Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-17

sun, Aug. 80, 1908.
The Fleet reached Auckland, n. H.,
Aug. .. The harbOr there is large
one and well protected. Auckland H.
a peaceful, scattered city of 10000
mostly British descendants. The peo-
pie are fond Of holidays and out-Of-
door sports. In business they are
slow. Their shops are small, their
cafes or restaurants are few and
simple, apparently unlike Americans,
they simply eat to live instead of
living To eat, as their western cous-
in2 seemingly do. The people APP
pear to he home-loving see
many children. many with much
Scotch in them.
Very friendly these people are and
have a sort of sense of equality. The
women are plain and simple in dress
and manner. One is impressed by
the richness ard soft tone of their
talk. As Il rule. the men are deep
set and broad-shouldered; they are
slow, but unchangcable..
One-horse, clumsy, square carts
are used instead of big, progressive
dray vans. Tho horses are big and
blocky. The trans. or electric ears.
are not made in st. Louis. neither
are they rs neat or long or fast as
the American Kind The railroads
are narrow gagged and owned by
the Government.
II is poor mans country; this
you will conclude after talking a few
minutes with any "ovcraIied knight"
on car or street corner. Every man
takes "a keen interest In the govern
ment. There are many old mud
volcanoes near Auckland. These are
very regular and as rule have
symmetrical crdtors. In these GRAFT
crs trees grow, grass iourishes, and
sheep feed Mount Eden and One
! Tree Hin are the best-known craters.
II Is winter IN New Zealand now,
yet all the hills are green, u rich,
deep green, birds sing, and most of
the trees still retain their foliage.
Numerous little bays jut In all
around the city There are a dozen
different suburbs. These suburbs
have II similar aggregation of one
istcry houses, homes regular in color
Iand design. In the business part OF
the city Queen street Is the main
thoroughlare. II is in a sort of val
lnNF l.. ia
into 1t. 1t has a natural monopoly
as man street
Our boys conducted themselves
well ashore. The boys on leave from
II, NJ, 5. Powerful ana other ships
were friendly. There were few dis
turbanccs. OF course the English
beer and ale was much too strong
for our boys. Just little was
enough TO get them "ith class" next
day ut mast"
! can imagine any English poet
living without protest in an environ
ment like that of Auckland As u
rule we "GObs' are prosaic and dull
of Imagination. Still, all hands en-
joyed the tranquil scenery from
Auckland's con:Cal hills. Some OF US
took pictures; others ran pell-mell
down into volcanic craters and made
the mothers &C lambs crazy with
fear, and still others searched long
and steadfastly for the women made
famous by Kiplng's Seven Seas. The
enlisted men did not see the natural
springs or the geysers, the Rotura
country being 80 miles from Auck-
land. Our liberty extended from /
p m. til 1880 n. m.
The Fleet dropped anchor in the
beautiful bay of Sydney at 1880 pm.
Thursday, Aug. 30. The 5-day cru
Use from Auckland was rough and
rainy. This bay is remarkable one;
IL Is subdividcd into many little
harbOrs. The cOast-llne of the bay