Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-19
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tunities in the various countries
Lord Northcliffe has visited.
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is New Zealand II place for settle
ment? What IS TO DO said after n
visit, lasting but single week. to n
small portion of the northern island?
What can be said I will say, with
the premise that the facts l give have
been checked by New Zealanders we'll
acquainted with the whole of their
wonderful country.
To arrive at Auckland, in the
northern island, at tho end OF Au-
gust is $50 far as light and flowers
are concerned) like arriving ut
Cannes on n dazzling day In Febru-
airy.
The cliffs IRE like the cliffs near
Bournemouth. the approach little
like the Solent. Auckland harbor it
self has been described by Kipling as
"the last loneliest, loveiiest, eXquis-
lite"
In Topsy-Turveydom.
From the moment landed in New
Zealand that August morning, l felt
that ! was in topsy-turveydom. l had
already had several springs this year,
the first at Mentone. another later at
Fontainebleau. a third In Kent. Il
fourth in Scotland; and here I was
again in spring in August, with the
primroscs. hyacinths. peach and ap-
pie blossom, and hawthorn: with the
trees with their new leaves. and the
weeping willow. which is spreading
throughout the northern island as
rapidly as tho gorse. And gorse.
beautiful blaze though 1t is, now
scheduled as noNious weed, and is
az much abominated ty the farmers
as the rabbit!
The spreading of our cmigrnnts to
New Zealand. whether they be the
trout. the rabbit. the red-dcer. the
songbird, the gorse or the watercress,
astonishes every visitor. Some Of
the facts of growth and dispersion
are almost unbelievable. The red
deer. for example, of which ] was
told that but score were introduced
have increased to thousands. necessi-
tating slaughter by order OF the au-
thorities.
Auckland is n thriving and rapidly
growing English town, superbly sit
uated and surrounded ty innumer-
able red-roofed homes. 1t is alive
with prosperity nd go. Its com
munity Is less tnan four-scorc years
old. and its real growth has been
In the last twenty-five years. Except
that the telephone and telegraph
poles run along the streets in the
American fashion. Auckland is. lie,
us say, Edinburgh for beauty, Man
chester for activity.
Sixty-Two Daily Papers.
II has two newspapers. AS well pro
duced as any at home. Here let IN,
say that there are no fewer thar
sixty-two daily newspapers In New
Zealand. with population of HOO
lao a ,N..1
lent newspapers. with a very high
IDEAL of accuracy, which is difficult to
attain when much OF the news comes
in abbreviated form, 10000 miles by
cable.
OF this insistencc on accuracy ]
had some striking evidence. One re-
porter OF speech / made represented
me as saying the opposite of what
did say on certain point. On my
rule of never complaining or eX-
planning. said nothing; but the next
day there was very careful cX-
PLANTATION OF the mistake made by the
journai-the Auckland Herald.
visited the Offices OF this newspaper
and those Of ITS contemporary. the
Star-fne equipment both as 10 men
and machinery. *. T..
the Town Hall noticed that the
Mayors robe and chain OF office are
exactly the same rs those used a,
home.
New Zealand is distinguished from,
the other dominions hy the degree 20
which II ciinGs 10 English customs
and antiquities. One does not In
stinctively associate new country
like New Zealand with Cartons ana
Shakespeare folios. but here they are
and here our priceless books, manu-
scripts and missals from the cOllcc'
ton Of tho versatile statesman. Sii
George Grey. are 10 hc found in tbs
fine public library and picture gal
lery. The modern pictures also arr
excellent: among them observed
fine WINNINGS. And Auckland, new
as she Is. is fun Of the historical
sense. Her inhabitants are so IN
terested in the history Of their cit,
since the landtaii OF CAPTAIN Cook Il
Osborne. In 1859, that every momcn
Of the story OF Aucklands develop
ment is being patiently recorded b
manuscript, print and photograph.
Ny chief mission during this holi
day trip, between golf and any othe
sport that may come my way is {
find out destinations for our surpIu
population 0: the right Kind.
] decided first to so TO Hamilton
the center Of the great dairying In
dustry, and see. nearby. the GOV
crnment form 1t Ruakura then 10 IN
vite English friends 10 bring the
knowledge OF New Zealand to me =
Rotorua. Rotorua, l may say, Is pei
haps the most astounding health =,
sort in the world. within reach ,
the greatest OF trout fishing, dc,
stalking. AMI shooting OF many kind
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