NORTHCLIFFE’S DIARY.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1923, Page 4

NORTHCLIFFE’S DIARY.

STORY OK Til K WORLD TOTH. A Y\ONI)KRKI/L A I)\' KRTISE.M EXT. LONDON, -May IS Although (inly I’.vu not wry long chapters arc devoted in New Zealand In the Nort Itch H'e Diary, ii is certain i!uu tie Dominion v, ill receive one of ii' greatest. lulvcrti -emonts i linmgli ! the [)t:l'iii:;ii.ioii of tlii' volume. .Ml i ' ti.c o. viewers have i|imieil evieii'ively I i from these <■ i;it11U-r- : the Publishers' I I' |, c'lln r devoir- idmosi a column in j | i i,C laic I.ord N. : ;!:• experiences iin lloiniua. ile,toy, r -.uperliria) 11 1*• 1 iraveller's imi.rc-.sinn' cf tin- rcsi ot : li.c I><miinion arc, he lias certainly i tlniie ju-licc in ilm thermal district ! i lie North I-him!. (in the whole.” I i.e v. iirc-, "1 cim-iiler that Roiontii I the most interesting place for a holi- | 1 i|iiv. oi her lean l.omlon or I’aris, that i 1 know of. Wilhill easy nark of this I hotel there i-. the hurst. li-hiug in the ! ill. a lal eveelleiit (leer stalking. I There I- a groat opportllllfty here lor hot all is I s ami Nature observers. There are ileer, rahhii . ilnek, teal iniiiy rinds, and vild swan. When 1 >ay that the local anglers measure their annual catch by the toll per man I am mu exaggerating In the least." -Mv .Tourney Round the World. I edited' by the writer's brothers, Mi | rVi.il 11 nrmsworth and Mr St. John | 11 armswori h, is not a diat .v oi studied j I slsle. Il i- mole intimate, more lypii eal o, ihe man in his private rapacity. • j and not a- a journalist. I.ord North- t j elill'e’s habit, ii is pointed out in an in- j j i ion - i:> on", m- other oi Ihe private | i secretaries who accompanied him oil, 1 his Havels, and In -end seel ions lionn j ! ill be dnplieaieil and rirrulnicd to I lie | ' member- of his imuiediaie family ! (rile. ' Tbe reader will observe that in j i the course oi the diary land North- 1 i elifie dwells more than once on Ore | diflieidl ies and disaliilit ie.s under wliiehi • I ;ya- roll!posed. !l was dictated ill ] 1 stilt r \ cabins on bon id slm, ill the.] tro|iie', and in -mb innnieilis of lei- j sure on -imi'e as presented tlielnselves j in the midst of umnlirrlrs- di-trac- j lions, amt not, therefore, under eoildi- j lions that nue.l, tavourablv coiidliee to! exaelm.ss in literary style or Form.” j Ii may he frai'ikiy asserted that the; j work is all the better lor that. Wei j eel all the iillornialn.il that bis encye- j j Inpaedie brain was capable ol without i 1 the neee.-si ty ol having Ihe moral j i pointed. Two great i|i!e-.;.ioiis Lord, I Northclill'e trealed- from the .umniahs- j lie point of view-the eiupftm'S* ot I ! Australia and the dnnnnr.-r aggressive- j la -s. ()u beard ilm so-, ,-b. Allniiis, in . lhe K.a-t I mlies. i h.- t raveller mi l a j mm pa t rim engaged m going round I lln world. "I!- hales ihe wh.de jour- ] i m . o i as much a- m.v little parly dejff ■ - re £ m lii.es ibe New Zealander-. j I d.H i All'! f'iliair-, I- mu inlme.-i . i ; 1,, i.e V 1 i; p: ..l.ie Dial aiiollau war j -'i-,.;i.1 lie 111 pi.'e,trillion, and i- mill- I in.; ihe hours in ■ !••• unnrieiu I e ~r- | Ii \ - e r 1 11 oi a.' I. ! ■ i N < ill hell ih' V. as ; I jut i I Ii- opposite fre.’i. i his l \ pi' «,f ■ lom-t-:. fie «..■ >«> lo d;i«:g fm ever. - : tj.iiio of inter” : nod mi-.-. d mu lung. | in. si, i•v> i• d a t.ovi-p ell £ liU.-uH in in: nil J >•> i■a mu I ion i- not idivirr- ncrll iel e, il ; i- --In- ten thill hum is- pt:t dorm hi j , ihe m; ii ■‘■elueui - of his )ul'oTfiu) uts - ' KiR-.'/r i.UKRESKIONV ”1 shall never ti'ig.-i. t.hai lirsi hid- ( lor drive in- N. u /.g-imiiii " v.intr i.ord ' Nort hclill'e. ''The road- in tins par; | X( W Xea h l lll l are frankly innirnial. j : i am told that in the South I-laud | ihev are good. At ihe gob club there j !ar ■ no caddie-. In tael, I hear that j tie. re are m. caddies ill New Zealand. ' No olm Is out Ol work. The n:m'-i's j I'l'i mostly Hal. inh'iid goii courses, ! Ii e ver”. I anh beep, a nil su ril'd) is the j soil in pie'et hut eight bundl ed -beep !

