkinson.-Mr. Upton, Jlr. Moffatt. Mr. and Airs. P. A.: Cox, Mr.-11. B. Brett, Mr. Wix, Mr. J. Carruthors, Mr. J. A. Mason; Mr. B.'M. Kehnaway.Dr. Maoarthur, Mr. 11. Bradley.. Mr. J. B. Bradley, Dr. Gunn, Mr. Saunders, Mr. ■Ivo Vint. Mr. Driskell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Paine, : -Mr. John Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, and Mr., and Mrs. Mar'yan- Green. ■ • -