Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-23
Jenson's Travels.

NAMED at Auckland To hold Maori |
meeting with some visiting natives. while |
Elder John Johnson and walked out |
Into the country to h.l appointments.
While stopped 10 hold a cottage meet.
irg in the house Of hir Thomas sur.
man. in New Lynne, a little town about
seven miles from Auckland, Elder John.
tou walked four nile further TO Tiumn-
81, and held ameoiiug in % school house.
in both meetings we had attentive
listeners. on uur return TO Auckland boo
the evening, We eli impressed uai the
Gospel seed sown ON that day would
bear fruit some time.
Monday, November a,h. I resumed
my historical labars 300 our rather un'
comfortable quarter, being obliged Co
write by alle table boz our mail room
with the byIs,ead fora seat. lhc Aus.
tlalasan mission !, certainly in great
need OF better headquarters.
Tuesday November 5ih. ANor spend.
ing the forenoon doing historical wgos,
Elder William Gardner and myself
boarded the steamer Tasmania and sail'
ed from Auckland at g51 p. m., TO make
400 extended tour TO 1.l tie districts OF
the New Zealand mission lying SOUTH
ward. The Hubbard. Parker and Conn
pany's agents were kind enough TO give
us both free transportation from Augh-
land via Gishone, Wellington aud
I.suleton To- Dunedin and back again,
and here feel iu duty bound TO state
that our Elders have alway been wei.
treated ly the agents of said company
who also gn general principles are
endesvoung to make 40 passengers
travelling on steamship OBS comfortable
From Auckland tue course ui the ll.-
mania was soutHclst,rIy until Cape Col.
vile vas passed 90, 7p. mu thence we
steamed .u across the Bay of Plenty
heading TOT Ea.i Cape. The evening
was wiudyaud the sea somcwhatroughi
s,aapaocs, consequently prevailed.
Wednesday, November alh. About 3
O'Clock O.. m, wg rounded East Cape
and changed our course from q south
rlsterly TO soulhwysierly direction.
We KEEP, pretty close TO the shore after
tHis.whleh anlricd us O. tine view Of the
mountainous country aud Boo places rock
bound coast. At3p m., vc cast anchor
in Poverty Bay, on Osborne, almost on
the same srot where die great navigator
Captain lame Coo, anchored o,l9',I
stu izb4. having only abeuytTc! Ns"
L.sIa1t a few days previously. But iu'
stead OF being met Boy avhfc W"lil''a
iu canoes ready tor fight IKE captain
TooE ~ we're soon approached uy a
steam launch, Wggins a lighter ,ai er /.
Tor the purpose II landing passenger,
and FREIGHT But Us the winds dnl
waves bowed and rolled toward land
lin. Ittle craft iaburci hard to reach the
steanier. Getting there at last, u was
no easy task to- transfer the passengers
The little launch was tossed up against
the side Of the steamer repeatedly Only
to bee lowered quite "a number OF lett
The next moment; but by careful! mauipu'
ltiou of ladder and hosting apparatus,
the Messengers, Who were 10 zane ~
Gfsburnu. LIdyr Gardner and myself IN
Guided. % last found ourselves cllnElnE
hard To th. u.kilnF and railing oil the
launch. which finally landed uH sdle'y ~
90 the Gsboue wuWl ai the NOUN oil
the TuHuE1nu' river. 'l HnlulhE we
met Elders Charles II. Emb.eN aHd
I.,,n h. Ir,u.ua. who are lHuouus as
..t1u4I.ua Iu IIr Poverty Bay district
They conducted us Co Che mousse Of VIII.
Ulnl Iupuka, vino prga.dts over tue
WaiE1uae branch and with whom the
ELDER. m1Eu their headquarters u the
p...rfy W.u district. Ilu AMI DIS wife