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rod (ream here as would have supplied a regiment. .Many of these larmeraiv avili li-infii !>v billh. and <iil;-m i-.iin-I>:i rulively recent arrivals from Homo. I !:avo iml mot one 'a im sunn s fo go luck. at hotoim'a. "I’ols.nm, lhe urn-ally home of llio volcano. is oni' of iho wonders 01 llio "'orM. .. . Wasting no iiima. a*.i<ll;il ! took later in the evening Hie hioitess !inl l l —;i ntitural hot -« imming hath of -Sdicia. am! mo t delicious. . . We then teem to so,, the .Maoris cooking their food ill natural hot water. I won't attempt to describe tin’s Maori village, situated I'.iiimii; geysers. Imi 1intr rivers, and ~l■■;ii ti i n u link',. Xu one cmild deserihe it or photograph it The Maori ladies has .• the lower part of the face tattooed hy their hnshaiul.s, I suppose), so that no one can '.ay, ‘he didn’t know tile lady s'a- iniirrie,!.' Some Mauris talk English bcautifully with voices like gentle peo]'!o Thcv hoi] thi ir chicken, and vegetables and scald their pigs in hole' in the rock whirl’, t!ie\ have railed olf loi the purpose. In one place 1. >nw a Imi 1 inm river (lowing into a void river. In the cold river there are a number of fat rainbow troui. I presume teat Nature teaches them to keep out of the hot pari. I.KISi’RKI.Y H.AII.WAYS. "Rents are terriiie. The rent of a tinv four-roomed wooden house i- three to live pounds a. week (not (planer or year). 1 think tho people are easygoing, other than the farmers. 1 do not think that doing everything by flovornment is good. Anything more leisurely than the State-owned railway; j 1 cannot conceive. I rend this morning that tl’.e railways are not paying expenses. The trains stop a considerable time at station;—very pleasant for us who want to look about. There appear to be no very rich people and no poor people. The devotion to Mother England is tine. They love to la? cum pa red with England. Rut they are afraid of the influence of American films.

