OUR LONDON LETTER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2600, 7 September 1909, Page 3

OUR LONDON LETTER.

' ' ■ (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, July 20. Adjutant Homio (Salvation Arjrny) came by the lonic on the 26th ult. He is staying is London for a few we#ks, after which, he takes a tour through Scotland, on a visit to relations. Ho will return to the Dominion via America, at about the end of the year. Mr. T. E. Donne, late head of the Government Tourist Department, has e6mo by the Mooltan, coming overland from Marseilles. He has come to London to 'take up his new duties as Commissioner for Trade and Immigration. Mr. James Hardy and his sister, Mis 6 Hardy, of i\apier, oame by the Marmora, via Marseilles, spending a”few days in Paris before coming on to London. Thevare about to leave for Scotland, where they will make a long stay. Mr. D. L. Allen, of Napier, who is an -engineer, end has served hie time in Auckland, has just reached London from a trip through Siberia, Japan, China, Siam, Burmah, and India. He was engaged principally oh naval work. : '

Mr. Mark Cohen, editor of the “Dunedin Star,.” and Mrs. vohen, left on Friday' for Canada, en route for the Dominion. They will ■visit relatives in Canada, and at Seattle, before sailing for Australia and New Zealand via Vancouver.

Mr. F. Gordon Bluck, of Avondale, Auckland, is visiting the Old Country for health and pleasure. He arrived on June 30th by the Arawa, and, after a week in London, he has gone on to Worcestershire for a fortnight. He is due to leave by the Athenic, on October 14th., but before thep he will probably visit the North of England, Edinburgh, Paris, and probably Switzerland. Another Aucklander, Mr. John JtL. Newman, is re-visiting the Old Country after an absence of 47 years. He left London in 1862, in one of the two ships that carried, the first party of Albertland settlers to Auckland. Auckland has been Iris home ever since, and, bo says, “I have not seen a better place.”' Mr. Newman arrived by the Omrah, via Suez, and is now visiting relations at Clapton. He will return some time in September. The Countess of Onslow gave away the prizes at the Merrow and District Flower and Poultry Show, held in Clasdon Park, near Guildford, on Wednesday, by permission ot the Earl of Onslow, whose interesting Maori House, containing curiosities collected by him whilst Governor of New Zealand, will be open to visitors, as will also the gardens and pleasure grounds. The High Commissioner had the misfortune to wrench his knee a couple of weeks back whilst getting into a taxicab. s He was confined to his room, but is now back at work. Miss Marjorie Tempest, the soprano from New Zealand, who has been most successful in her own country and in Sydney, where she gave several concerts, made her first London appearance last Wednesday, at the Bechstein Hall. Miss Tempest, who was assisted by Mr. Jan. Hambourg and Dr. Rumschyiski, met with mc6t gratifying success, her voice being recognised by critics of the leading- London papers, as of a very beautiful cuality, while a tribute is paid also to her gTeat musical ability and to her sense of style. Ip the “King of Thule” and the Jewel Song from “Faust” she had an opportunity of showing that she is possessed of very high dramatic powers. Altogether the future looks bright for Miss Tempeßt, says a. well-known critic, and New Zealanders will be gratified by the success of yet another singer from, their side of the world. She has been studying for three years in juondon with Mr. Victor Reigcl, and has acquired great mastery of "the technique of her art.