Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-17
SALT LAKETO new ZEALAND
Experience Of q Missionary en- route
and Among the Naoriss.
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DAIRY FLAT, Horseshoe Bush, New
Zealand, April 10, discriminating I"
few lines from New Zealand would be
Of interest TO your readers, among
whom have many friends, l en-
brace the opportunity which stormy
day affords TO write this letter.
Being called by President Woodruff
on October 2, 1892 to q mission In this
land, I left Salt Lake CITY In company
with Elder Chas. Peterson, OF River
ton, Salt Lake county, Mt 1905 a.m.
December 3, 1892; reached San Fran.
cisco, Sunday the 9th, at e;i6 pm.
Locating ut Hackmen's Hotel, we
secured our berths on tho y. 8. Mono
wal, which laid In the harbor await.
log European mails. We then visited
the Cliff House, Golden Cato Park,
sutro Heights and the Academy OF
Science. All Of these places are both
beautiful and Instructive to those
who can fully appreciate them. We
also visited the mint and saw how
coin Is made. Ia two safes, sealed by
the treasury department, were co.
600, 900 silver dollars, placed there rs
security for . like amount Of silver
certificates In circulation.
Al pm. Dec. 10, 1892, our steamer
cast away, and soon dropped the pilot
at the Golden Gate. From that date
until the 10th, 1 have nothing inter-
esting to record, having been subject
to severe seasickness during that
period. On Saturday the nth, at 600
am. we reached Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands. There We weie met by
Elders J. T. Giles, and Albert J.
Davis, Of Center Ward, Salt Lake
City. II was good TO shake hands
with the brethren. Tho air nj that
early hour was cool and balmy, but
was followed by u close, sultry day
with the thermometer around 30 deg,
causing US to perspiIe quilt freely.
At 8 O'Clock we hau breakfast with
Che brethren named, In the missiou
house; Afterwards waiting the meeting
house, where services are regularly
held with the Hawaiians. We paitook
Of delicious ice.cream soda, that re-
minded Us Of such treats mt home.
Flowers abounded on every hand,
while oranges, cocoanuts and other
fruits adorned the trees In the gardens.
There bananas were worth twenty-five
cents for large punches. They were
considered very dear ut that price, we
were told. Leaving the business por.
uons w vIsiteu the queen's paihce anu
government grounos, returning 70 ths
uoeAs ~ noon' Nnere tne ioyhi ha-
Wansu psnu VI, employed iof one
anu nan nouss IN ronuohng seiee-
uons'
~ ~" pm. Mo stepleu ABOARD our
boat 70 ": strains Of "AuId Lang
oyne ano noAtoo OUT 70 see 70 the
t.mInsa anu 'ouon,ng meiooy,Dhome'
1891 aome win HInuess fecohec'
uons y. WI ssop-ovor, We once more
s1o.ni'sou 70 tne mono'ony anu foutine
VI ~ % ocssn a voyage.
vi Dec' <ss1 We Ioschea Apis anu
weIe met ~ Elusis browning, sum-
~ ossso.t hiton snu Apeii.
We nsu psfosls ior most VI them, anu
Ikn' BAu .ney wefe 70 snake hsnus
WIN poys from Utan. we spent Tour
noufs susIs IN sighs seeing, 'hough IL
w insoneiauy not. Our olothing
sunoleu 70 US IN IN unpleasant man
not, w. our shy wAsin Al other 70.
specw mAoe onJoyspie py the brethren.
nheie inc PERCUSSION OF nature was de-
nghuul. tho apples, bread fruit,
pananss, snBasoi pears COCOA nuts,
snu otnor tropical fruits grow In rioh
sounuAnce. We hau as iine meal Ms
"a apy mrs. CLASS motel NJ ths restaurant
Japanese named An Sue, on the
inVItAloh OF brothef Summerhays.
AS We walked around with the bresh-
rem we Were op)ects OF intenss curiosity
70 Ins soantny-ciad oamoaus, and the
woiu nao'"ohs PAsseu from up 10
ny
Du. VIZ oe.t OF Nlenus must part; SO
70 out PES. anu We're soon again on
S os.u sno monowAI. AZ z'ao the vessel
S e ssoInu anu tns entetpfislng
sn aoA ~, peueae.s u!oppeu over the
UP ''u0 in.o 'no water anu swan
asnov. oue VI .no pA,1onReIb got IN
~n n,, snu Struck tne captain, ioi
Witch NC was prom puyput IN IRONS"
Wns,e he Iemainsu i,r several days,
un'l c1oea On Ina!, 1 peIevc, WAS
.ne oniy UNPLEASANT INCIDENT In the
wnoio voyAse. soon we 1911 upoiaand
ts chiei Town Dehinu, ana also the
Elahu OF Iutuiia, where troubie over
.ne lhssniP VI 'ns oAinoans, was,
,esunhng IN ueath 70 many OF them.
We hsu the privilege Of talking on the
1osPei 10 many OF the passengers.
btother Petersen and myself did all
We coulu 10 lay the real situation In