“We know nothing about trout its England or Scotland or Ireland or, I -houkl think, anywhere else. Ha. rainbow trout going up the little rivers ; here 'which form the hip; lake) on their■ . way to spawn were in such quantities that as we went Up in a boat we liter- ; ally forced our wav through them. ; The rainhow is. one of the quickest , fish, hut the throng was so dense in j nlcees that they could not get away I from each other. Tt was an incon- , reivahlv hoautiful river, very like a winding Hampshire stream, hut with ( mimosa, palms, and all sorts of tin- 1 laiiiliar Xew Zealand trees on the ; banks. It was evening, and an Eng- j iish blackbird was sitting up high in it ! miiiidsi tree singing his evening song. , There is a good deal ol bird life here. t Wild duck are in great numbers, t .-.nw ihat watercress is becoming a rtir-f :u . New Zealand. It grow, in den-* ; masses and chokes the rivers, li, • i stream ri'e~ ir.iitt ii deep- and brig:.' • white spring with stall fiJttce that yam f can put a peuu.v .in the water and it j can’t sink. Down this deep spring I'r I lag rainbow trout were enjoying iliemI selves, swimming herd downwards. It . Ii- no good trying lo describe tue . thing -the beauiiiul evening light and shade, the birds, trees and woiidorlul • doitd effects. LAND OK EQT'.U.iTV, ; 'The move T study the volcanic, eruptions here, the mud holes, and tin* j geysers, the more weird 1 find them. Tt i I is like Niagara it grows upon one. j 1 Kor a pound a year you can have deer- i { stalking (five stags per gun), -am! for . j another pound you can have fishing. : J !,e! ter t han any in the world, till over j j New Zealand. There are no game laws j • Tfro : <*V(.*rvfm>:lv shoots over every- . | ••n.ly’.Vs land, and a> Idr rabbi shoot- I ■ dig. farmer- pay you lo come and I shoot them. With regard to deer,' ■jliov are getting so numerous that two I i bou-.a ml have had to he slaughtered jin one district alone this year. No j I Wonder these young people are very j I different from the peasants of Essex i and Wiltshire. Their attitude is more j like t hut of Scotch people hut with no 1 respect for the lairdn They are indet uoiideiit hut polite. 1 am all ill*' time r trying to detect whether they tire tle- | ■eloping an accent. I find that some j"f ihein sav 'veree' for ‘very,’ and 1 5y,1n,..," p.|. •Sytluey.’ New Zealand j Is the land of British family mysteries. , j tu occasions h'-ifs to tub's and tori -tines have been uneartlted here. lint j the New Zealanders certainly don’t ! like titles. 1 should think, first, beI eati-e in the mind of each of them is | 'lie desire fur a I'topia—a hind ol | equalise, and, secondly, beituisc tb.es 1 have laid some very had sjiecimeus e; j tilled peonle here. Even now each | lev. u has it-, little coterie ol well-born j .remit tam e ’ men those who live upon j dotes from En ;land." i .U'CK LAND’S Til EASE lIES. \ IT cu to the last minute of sailing \ v.ont Aneklaiid. l.ord Xoriltelille seems ! til have wasted no time. lie insiI makes a brie! observation regarding j bis iast. public cngagcinenf which i -lion! 1 be quoted. "tin the morning oi sailing away. I i lie .Mayor. and a number of other I people, raiee at, a quarter to nine to i take me to see ihcir art gallery and •■. 'lk rti m o!' early manuscripts and | books. When a rich Auckland man dies j he rectus to give something to the cily, ! and they have a very much better coi- ! lection than ; hey hifi.u, especially oi' j early English mi- -: 1 1 -. There are four j ( axtmis. Shakespeare folios, and p.rneless deruments. referring to the early t uftine wonderful Maori j.ietimv., ion." i W he It nr- .Marseille- ..n a -ea like- • a J !■• 'iiusf. -ml r- lid. >••• -p ok - oi Ido. : sell a-. ',i former n : man. iov. n». , skdetoir el; -s, who, beginning like as i a repon el" of sixteen, is now said to : have more’ panel's than la* can ooiitu i am! more money than brains. | s | li lll --i ll ng a whirl round the world, am! ready tor ■, o t tier to-morrow." j The las; two paragraph- ol the |dia r\ re import an I, lor I bey ha vr a ; Aery litlf'tau lunch. "I have lunlter ! m o ved rl.al I was mu hr.iih he ally kind o! public Jii.•. and t li.it I bale ( Hiiii-'y enough, although I am one /(>. '-elf. r. ;I.!i t I■!•■-. I.ei tm- finish by -ay mg teat my chi'.-f cotiiiouiiui. I’lfioi lea n. and I. went imt m! ibe v. oi Id i 11t get her v- ii iiottl a < nos word. It -ay , . .; gr fit deal (nr Pnoieao." iiSTtVTUS