Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30

battleship New Zealand and presented It
to the British government. She has
seventeen magnificent ports where the
deepest draught vessels in the world can
come up to the docks. She has pro-
tected them by disappearing guns Of
long range as well as mining her har-
bors. However she realizes that in case
Of war 1t would be necessary for the
British empire to protect her in COM
mon with all other British possessions.
Although there is a great deal of good
hardwood trees growing in New Zealand
there is not much timber of the soft
wood variety. There are a number of
sawmills, but labor has been and is so
scarce she is obligated to import con-
siderable lumber from Canada, the United
States and Australia. All classes of
building material in New Zealand is
very expensive. An ordinary house costs
about $1,000 per room to build. Most Of
the houses run from four to six rooms.
Nearly every house is covered with req
iron roofing and when you get up on
a hillside and look down on them they
all look alike. A redeeming feature is
their beautiful gardens. 1 cannot under
stand why they do not use more Of the
Certainteed Products roofing material,
more than five hundred tons of which is
used every day in the United States.
The chief exports are sheep, wool. cat
tie, butter and cheese; also kauri gum
and native fax. Their chief imports are
machinery of all kinds, especially agri-
cultural machinery, paper and paper
products, tobacco, canned fish. autom6e
lilies and automobile accessories. Seven
ty-fve per cent of all the automobiles
and automobile supplies used in the Do
minion are from the United States. They
complain bitterly OF the treatment they
have received from the automobile peo-
pie and from the evidence they have
shown me. l believe their story. The
people of New Zealand are honest and
trustfu1 and can be fooled only once and
the automobile manufacturer in the
United States is going to have mighty
hard row to hoe in New Zealand here
after
New Zealand is as backward in build
ing good roads as any of our Western
States, but since the war is over the
many good engineers have been
released and she has come to
the conclusion that she cannot go any
longer without furnishing the people
what they require and need. They make
some Portland cement and 1t is claimed
only the shortage of labor prevents them
from making all they require in the
country. They make a very hard brick
for building purposes, and no doubt can
make a good paving brick for heavy
teaming on public roads.
The white man, woman or family liv
ing in the United States or Canada who
Is dissatisfied with the climate, where
1t may be too hot or too cold. or with
the com petition with the colored and yell
low races, can improve his condition by
going to New Zealand. where there is
great demand and room for every white
person who will work. The work hours
are short, the weather is never hot or
cold or wet, there are splendid schools
and churches and everybody lives in a
detached house The government will ad-
vance you the money to build your own
house.
In closing my story on New Zealand
I wish to thank the hundreds of people
I met in different walks OF life, from the
prime minister to the laborer. I was
a guest at the home and club Of the
most kindly people and l wish TO spe
cially remember Tom Seddon-the Hon.
7. E. Y. Seldom, member of parliament
and son of a great father, the late prime
minister for years. Hon. Richard Sed-
don. Goodby, New Zealanders God has
been good TO you. Keep and preserve
your country for Him. He is with you.
THE END.