JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 16 January 1919, Page 3

JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN.

" Jerusalem is the filthiest city I have ever seen," Baid a seasoned New Zealand trooper who has now seen many Eastern cities and towns. " I can't get the smell of the place out of my nostrils. It comes back every time I think of the Holy City. There is no attempt at drainage anywhera. The people just throw their rubbish out in the streets, where it is worried by mangy dogs and mangy children. Ugh ? Don't talk to me about Jerusalem the Golden. I'm afraid its upset a lot of the Sunday School ideas we had about the place. The Garden of Gethsemane is all right but it doesn't hold a candle to the Botanical Gardens in Wellington. The Kaiser's church on the hill is one of the best things in the place. Since we got hold of Jerusalem some improTements have been made in the district, mostly in road construction, and-a splendid new road has been made between Lud and Jerusalem with the aid of native labour."