OUR HOME LETTER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10062, 2 February 1909, Page 2

OUR HOME LETTER.

(From Our Own Corres)xmdciii.j December 2511 i. lilui).

Mr Francis Hutclu-us. mentioned in |„, HUM' letters, litis jllst llcell awanleil |L, Mini! prize ill Hie Unyal Academy ,„ .Music for tin- .nmpnsilinii ol a m>ii«. ''|'li e words ;mv supplied, and I hit. inn, |, v Ocorge Flint. Ili.> Viilu.' of lII.' |.m/„ | s £l2, and il is o|i.'ii lo mules ami l-inul,,, under seventeen years of iin«-. Mi || M . clieus is Mu" son of Mr I',. IV lliu,he M , Hi' MilWlTil.

Miss Kllie M. knight, of Tiiu.iih, ),,„ been asked t<. return to the Uoyal N lm|l , son .Memorial Hospital at l'>linl.iiv K i, ,„ lake up duties as stall nurse until tli. i of the present term, when all h;u„Ls »„. (,» lie changed. K is Midi an Ik.im.i- i| i;i , she has given up "<'i' l( l "" l "'l i.'t Christmas in F.ngland. and has gone l u „ k to Scotland.

Mr K. W. Sinclair, of Wellington. ;ull | his wife and daughter, are reluiiiim; t „ the Mominioii by the llreineu, li-;i\i„ K Soiitlnunplon on i'.rd prox, and .ill iviu,, in Australia in March. They haw l„ v |l .•• ii extended lour over here. Mi Si,,, c has been a colonist for .we, | iilv ,:ars.

' Mr Norman Collie, of Wellington. h:i„ arrived bv the Her mail .-[cain,.,Sevdlil/.. ' Mr I'ollie wan loriuciL ,„. sis'lanl orgiinisl at St. Mark's Cliiinl,, Wellington, and organist at the Wcsleym, Clunvh there. He gave several or,;;, dials prior to leaving tor London. \|, Collie has come to London for lliic i,,:,,' musical siudv ill the I loyal Collet „| Music.

Mr L. I''. Avsnn. your Clncl lie.|n-. I,„ of Fisheries, arrived on I7lli Mist. I.v lln, Atlreuic lie has come over to „up,,,, M , the shipmi'iit of three .piiirlers ol a nu11,,,,, of salmon ova for the I inioe IV lirst consignnienl ol 'HIO.OOO. ed|,vi,,| chiellv from the Tav and the Wye. «,|| be re'adv for shipuieiit by the 'I urakinu, which leaves London on lleeeinb.-r '.!lll|i. Mr .W.-oii is going back in char,.'. |„, se.on.l consignnienl. ll was originally n, tended to send out til.' whole in our „hi|,. „„,„(, ,„ |„, under the care of Mr Avs but this Wiis found impriiclicable. Mr 11. C. Cameron, the I'ro.ln.e 1',,,,,. mission.'!', has liirued lecturer on ||„. hcautics and opportunities ».f the |l„. minion. lie gave a lantern le.liuv m llarlcsileii on that subject some ■,i:o. rnfortiinatclv. I was uiuil.le t„ ~|. tend, hut I am inl'or d (hill il w.i„ „ great success, there being not a .lull mo „,,,„( during Ihe nincly odd loiin.les li, was on the platform both mailer and ,|,. liverv were fresh and I.rigid. Fni lessor Krnesl liuthcrford. a I |.i.si'm Professor of Chemistry at the Mau.'h.'MiT t'niversitv, is a N<-w' Zealand.-;', md \ m hceu rcfe'rred to in former letters. lit was recent Iv awarded the Nobel pii/c l„r dieinistrv of £7, , >o(>. for his .lis. .n,>ii„ and works on radio-activity, lie Inn, nb, received numerous honors and >l.'gri'Ls from British and American univeinlira. Last week the professor visited Sioele holm, accompanied by his wife, where bf was entertained for six days. From there •„,. made a long ex, ursion |o Cpsala I'niversitv. where great homage was paid him. ' lie inspected the chemical ami /iliv sieal laboratories and their rcii/raei/ hi Manchester bv way of Merlin. For the Uonnince of Kmpire Semi,. g.uJi lish.d I.v Messrs T. C. and I'!. t'. .la.li, the volume, dealing with New /ealamt liaii hceu written bv Mr IU-giunl.l IW:,U, The illustrations'are by Mr A. If Ml „t

mirk, It I. T|„, »N,. W /.calami Twins." I lie Mim.i •\ileeii and linns Woods, lnll.\ H'li'llvil u. in previous kilos, aiv m ;ip| i in ,|,, oaiiloniiiuc „f "lied Hiding II I' ill the keiniinglon Theatre. Koproseiitalivcs from New /..'aland, Queensland, and Western Australia wi'ii' present ill a meeting of the Anglo Uluiiiul H.oviing I'liib la.-l week. - ( In lb" iiHlimi of the Uev. U. Wilkinson, of the W.A.

Howling Assoeiiilion, who left I'm .W tnlia on Saturday, Mr Clnirle, Wuwl, President of Ihe Victorian Howling Aw,.,eialion. and donor of the Australia Cliallenge Cup of the English Howling .W eialinn. was cloelod a life ineiiiher ul Uio eliih. Mr .1. A. Mason, of the New Zn land Government Olli.c. was ele, 1...1 ;i member of Hie c.veciilive. On Uiiii insl., at (lie West Loudon Sjiu.

gogue. took place the marriage of Mm Hilda .Nathan. eUIeM daughter ol Ml

David .1. Nalbaii. of Wellington', In Sit Alfred Salinger, of 21 King.lon mad. Ww llaninsleud. 'l'll.' Hcv. Moms ,W;' olliei'ited, assisted by the Uev. \M„n\ Harris.

On 17th inst., al the Parish ( hiroli, Clavgale, Surrev, Miss .Miiinie I'lialWJ, voii'ni'esl daughl'er of Mr William C Cli.il held.' lliirsloii, Island Hay. \\ elliugK was married lo Mr Norman Shore Sjt.

eldest, sou or Mr llarvev It. Nvi\ Til,. engagement is :i'n nnv.l nl Mi.. Margnivl. Henrietta, lliii'il daughter nl' Hit 1.-il .■ Mr Thomas Sadler. liarrislcral ln«, lim.M- Temple, treasurer of tinChili ami of Mrs Sadler, 5 Si, An.lmvs I'lnrc. Urgent'* I'nrli. and uraii.l.liiUKlili'r ~l' tlu- lair Sir llrnry StovU, M.l', fur liipou, ami 1)1' It. Waiter I'.ariiu, yiniiiK'*! sun ui' Mr 11. W. Huron, of II .lin.