MISS ETHEL IRVING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1372, 24 February 1912, Page 21

MISS ETHEL IRVING.

4 Mi.-s Irving, in an ink-rvinv in CliristI'liurch, Wii« a-!«Ml if she doti-cted any Imiml dill'cn'iicis between the people of Australia, find New Zealand. "Oh. jos," t-iic replied. "'l'h.rrc l* a distinct line drawn between the two «iiuilrie<: one i'tvl* it as soon ;w »nu Iniuhi in the Dimiiiiiiiii. (If eaiiiM", I have linen onlv a lew (lavs in New Zealand, and it is Mill s-omewliat of a nine-days' wonder In me; but vour people C,VT " , " < ' rt> imlile. Tin- AuMi-a'liaus dial I met wore ho-pilablo mid liiiidnei-* itself, but the people, taken geuerallv, wi'i'e very Ilium. They are mil nidi—dmi'l think that— (hoy are blunt in their manners \our pidine and officials arc more obliging, and seem to he better informed, ''hat was a point about, the Australian-, that 1 nnlieed; thev do not seem to have jnuch. kuowleilgo of their own rountry. -New /,<\ilandei'S, of course, tako life more oasilv. On the other side of the Tnsmon Sea {here is- a great deal of bustle, especially in Sydney; but New ZcalamUrs do nut. fuss lis much, and yet 1 sumioso there is as much accomplished. In fact .1 am assured of that, because immediately on my arrival hero I received an invitation to" inspect tho autumn goods at one of your drapery stores. Perhaps my opinions are inlluenced by the English atmosphere of your country." Tho reporter laughed and assured Miss Irving that if she had not referred to the "Eiißlisb atmosphere" of Canterbury she would have caused much disappointment. "Hut it is like Kngland," «ho persisted. 'Tho railway journey from i,yttcUon seems to bring England back to ones mind.