OUR LONDON LETTER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8471, 24 June 1907, Page 5

OUR LONDON LETTER.

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.)

I LONDON. May 17. . Miss Mabel Anderson, of Christchurch, and Miss E. Anderson, came by the Tongariro. They are here to place their brother at the Royal Naval College at Osborne,, where cadets are received at the age of twelve to be trained as officers in the King's Navy. They purpose remaining in Ealing for the next three months, and when their brother has his summer vacation, they will visit Scotland, going on to ihe Continent when he returns to Osborne. Mrs and the Misses Arndt, of Wellington, arrived in London about the middle of last month, after a most enjoyable trip. They are now settled in a flat, and intend making London their headquarters for some time. Miss L. Burton, of Auckland, arrived by the Mooltan, on April 28th, after a delightful trip. She is in England on business and combined, Mr J. Finch, of Timaru, is leaving for New Zealand and the American • Continent this month. He comes from South Africa and asks me to issue' a. note of warning to intending emigrants there. That country has been and is undergoing a severe period of depression, and the consequence is. seen by parades of unemployed that take place almost daily in the "Golden City," Johannesburg. He was a member of the 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and joined the South African Constabulary at the finish of the war, from which corps he is on a six months' leave pending discharge. Since being in England he has joined the Legion of Frontiersmen who, he thinks, have a representative in New Zealand in the person of Mr T. Noyes. Dr. J. A. Murray,. of Christchurch, is still in Margate owing to the continued illness of one of his boys. He is now showing improvement, and Dr. Murray hopes to be able to leave for New Zealand in the autumn. The doctor has been attending the London Hospital, and a Post Graduate College, and intends taking a further course of study before leaving for the colony. Mr Robert Hooper, of Wellington, who passed the final dental examination held by the Royal College of Surgeons last week, has been attending the Dental School of Guy's Hospital. Ho is now entitled to the L.D.S., R.C.S. (England), of that institution. He came here last year after completing a three years' course in dentistry at the Howard University, Cambridge, U.S.A., where he was successful in obtaining the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine. Now that examinations are all over he and his wife intend travelling through England and Scotland during the summer. Mr and Mrs Leo Myers, of Auckland, have arrived in London. Mr Myers will represent the Auckland Board of Education at the Education Conference in London this month. Professor Cook, of Christchurch, is away from his work at Canterbury College on a year's leave, on account of his eyes, and expects to consult a London specialist, and may go • to Wiesbaden later to Dr. Payenstecher. His eyes have somewhat improved on his way Home. He is very much struck by the immense gain to the general appearance of London by the improvements of recent years. He will remain here until after the Federal Conference on Education on the 24th of May, where he will represent the University of New Zealand and Christ's College.

The Rev. Gray Dixon, of Auckland, is on a visit to England, with Mrs Dixon. He has received an eight months furlough after 23 years' service in Victoria and New Zealand. He will attend the General Assemblies of the Free Church of Scotland and the United Free Church. The return journey will be made via Canada and the United States. The Rev. Alex. Thomson, of Petone, is visiting the Old Land and the friends that will remain after 25 years in the colony. After 17 years' work as minister of St. David's Church, Petone, he felt the need of the rest and change. He travelled by the P. and 0. steamer Mooltan to London, and leaves by the same steamer at the end of August. He will visit Scotland and Ireland, and then return to England. Having been Chairman of the Petone School Committee for fourteen years and of the Petone Technical School Board for three years, he intends to see and learn all" he can in respect to school matters while in, this country. He attends the meetings of the .Church of Scotland and the United Free Church meeting this month in Edinburgh, taking with him commission from the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Mr and Mrs G.' Mervyn Rylance, of Auckland, arrived by the lonie last Saturday. Mrs Rylance is going to Paris to complete her vocal studies under Marchesi. Mrs Percival Johnston, formerly of Auckland, and her daughters, Mrs Francis Bohr, wife of the well-known composer of "The Gate of Life,'" "When Roses Fade," etc., and Miss Gwendolene Johnstone, were among, the ladies invited to hear the address given by Sir William Lyne,K.C.M.G., at the Merchants Hall, E.C., on Thursday. Mrs Johnstone formerly resided at Annandale House, Annandale, Sydney, built in 1790. She is a grand daughter of Colonel George Johnstone, A. D.C. to Governor Phillip. Mrs and Miss Johnstone were also present at the dinner given at the Whitehall Rooms, afterwards attending the meeting, when the paper was read by Mr W. L. Griffiths, "Some Phages of Canada's Developments," Lord Strathcona presiding. '