La Junta tribune., 1914-02-07
ia JuNTA hoy IN AUSTRALIA
HI. the yuxxlcr. Now In New Z~s.
Iauti-< hristnixs At Sea. and Il
Wn-nt at All Merry.


' and known around La JuntA as
"Bo. the Juggler,' writes an
other of his interesting letters To
the Tribune-,his time from
New Zealand, country he ar
rived In during IN. latter part
OF December. He and Huntr.ss
appear to be In great demand In
foreign countries. and had 10
turn down an offer OF a min.
&. months tour of Java. India and
China.
We just arrived In sydney Aus.
tralia. from Brisbane. Outside OF
the hot weather We had very mic,
engagement OF two weeks there. II
was dreadfully hot-Il0 to li2 iu
the shade nearly all the time We were
there What do you think OF that
kind OF weather In the middle OF De
cembcrg The people over here don
believe In cold drinks. and In cons
queuce we had all kinds of trouble 90
getting something that was III 90
drink IN this hot climate. Befora
We left. however. we had eyoybody
IN our hotel drinking ice tea They
had never heard OF IL before. and an
pronounced it one Of the best and
most cooling drinks they had ever
known ia their Who'll. ufe.
We went over To Brisbane on the
Wyaudra and came back on the same
boat We had a beautiful trip. and
arrived here Monday morning We
did not know where We were schcB.
uled to go to next They told u 20
report at ,he office on our arrival ll
sydney. and there We were informed
that we were expected to sail for
New Zealand on the i2 O'Clock boat
1t was 10 O'Clock already. 80 We be-
gan to hustle. our hustiing did not
avail much. however. our haFgaEp
was still on the Wyandra. the boat
We came In from brisbane on. and
In consequence We missed the boat
We had to stay Ia sydney until yhe
uoKt boat. which left the next day
We enjoyed our short stay Ia sgd
uey very much We Vent out 10 the
white City IN the evening. and were
very much surprised 90 find such an
up-to-dst- place OF amusement The
people simply go crazy over the seen
o. railway This t. the nrst latter
day amusement park that Sydney
ever had. and Il has only been open
three weeks, While Ia sydney Wc
Nrre offered nine months tour
through Java, India aud Ch-p, but
We do not know yet whether We will
accept or not. a. We are not sur.
when We will finish for brennan
Fuller We wer. originally booked
here for twenty weeks. and our time
will be up on January sth. From
the appearance of things. however,
our contract viii be extended for a
few weeks Ny partner. Mr. Hunt
ress, has contracts for AN American
tour. which begins tn September.
1914. and he will have to cancel that
In order to accept the Oriental tour.
II We could book the Java tour
alone. which takes about three
months. without going to india and
China We might accept the lava tour.
Otherwise hardly think it s pro-
bablo that ". will go
This trip through Australia has
been wonderful experience. aud
have enjoyed every bit OF IL. wen N
thinsr are little behind thr lines
IN this country. Today IL our last
day IN sydney We lea,, 0H the
"Msheno'' for Auckland. N.H Zea-
land "Wednesday. December 1,,h.
We Will arriy. there ON december
ssth. and open our tour of Nga Zea-
land at the opera house IN AuJl and
At sea. December 26tb,
Well. yesterday was christmas. IL
vas the first Christmas ( ever pen,
at sea. ON Christmas day We we're
IN one OF the wors, storms hay.
ever known II was 80 bad than We
we're over day late Ia Isaghing
Auckland. We we're supposed tu ret
Ia to Auckland on Saturday. bul the
report on board ship today s that
We won't reach our dcstinati1u lntil
Sunday night or Monday mUruing
This Christmas wasn't at an rerry
for me. and wholly unlike any a-isi-
mas | have ever known. didn eel
very much Ike eating big dinner.
but did eat whole lot better han
mos, of those on board ship ont Of
over zoe passengers only tacnty.
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