Wanganui Chronicle, 28 June 1906
CALLERS AT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE in London

* Mr R. A. ABOTT - Auckland
* Mr J. G. W. AITKEN - Wellington
* Miss Hannah M. AMOT - Christchurch
* Mr F. E. ANDERSON - Wellington
* Mr & Mrs George ANGELL - Wellington
* Mr Henri August AULIN - Eketahuna

* Mr A. E. BAKER - Christchurch
* Mr Geoff BAKER - Otago
* Miss E. M. BARBER - Wellington
* Mr J. BARR - Wellington
* Mr Edward Verner BARRETT (1883-1968) - Christchurch
-- combined pleasure with business, visited engineering works in and around the Metropolis and stayed with friends in North London & Scotland
* Mr N. J. BIRCH - Marton
* Mrs S. S. BLACKBURN - Christchurch
* Miss Zita Catherine BROAD - Wellington
-- Zita married George Owen WADDY in 1908
* Mrs BRAHAM - New Plymouth

* Mrs A. H. CAREW - Dunedin
* Miss CAREW - Dunedin
* Mr H. L. CHANDLER - Dunedin
* Mr Harry Bell CLARK (1883-1978) - Christchurch
-- son Ronald Beresford Clark, Private 455898, killed in action, Italy 20 Dec 1944
* Dr James & Mrs Eliza Anna COOKE (nee Newton) - Lincoln
* Miss Gladys May COOKE (1891-) - Lincoln
* Miss Mildred Amy COOKE (1894-) - Lincoln
* Mr M. Gifford COOPER - Auckland
* Mrs I. COTTER - Auckland
* Miss COTTER - Auckland
* Miss L. W. COTTER - Auckland
* Mr & Mrs Thomas Leonard COWLISHAW - Christchurch
-- Thomas married Olive Palmer in 1901
* Miss COX - Dunedin
* Mr Thomas Leslie & Mrs Janet Emily (nee Smith) CROOKE - Christchurch (m.1899)
-- stayed in the 'Mother Country' for 6 months visiting Warwickshire, Scotland and relatives in Ireland

* Mr & Mrs F. F. DALZIEL - Wellington
* Mr & Mrs Lloyd DAVIES - Dunedin
* Mr J. DILLON - Hindrulle
* Mrs W. A. DONALD - Dunedin
* Mr H. DRYDEN - Wellington

* Mr A. H. A. EMPSON - Wanganui
-- Arthur Hugh Acland Empson was a son of Walter EMPSON (1857-1934) & Agnes Dyke ACLAND (1861-1945 Agnes received an OBE, see link). His grandfather was the Reverend Arthur John Empson of Eydon, Northamptonshire. Arthur attended Wanganui Collegiate where his father Walter (& his brothers) had attended, Walter later became Headmaster (for 20 years). In 1904 Arthur was in Form VI and won prizes for Greek, Latin & Divinity. He later lived in India (8th Cavalry, Indian Army), He married at Jhansi, India on 14 March 1914 to Dorothy Carlyon Gore Browne, daughter of Rev Thirlwall Gore Browne of Fawley Rectory, Southampton

* Mr W. Scott FELL - Sydney
* Mr F. FAULKS - Dunedin
* Miss F. FAULKS - Dunedin
* Mr Henry FIELD - Wellington
-- secretary of the New Zealand Employers Federation, returned 'home' after an absence of 25 years. Said he might settle there
* Miss Lucy Roberts FIELD - Wellington, Henry's daughter
-- Lucy married Edward Harold Baker in 1907
* Miss Marion G. FRATER - Auckland
* Miss V. FULTON - Wellington

* Mr L. W. GARDNER - Auckland
* Mr J. GENNELL - Oamaru
* Major Nelson & Mrs GEORGE - Auckland
* Mr Charles Vingoe GLASSON (1884-1953) - Christchurch
-- married Helen Wotten in 1910
* Mr A. G. GLOVER - Wellington
* Mr T. GLOVER - Wanganui
* Mr J. GORDON - Dunedin
* Mr L. V. GOYEN - Dunedin
* Mr Charles GRAY/GREY - Gisborne
-- arrived on the 29th June via New York, stayed 5 months, travelled overland to Naples & returned by the Suez route
* Mr Henry GREEN - Auckland
* Miss Miriam GREEN - Christchurch

* Dr HALL - Dunedin
* Mr A. G. HAMILTON - Nelson
* Mr C. A. HAMILTON - Nelson
* Mr P. H. HAMILTON - Nelson
* Mr R. A. HAMILTON - Nelson
* Miss B. E. HANGHAM(?) - Canterbury
* Mr J. R. HART - Ashburton
* Mr J. N. HARTNELL - Hororata
* Mr W. HARTNELL - Amberley
* Dr Garnet Wilson HARTY - Dunedin
-- son of Thomas Kew Harty of Roslyn, Dunedin, obtained his Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery at Edinburgh University. Served in WWI as Captain (temporary Major), N.S.M.C., consulting ophthalmic surgeon with the Expeditionary Force, No 5 (Wellington) Company Field Ambulance. He married Florence Eglantine de Bathe Brandon at St Pauls Cathedral, Wellington 8 June 1909
* Mr & Mrs J. P. A. HEARN - Wellington
* Mr Ben HIRD - Gisborne
* Mr J. E. HOLMES - Christchurch
* Mr B. H. HOLT - Wellington
* Mr HOPE-JOHNSTONE, M.A. - Wellington
* Mr Mark HOPSON - Taranaki
* Mr G. HUMPHREYS - Christchurch

