The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-01
NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND.
Business Peesliarities- Hstels
and "Reminiscences Public
Baildings-lndustries, etc.
On entering into . strange city in .
strange land even, the least fertile mind
begins to compare, to note resemblances
and differences in the new sights and
sounds and even smells, to those his
memory still retains of tho home coun-
try; and, to the frugal mind, here, as
elsewhere, nothing in the least meta
physicical, but only simple comparisons
will occur. Untroubled by tho deeper
lucubrations of the philosopher - to
the relation of cause and effect, nor con-
ceiving it necessary for his intellect to
thresh vigorously everything that hap-
pens IN its way, in order to save only
the solid, essential grains thereof, he
goes on imbibing involuntarily, almost
unconsciously, Ill sights, sounds and
smells, and allows them to aasimilate,
according to the rulings of natare, With
the other chaotic elements in his memo
~. Hence, with duo humility, occurs
our apology. On coming INTO Dunedin,
the capital of the province Of Otago,
New Zealand, certain peculiarities OF
phraseology are noticeable, at once !;
for example many "Ironmongers" signs
appear, and in place of "John Smith.
Butcher" it is posted John Smiths
Butchery," and thus the matter OF pro-
prietorship is lifted above the region OF
dispute.
Newspaper advertisements read some
what differently from ours at home ; un-
der the preamble, "Wanted Known" is
strung long list Of various advertise
ments such as "that Dermer's Carbolic
annihilator and Lightning Baby Wash
is the best" and some others Of like
absurdity and bombast, of tho sort We
are 80 familiar with in America but,
to DO just, we must say that the most OF
the advertisements here, are OF health.
Ter and moro subdued tone.
just above Watson's Hotel, where !
am staying, is u covered street, called
the Arcade, running the length ola block;
here one may see two or three Chinese
stores of respectable pretensi0Ls, -
Yam Yin, Green Grocer and Kun Youn
Yik, Fancy Goods, General Grocers.
There are number of "divans," for ex-
ample: "H. Sethaby, Tobacco and CT
gar Divan also confectioners and
"frulterers" without number /; and in
place of Intelligence Office" IS with
us, 1t is written the "Dunedin Labor
Mart" A number OF shops like our
"Dollar" and Ninty Cont stores" in
their variety, are called "Gift Depots."
These serve to show few cases where.
in the Dunediners differ from Us in OK.
pressing common things.
The people of Dunedin believe 10
cleanliness certainly they have some
excellent bathing houses here, furnish
ing hot, cold, Turkish and Russian baths,
at prices ranging from Spence to two shil-
lings. The bath tubs are the finest !
have ever seen; not made of wood, zipc-
lined, but of solid Portland Cement
greatly superior for the purpose to any
metal whatsoever. Tho same cement is
put to a great variety Of uses for pave
ments and house walls-and is the setting
ingredient in their artificial stone there
is said to be good native cement in
some parts of the interior, but facilities
are wanting for shippingit. The noble
art of shampoO-ing has reached . high
degree of development here first-clsss
Dunedin barber charges you IL pence
for cutting your HAIR and shaving you
about tho same rates as those of our
large eastern cities, at home-and bis
saloon, in elegance Of appointments and
facilities for work, fairly equals, if it
does not surpass anything tonsorial
with US. A keenly perceptive nose Al
once notices the prevalence of rhodium
and sandal wood in the perfume of the
shop bay rum, however, is used plen-
tifully upon gentleman of birth and
quality. A secular subject, closely al
lied to thut of the barber shops Is that
of the hotels and restaurants, for we
have observed that gentlemen of trav-
cling or nomadic propensity often
(though by no means invariably shave,
either before or after eating meal. As
regards the hotel tables of Dunedin, the
fare is excellent with the exception, per.
haps that the food consists of too much
animal and not enough vegetable the
beef, mutton, pork and chicken are ten
der and rich in flavor. But there is
lacking that rich assortment of vegeta-
bles which strains the very back and
creaks the knees of the average dinner
table in America upon one or two oc-
casions, however, when We have been
favored with potatoes, cabbage and
string beans, they have proved of the
most estimable character and Che pota-
toes especially superior in succulence,
and luscious flavor to the products OF
any OF our markets except those of CAL
lfornia.
Tho dainty Yankee palate misses sad
Iy, here, the stimulus of those delicious
pies, puddings, cakes and custards,
which the tongue Of SANDER says hath
made tho Americans nation 81 dyspep-
tics. They know nothing absolutely,
i. Dunedin Of that most delightful OF all
refreshments-icec cream but in . eli
mate whose temperature 10 seldom or
never above 65 Fahrenheit, it is sncall-
cd for. They brew kind of ale here
very much resembling Bass English ale
in appearance and taste, but not ut ali
in its effects il seems to be laden With
narcotics.