PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8189, 26 July 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(From Our London Correspondent).

LONDON, June 7.

Mr Douglas Hope Johnston, of Wellington, leaves shortly for Australia, where be will practise as a barrister. Mr Johnston is a member of th > English and Australasian Bars. He will probably settle at Perth. Bishop Neville, your Primate, | whom I interviewed for you in my last letter, and Miss Neville, were at the Lord Mayor's reception at the Mansion House on Empire Day.

Sir Joseph Ward, your Postmas-ter-Genei'al, Lady Ward, and Misa Ward have been entertained to luncheon by Mr Henniker Heaton, and to dinner by Lord Onslow, formerly your Governor. Mr A. R. Andrew, B.Sc., A.0.5.M., lata of Otago, is now chief surveyor in the Mineral Survey of the British. Central Afrinan Protectorate. Mr Andrew gained the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship for New Zealand in 1904.

The following New Zealandera were present at the reception given by the Countess of Portsmouth on May 23rd:-—Mr Harold Beauchamp,< and Miss Beauchamp, Mr W. I. Birch, Miss T. Inglis, Mr and Mrs Sydney Johnston, Miss Johnston, the Primate of New Zealand, Sir Joseph, Lady and Mies Ward, Judge Williams, Mrs and Miss Williams. The High Commissioner and Mrs Reeves gave an "At Home" on May 28tb, to enable New Zealanders to meet Sir Joseph and Lady Ward. Tea was served in one of the large reception rooms, and the Aeolian Ladies' .Orchestra played musical selections.

Miafl K. Beresford-Maude, better known in New Zealand as Miss H. Maude Smith, of Napier, is busy arranging for her first appearance in London, at the Aeolian Hall, on Jane 22nd. Want of spaoe and time to oatoh toe mail prevent me from giving an aoooant of-the interesting interview, which y will appear in my next letter.

For the same reasons I bti compelled to omit the interview with Miss Ainsley, at whote concert at Becbstein Hall, which has been postponed by request of the Prince' of Wales, Madame Melba has consented to play some of the accompaniments. Miss Ward, daughter of Sir Joseph Ward, was presented by the Countess of Crewe at the second Court of the season. She wore a graoetul gown of embroidered mouseline de aoie, trimmed with Mechlin lace. The jupon and corsage made in soft pleats, with folds of satin at tbe foot. The Court train was trimmed with ruohea of white chiffon, Mechlin lace, and rosettes of wbite eclatant satin ribbou. A pearl necklace and pendant were tbe ornaments worn, 'find She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley.