LESSON FROM ENGLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 455, 10 September 1928, Page 8

LESSON FROM ENGLAND

PRESERVE OPEN SPACES MR. H. P. CAUGHEY’S VIEWS After a tour of England, Mr. H. P. Caughey is of opinion that New Zealand should preserve her parks and the countryside as the Old Country has done. Mr. Caughey returned to Auckland by the Aorangi last evening. He has been away for seven months, and has visited England, France, Canada and the United States. “I was greatly impressed with the beauty of the English countryside,” be said last evening. “A rich heritage has been left to the people of England, and I think it is the duty of local bodies in the Dominion to do the same as has been done there. I was also impressed with the provision which has been made for parks and open spaces in the large cities of America and Canada.” Mr. Caughey is vice-president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, and in this capacity made calls on many similar bodies in Great Britain. He addressed the Chamber of Commerce in Buffalo on his way through Canada and also visited the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Caughey was a passenger on the Montrose when she collided in the St Lawrence with a collier. There were 1,000 passengers on board and the impact came at 1.30 o’clock in the morning. There was no panic, said Mr. Caughey.

“I will deliver an address to the Chamber of Commerce on my travels.” concluded Mr. Caughey, "and will give my impressions of England and business as I found it.”