"PEANUT POLITICIANS."

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 5

"PEANUT POLITICIANS."

'DURNED' LABOUR AGITATORS.

IMPRESSIONS OF AUSTRALIA.

CANDID AMERICAN VISITOR.

AUCKLAND "EASY TO THE EYES."

"What with 'durned' Labour agitators and peanut politicians, Australia is heading the right way for national bankruptcy," said Mr. James Hood, a Los Angeles manufacturer, who arrived from Sydney by the Mara ma this morning.

"God Almighty made Australia a doggone fine country," said the visitor reflectively, "but man is doing his goldarned best to put a monkey-wrench into the cog-wheel.

"Sure, they've not got a federation of States over there," continued the visitor. "They're simply a lot of glorified tribes full of jealousy. The people seem to be divided between those out of work and others living on a Government pension. Canberra is a white elephant, public services are being run at a loss, industry is prostrated, and strikers are trying to rule the roost.

"Yes, Australia is sure a fine country," said the visitor, "and I'm mighty glad to be out of it. There's one chap over there called Bruce, and like the other chap called Moses he looks like being the only one to lead them out of the wilderness."

"Well, this is easy to tlie eyes," said Mr. Hood as lie took his first glimpse of Auckland from the ship's rail. He said he intended to make a fast tour through New Zealand to get an "eyeful" of Rotorua, the Franz Josef glacier, and some of the other places of interest which he lias heard of.

Mr. Hood says they have some fine show-places in his owon country. A feeling of modesty prevented him from saying too much about Los Angeles, which he avers has the finest climate in the world, hut he spoke enthusiastically of the Yellowstone Park. He is anxious to see how "little"#otorua compares with it. He also mentioned Alaska, with its voyage of a thousand miles through sheltered water, making a great appeal to American tourists. The once barren and formidable Yukon was now a place easily reached in every comfort.

"I'll be catching a boat soon at Auckland to take me back home," said the visitor In conclusion. "From what I hear you've got a fine little country, and T want to see as much of it as I can."