Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09

Island, a re yion which has sounds and
fiords Ike those Of Norway. Ions
waterways walled by giant mountains
clothed with foliage to the snow Inc
extend into the land ana you sail under
waterfalls, glaciers and snow helds
amid some OF the grandest OF scenery
AN EVERGREEN LAND.
have spoken of New Zealand as an
evergreen land, It Is so. II has the
same green you see in England and Ire
land. The fences about the houses are
often hedges cut In curious shapes ana
OF a vanished green. The leaves are
on most OF the trees all the year round.
There are many varieties OF green
plants, such as the holly. There are
scrub palms, and the New Zealand pam
lily Is TO be seen everywhere, THIS is
tree which reaches height OF twenty
feet II goes straight up without
branch to the top, where II blossoms
out in green tasses Ike palm, inc
people call 1t the cabbage tree.
And then the fernsl New Zealand
has enough 10 establish ferneries for all
creation. You find places where there
are acres Of them, miles Of Them some
Of the deep glens and gorges are vailed
with them. They are Of all KINDS, some
great trees and others as fine as amald-
ems hair There Is one fern which Is
used by the natives for bedding, and
another which is half fern, half vine. IL
climbs the loftiest tree cOillng its Wire
Ike stems about the branches The
stems are tough enough for ropes They
maintain their coil after being pulled
off. and 1t is said that some Of the
people have used them for making
sprng mattresses. Think Of sleeping
on fern beds, upon fern springs, ana
you have one of the possibilities Of New
Zealand!
FARMS. FACTORIES AND MINES.
don't want to discuss industrial New
Zealand In this letter II Is enough TO
say that both islands have much good
land | saw piece Of the Canterbury
plains which good authority told me
produced ninety bushels of wheat TO he
acre. and | have Travelled through ser
tlons where thirty, forty and Fifty bush
els are not uncommon. Some Of the
land produce a hundrei bushels Of oais
to the acre and much of 1t turnips by
abe ton. Il has millions II acres sown
with English grasses, and 1t Is, on the
whole. as near garden as any temper
ate country south Of the equator. 1t is
a land OF coal mines and gold mines, as
well as OF factories and shops, which
are more or less successful,
WHO THE NEW zEALANDERs
ARE.
would say, however, that the coun-
try is pretty well filed up and there
are few opportunities for outsiders
These people believe in New Zealand for
the New Zealanders. Away down in
their souls | doubt whether they care
for immigration and OF recent years the
government has not been putting a pre-;
MUM upon IL. 1t is especially anxious
to keep out the Chinese. and II now
charges every Chinese immigrant On
admission tax of $500, The result is the
Chinese do not come, and there are
now only about 5000 Of them in the
colony.
The population all told Is little less
than 500, 600 Of whom only 10000 are
Maoris or aborigines; the remainder are
nearly all British born subjects, about
half Of them having been born In New
Zealand and the rest In England. Scot
land and Ireland The country. in fact,
Is little England. The houses are
much much like English cottages the
business places are like English shops,
and the money Is pounds. shillings and
pence. You frequently hear the cock
ney accent Of London and the language
everywhere Is English.
The people are. think, far more pro-
gresslve and less provincial than the
Inhabitants Of Great Britain, They are
more like the Americans than the Eng
lish, and they might in fact, be called
the Yankees Of the southern Pacific.
THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND.
Wellington. for instance. is more like
an American town than an English one.
Already a city Of $4,000 people, 1t is
growing like a green bay tree. II lies
in nest in the hills, with its business
streets running round the harbor, some
of them built upon land reclaimed from
the sea. It's chief buildings are OF wood,
and IL has the distinction OF having
the government building which Is said
to be big enough to accommodate the
largest steam vessels, and the harbor is
such that the ships come close to the
land and anchor within stones throw
of the post Office
The Wellington stores are not unlike
ours. The windows are well dressed,
the goods being displayed behind plate
glass. There are awnings out over the
sidewalks, so that you can be protected
from the sun and rain as you go from
shop TO shop.
The merchants carry large stocks,
and the business parts Of the city evil
dence prosperity. There are many jew
eiry stores, book stores and millinery
shops. The butcher shops are walled
and fioored with tiles, and the beef and
mutton sold in them Is equal to any you
can get in Chicago and London, and
very much cheaper. There are good
grocery stores. and the fruit stands
make your mouth water They have ap-
pies from Tasmania. grapes from AUS
tralia and tropical fruits OF all kinds
from the Tonga and Fiji Islands,
Wellington is lighted by electricity.
II has a good system Of waterworks and
street car line which is now drawn by
horses. but which the governor tells me
will soon be taken over by the state,
when an electrical service will be in
troduced
FRANK q. CARPENTER.