LOUD NORTHCLIFFE.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1921, Page 4

LOUD NORTHCLIFFE.

I.MI’KKSSIOXS OF UOTOIU'A. AI’CIvLAXIJ, S*'i>l. - "A peep of ii few da\s at even a small part of the North Island is an experience of absm binm interest. said l.ord Nortliclill'o in the coiii'-e o! an interview. He had just letnliied trni.i I’otorita, where lie had s[Hiit a lew days, and incidentally had enjoyed I ts hist period of (piicl since lea vino Filmland.

"1 had often tried to picture New Zealand, talked about it with New /.fiilaiiders, and rend ahoui it, hut except lor its intense loyalty nml K-'tierul productiveness, I !ind m> ideu ol the c.tiiitI iy. So vnetly varied, it is unlike any. other place I have ever keen at. t :l '‘ scenery changes every lev.' mi lets, so much so that it is impossible to I '' y down a ceneral description even ol Me small part of your country 1 have seen. ‘•Take Hoionin, lor example. Is there like it anywhere else ttt the world!-' Chill any one heahn or holiday resort oiler in its season -ue t diversity of entertainment : r !r.:e toe liatlis. Several ol them ate unique. II they were 10,(1111) miles neater Ktirope liotorua would attraet a population creator than those of llnnotiato. Karlshad. Vieliv, and the rest ol such places put lofjet!;.•!■. I , am taking Home a technical desei ipfion ol thus.' hiiihs for puhlic-at ion." lint h,-tills arc' only the hcniiininc ol lo - torua,” In' proceeded. “In a lew weeks the lisiiiitc season will he open, dm It la fee and vigorous rainhuv.- trout as you have at Hiitorna toe found nowhere else. I am very much ufriod that I shall not he' helieved tic I h n.o v, lic it I l'c II the folk a hunt the New Zealand (islo Then, w ithin a few hours of tuis resort, there is cher-stalkinp attd shootiuc for inane kinds of lintne : there are line lawn tennis courts, pU'od '■ > v'!injj. and goll course, whir'- t< a non 1 deal hotter than many I have played on in Ifurope. It is unique in several re-pevts. Hue or two hole: of it vel-

<:I 1 1 i>' !l;iUII!‘ Mle really Tiic littslt :i<i'l its t!. • rt-'-I donis'-ons were :i (!<-!i-_r!il t.i tin' visitor, ile ns in llcli of Inish lII,’ :i> !:<• eettld \ l : lit ’diifurna. bill v.as disappointed mi mil soeine IliMliy iliuivi' hitds ! oyiml I e VMX-I'.W. Illlltllli. ilttd 111< ■ Wllllll ptoenll. Ilium y!i there was nil ahnndam e e! imported liii'iis. H" lie.-.::!, hill •li■ I mil mv. the idoriotls till. I!i’ was astiuti.-h----eil lit seeitiy; so many hawks. "All unexpeited pleasure.’ emitinned the meat ttraspapm IH:ilt, "v.iis the kliil'.i el i In' onod rein I liins het ween the pakohas .uni l!:e .Mam!-, even iiiinieli there me still hvinii ititiny stirtitin sul the wnr. I went mil ol tnT wav tn (isk Mauris lint merely Ihr • hint .Mantis, .ii \\ Ini lt.i:e>' nlett a Imw the New Zealand fmvermuenl I", i treated them: Mini I did mil it ml me .Maori with m p;i i'vanee. On the uM-m Immi. the pakehn S|Koiks welt m .Maori. t\ he seem to he ;t Itelit-heiirieo. eitsy-ttiiiiin folk, with no sinail i n ] i»u •i I \ tor wit. i said to one .Mttnrt who "M' eii'iliinvt his dinner over a steaia-luile, tlini he was I'm I tltiaie in nut neulniy a si mm end coal fur the stote. Mini I. ■ replied: M’ai kntry, yes. No ennl mid no eenl strikes like you have in Ktiilium!.’ I wonder if he emild refit! tin papers,” added the visitor. I.mil An, lheitlie was lull of inimttatinti for the host :• peeimeitts oi Mimri lit a n lino: i he had seen. "1 must lead tip the mystery el the .Maoris," In said. “tin's* (if the t reat (hilly id nil travel,'’ lie eoininented. "is that it eivr. one a oieal many sllhjeels in stmlv.”

"Viiii usk if I iiiii! any sip,!! of ii r,-irit.il type developin';,” icontinued "Nil, unite whatever. I have look' i In: li, km till* people :ire ideal iral Villi those of llii' .Motherland, if limit - lipihlllt'll 11t - il ami iiioro devot-rd to amuscitii*nts. 1 was struck !>y tlit* lact t!at a little place like Hnlorua sliuliltl lime its racecourse. Of course, colli raceroll isc at Kllerslie is v. mitler! til : it is the* most I lea Hi i I'll I course I have ever

• Yes,” milled the speaker, returning In t lie stihjeei nl' t Tie übsellee 1)1' :l tneinl type, "you lire true to the old sl'oek. A yotiup; mini whom I took to ho an Kiinlisimin told me that he was a New Zealander id' the third eenerntkm. and that there had been one AusOalian eeneralioii Indore Ids p;i andla I her. Il is < 111 it e impossible In run list* that one is Kl.tHltl miles from Itrilain. < hie leels Further away trum Kurdaiiil in Calais, which is three and a hall hours Irma London. "The amount of sunshine you have here has hren a preat surprise to uie. I have hardly seen a elwiid. I Mi. yes. doubt less you pel had weather, hut I have not seen it- My stay here lots Keen one nl tho uoietest. happiest weks I have ever s|.em in mv sninowlial liils.v |,le. I have no doiiht that ii lam spared I shall entile hac k to tat kle those red deei and the rninhow tjoiil. "You New Zealanders otiplil Vo he happv.” he euiiehlded. “I have not seen a sinple beppar, whit hrown. and I have n»l seen a poor looking pei soil. You have a pluvious euiinlry oi sunshine, without snake or venomies reptile. You have not imported any ol Kit tope’s danperoiis leasts, and | hope vow will keep out dangerous Kmopeau hi|iods. One plniiee at iveord o! Ameriean erime "ill Siam that the ehiet eriminals are those who have entered their elites m the last lew reals. Tla'v ate beinp harred l rout the I'niled Slates to-day, an.l the v will naturally make lor I hi- happy land, unless you keep them out, nut. till up with suitable people I ruin Untain. Look at your sparsely settled eoliut reside. Its l omparative eirpltness ol people strikes one Item I' ", hind. It is a pieat herita.ee to he handed down from these stalwart pioneers who name with eoiirape to tie unknown.' ’