LUNCH-HOUR TOUR
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ROTARIANS IN JAVA_ The record of a pleasant and interesting tour of Java was placed before Auckland Rotarians at the club’s weekly lunch yesterday by Mr. J. A. Peacock, who recently returned from a tour of the country. Mr. Peacock, with a cine Kodak camera, took films as he woßt, and now is able to give an extremely interesting illustrated lecture on Java. In his preliminary address, Mr. Peacock gave an outline of the various commercial activities in Java, mentioning specially sugar, rubber and tobacco. The climate, he said, was mild considering how close the country was to the equator. The temperature ran from 50 to 100 degrees, and in the so-called rainy season- the rain was not persistent, only about two hours in each day being wet. He described encounters with the Javanese, whom he said were still a primitive people. The film showed most of the places of interest, a particularly good “shot" being got of the tomb where portion of Buddha's ashes are believed to be buried. In addition to the scenery of interest, Mr. Peacock also showed some good pictures of natives at work and at play. At the conclusion of his lecture he was thanked for his lunch-hour tour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 13
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