* Mrs JACOMBS - Wellington
* Mr J. E. JACOMBS - Wellington
* Mrs W. H. JACOMBS - Wellington
* Mr J. JEPSON - Wellington
* Mr & Mrs Sydney JOHNSTONE - Hawkes Bay
* Miss I. JOHNSTONE - Hawkes Bay
* Mr & Mrs J. K. JOHNSTONE - Wellington
* Miss M. JOHNSTONE - Hawkes Bay
* Mr J. JORGENSON - Mauriceville
* Mrs JOSEPH - Wellington
* Miss JOSEPH - Wellington
* Miss Elsie Florence JOSEPH - Wellington
-- daughter of Jacob JOSEPH & Rosetta JOSEPH, Elsie married Frederick Joseph Nathan in 1908

* Miss KING - Nelson
* Mr L. S. KINGTHORNE - Nelson
* Mr W. KIRKWOOD - Dunedin

* Miss Louis LEVY - Wellington
* Mr G. LUKE - Wellington
* Mr & Mrs J. P. LUKE - Wellington

* Mr & Mrs George MacMORRAN - Wellington
* Mr William James MANKTELOW - Waikato
-- born Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London in 1855 to William Manktelow & Arabelle Bury. He married Anne Teresa Vowless in 1881
* Miss G. E. MARCH - Wellington
* Mrs & Miss MARCIEL - Christchurch
* Mrs T. H. MATTHEWS - Auckland
* Mr F. A. MAURRIE - Christchurch
* Mr J. McCULLAGH - Auckland
* Mr N. G. McLEAN - Wellington
* Mr R. McNAB - GORE
* Mr W. MILLER - Wellington
* Mr E. MILLS - Wellington
* Miss MURVSON - Dunedin

* Mr & Mrs Alex. NEILL - Auckland
* Mr G. L. NELSON - Balclutha
* Bishop NEVILLE (Primate of New Zealand) - Dunedin
-- stayed about a month in London & received a an invitation from Dr Winnington-Ingram to stay with him at Fulham Palace. He had a meeting in Fiji on his way home about the establishment of a Bishopric of Polynesia
* Mr J. S. NICHOLSON - Dunedin
* Mr H. W. NIXON - New Plymouth

* Mr Charles ONYON - Wellington
-- of the firm Onyon, Lake & Co., Traders of all New Zealand products
* Mr OWEN-MERTON - Christchurch

* Mr Percy PEARCE - Wellington
* Mrs PLATTS - Port Chalmers
* Miss J. PLATTS - Port Chalmers
* Mr J. POWELL - Westport
* Mr & Mrs W. W. PILKINGTON - Wellington
* Mr W. J. PRIEST - Timaru

* Mr G. H. RASMUSSEN - Mauriceville
* Mr E. H. RAWSON - Wellington
* Mr C. P. READ - Dunedin
* Mr E. J. REID - Wellington
* H. P. RICHMOND - Wellington
* Mr D. H. RIGG - Wellington
* Mr H. ROLLESTON - Tranwerel
* Mr J. ROSS - Palmerston North
* Mrs & the Misses ROSS - Auckland
* Mr C. M. ROUT - Nelson

* Mr A. SAMPLE - Wellington
* Miss Alice SCOTT - Christchurch
* Mrs B. SCOTT - Christchurch
* Miss Eva SCOTT - Christchurch
* Mr Henri SCOTT - Christchurch
* Miss L. B. SCOTT - Christchurch
* Mrs W. B. SCOTT - Christchurch
* Miss Isabella 'Belle' SPEDDING - Auckland
* Miss Ida SPEDDING - Auckland
* Mr F. W. St JOHN - Nelson
* Mr & Mrs Thomas STONE - Ashburton
* Miss STONE - Ashburton
* Miss E. W. STONE - Ashburton
* Miss D. SUTTON - Auckland

* Mrs F. N. TANNER - Wellington
* Mr J. M. H. TAPP - Canterbury
* Mr C. E. TENDALL - Christchurch
* Mr C. S. TENDALL - Nelson
* Mr E. TINGEY - Wanganui
* Mrs J. S. TINGEY - Wanganui
* Dr & Mrs TREVOR - Ashburton
* Mr J. TREWIN - Auckland
* Mr A. TROWELL - Wellington
* Mr G. TURNBULL - Wellington

* Mr B. B. WALTON - Timaru
* Mr Cyril WARD - Wellington
* Mr J. T. WATKINS - Wellington
* Mr E. WILDMAN - Wellington
* Mr M. J. WILLIAMS - Dunedin
* Mr Ben WILSON - Wellington
* Mr Alfred WOODS - Auckland
-- of Woods-Williamson Company
Sub-Lieutenant T. WORSLEY
* Mr E. WRIGHT - Auckland
* Miss WYLIE - Wellington
* Mrs A. WYLIE - Wellington
* Mr Andrew WYLIE - Wellington

PHOTO
Portland Place, London, 1906 by photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966)
from BBC News in Pictures