Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-07
COL. CAMPBELL
,-orFS ANOTHER INTERESTING LETTER
FROM AUSTRALIA.
a.n.suass the Improvement and Advancement
1hs Country and Her Feeling Towards the
Worlds Fair-Free Wool
iSa Necessity.
-, carrs.pona.no. Or ZEE Rseis.sr.

Iceland IN one or dozen letters. In
,s.rer of September Sd omitted to
,i,a many interesting facts. The
L1NLf-s and manners Of the MaOris would
l-, "a very interesting letter. Their
Is i'm wood, stone and robes are
C-,slous. Then there is the wonder
1-- rr15uction OF Kauri gum, two mil
1 m dollars worth of which is ship
ned annually 70 the United States. The
--.ase of sheep in the last year OF
~ --g. Notwithstanding the two
-rHars of frozen mutton ship
-r TO England. They also
.., about five millions OF dollars
-..,l M wheat. In short, they have
,,-~- seventeen millions Of sheep, and
landing their wool, export annually
.t.~- fifty millions Of dollars worth OF
.--frets. This IS not so bad for pop
.,-.1r If little more than half that OF
~, Virginia For the benefit OF those
.-t, would Ike TO know of the wonders
fN.w Zealand, I would refer them TO
W., sr+fr'e written by Principal q. NJ.
Cent. NJ Ottawa, Canada, published in
tt. August number of HGrpcT'S Monthly
-f-,gr The article is beautifully Illus
,r,-sd. had the pleasure OF meeting
D-.r,ingl Grant here in Adelaidei In 1885.
0r september 3, after having spent two
,rss.,s DELIGHTFULLY."- in the beau
.s.. little city OF Yelling
t7r. and having accomplished
INV mission I took passage for Sydney,
New South Wales, on the steamer
Vair1ra. one Of the tfty-fOur steamers
bs'9rzfaz 20 the Union steamship Com
csrv Of New Zealand. This Company
f,s riyen al its vessels Maori names.
TFa harbOr of Wellington is beautiful
and Iand-l0cked, and is by far the best aud
safest LarbOr on the New Zealand coast.
When ten thousand ton ships come
p, New Zealand, Wellington is the only
c.-- whose harbOr will admit vessels OF
That size with perfect safety. Conse-
rrsr+Iv she is destined 10 be the great
commercial city OF New Zealand in the
very near future. / should mention the
elegant club house and the kind atten-
lions of Capt. Baldwin and Laughnan
NJ the New Zealand Times, and of the
Hon. Dir. Mclean, President OF the
Union steamship Company and manag-
Ing director Of the company. Lord and
LADY Guslon were also very kind, and
EXPRESSED much interest in our Worlds
Fair: and also Mr.. Duncan, our able
acting consul. AT 4 D. m. September
3D.. when our ship was about 70 cut her
lines and head for Sydney, New South
Wales. 1,24l miles distant, we said good
bvs with regret TO the Hon. Mr.. Nc
Lean, managing director Mills, Consular
Agent Duncan, Capt. Baldwin and
Messrs. Turner and Gray and others
who came TO the ship to see US of. We
had fun complement OF passengers,
and FOR three days our voyage was
smooth and delightful; button the fourth
day the glass went down. We had a
rainbow in the morning, and be-
fore midday we had a bois-
ferrous, raging sea, with a
furious head-wind. Our ship ''lay to"
10 the sea for a time on account OF some
valuable race horses that were being
transported from New Zealand to run
IN the races that were soon to come OF
at Sydney, but, finding the ship rolled
fearfully, the captain ordered on full
steam, and made the run as best he
could on such q sea. On the morning OF
the fifth day there was q delighted and
thankful set OF passengers when we
sighted Sydney Heads, or Port Jackson,
and by a. N. we were Steaming into
one of the largest and finest harbOrs In
the world. After saying goodbye to
our fcllOw-p passengers, and getting our
luggage on shore, we went directly TO
Australia Hotel, new house, only open
cd two months since. il is built after
the model OF the Palace Hotel In San
Francisco and is by far the most ele-
CANT Hotel ever built south of the eqUa-
tor In all of its appointments it is
equal 20 the first class hotels In Amer
lea. The marble floors and marble
stairs with marble lavatories, hot and
cold water IN every room to the seventh
st0ry,-marble and tiled bath rooms,
electric lights and electric bells render
this hotel a delightful resort for the rich
sQuaJters and their families who come
20 the city. MIR. Moore, the manager, Is
an American and brought over some
American walters and an American bar
keeper, who knows how TO make mixed
drinks Scotch and Irish whisky with
soda, has been the national drink since the
foundation Of the colony. This hotel will
rev0.utionize the hotel business in sgd
ney. We wish Mr.. Moore and his d.
rectors success In this great enterprise,
which they richly merit. must men
ton that az the grand entrance to the
hotel and in front OF the main Office
there is a beautiful aquarium, covered
with moss and perfect ferns. The gold
and other fish seem to be in a paradise.
All along the entrance aud through the
LlUS above are pOtted flowers and ferns.
Some OF the fern trees are ten or more
Zee, high, with leaves or prOngs six to
eight feet long. IL was the time of the
spring meeting Of the racing club when
We arrived here, and the hotel was full
o. the beauty and wealth of this and
adjoining colonies. Quite a number
came over with NE from New Zealand
20 witness the races. Such a display
rs is seen on the race course, is seldom
surpassed in any country. If any one
.-.lg delights the heart of an Austria
"d1-ma.e or female-it is a good horse
race. The great cup race that is 10
y.ne on on the Pennington course at
Melbourne, next month, is the all-ab-
sor5iug topic just now agitating the
people. TO is safe TO say millions will
lLlnse hands on this race. The fast
.4ce horse, Carbine, has been the favor
,'e oY long odds, till latelyit is reported
-s mas met with an accident. Sydney
Is beautiful city and is improving year
,''io Tact, New South Wales is the ban
.ef colony OF Australia, Notwithstanding
que great stride made by Melbourne
--l lle Colony OF Victoria. We spent
soLe ten days in Sydney very pleas
In-Iyr attended ball at Government
1'lse, where we saw the beauty and
vain Of the Colony show up, as it
SG-.I does on such grand occasions. The
display Of dress aud diamonds are as
great hero o.. a. -. 80. to