The Newtown bee., 1907-11-29
The Newtown Bee. NeHiogn, Friday, November g. iu,
LITcHFIELD COUNTY.
Washington.

A LETTER FROM WILLIAM coAD.
 Mrs 0restes Hickox has received from William coad. the following very interesting letter. written from Thames. New Zealand. Mr Coad has lately beer afflicted in the death of his wife. Nh Coad writes: left home on the l5tl of March and since then have travelet nearly through the entire length of boti of the islands. passing New Zealand doing part oi the journey by sea and part by rail. During nearly the whole of my holiday l experienced splendid weather. only meeting with two ol three wet days. and you may be assured l had a real good time. and have come back home much improved in health. Upon leaving home proceeded at once to the city of Dunedin in the South Island. There l remained a whole week. found it much cooler dowr there than it is here in the north and was obliged to make good use of my overcoat. which hardly ever wear when am at home. From Dunedin travelled northward by train to Christ. church. a very pretty city. and al which place a large International exhi. bition was being held under the aus. pices of the N. z. government. l re- mained at Christchurch eight days, about four of which put in at the ex- hibition and the remainder in going about the city. The exhibition, which had been in progress for period of about four months, proved very interest ing to me, for there was great num- Der of interesting'exhibits to look at. One of the greatest attractions to me were the Canadian exhibits. From that country there was an excellent col. lection of mineral ores, agricultural implements, vehicles of all descript. ions, motor cars, bicycles, organs, pi. amos, stoves, pictures, and host oi other things, including a splendid dis. play of fruit, grain, male syrup anG sugar, oils, etc. T spent good bit oi my time in that court, as it reminded me of my A American days. Of course all of the Australian colonies were well represented with large collection of exhibits of all sorts of produce, min erals, manufactures, etc., amidst which one could well spend days and days looking at and gaining informa- tion. The art gallery was really splen- did, for it included beautiful pictures from the most celebrated painters all over the world. It was real treat to be able to look at them and put in good deal of time in that depart ment. There was also most delightful fernery to go into where there was a good collection of ferns. and native trees growing and where real little streams, ponds, and waterfalls were formed in order to make the scene as real and natural as possible. It was about a quarter of an acre in extent and was covered in by glass house. The Aquarium was alsoSmost interest ing. There was to be seen large num- bers of different kinds of fish in re- ceptacles specially prepared into which streams of fresh water were contin- ually pouring. The fish included sever al varieties Americanx trout, some of which were just like the trout used to catch in the streams about your old place when l lived with you, and which reminded me of my boyhood days. Lots of amusements were pro- vided of one kind or another, and those of musical turn were also we'll pro vided for. Organ recitals and orches- tral performances were available ev- cry afternoon. The organ at the Exhi- bition was most powerful one, be- ing the largest ever erected in this col ony. The orchestra comprised 150 in- struments and was really splendid. I did enjoy the latter functions.
 While at the Exhibition I posted you a post card on which you will see pie ture of the front view of the Exhibi- tion buildings, but that picture gives very inadequate idea of the dimensions of the same, for the buildings cover several acres of ground. 1 posted the card while was up in the tower, and if I remember rightly l marked it to that effect. Christchurch itself is very pretty city, and carries big pop ulation. From there 1 went on by steamer to Wellington, situated at the northern extremity of the North Island and there l spent week.