SINGAPORE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 760, 8 March 1910, Page 3

SINGAPORE.

LIPS THERE—AND HEBE. i Mrs. itowell, the lady journalist from Singapore, who. has .been seeing much oi the North Island' of-New Zealand during the past three months, leaves 011 her return journey, -to ; "the 'gateway, ..of tha East" - on' Friday'.next,' In'-a serwa 01 brightly-written . articles'; she • has,, been telling Singapore and the East Indies all abiut New Zealand. -She has concluded that-the - North: Island would place for . the', inglchlu'diiin, - or". Anglo-. Malay for- that .matter, to.-retrfe to. when the eternal curries and brandy pa^'nt I *' have done . th&r work, but. she hardly knows how,do: fit in/ the awkwardness that. :must- ensue, from - the .'absence of . "bo'vs" to do ' their bidding. "Look at me, 1 -'- said -Mrs. 'Howell.,.to. a..visitor the other day, "I've* been washing-nearly all. the 'morning.. .' 1., wouldn't .have- to do ■that-- in -Singapore.. I-;woiild .tell• my; 'boy' -to do': it,; and-.he ,would -wash :agood deal' better • than your Chinese, do here. Ton people here lead; ahhartd t life. ■ •It-is, all ..work with, you-the East.is_io different—you • clap. your. hands, # the > boy . appears,' you make a sign voila, ; it is done'! :, •■• • .', -•' ~ ' , ' - "Of; course,'you couldat do there what you' do' here—it would ,- .be We - . aTe somewhere near parallel • 0 —the equator.;- .That keeps;, you- .still:' There '-is- .no . summer . or 'winter. You. wear white—perforated white— all'/the..year round',- and work;'when, you feel fit; ; .Tou're weatter' is'breaking now, so I'm getting .back; -,NoV I- woiild not like.-to, stay—you all wort too hard, and money ' is' easier . made in the ' East. ■ I knpw ; * several; /'New Zealanders in Singiithem.,want'to come baok here.- ... ... ; - •;•'. .■;• f beginnirigito feel shivery already— good-bye!" .-. . ./.;'•