Who’s Who on the Marama

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 633, 9 April 1929, Page 9

Who’s Who on the Marama

Tho Marama. arrived at Auckland this morning from Sydney after an excellent voyage. She carried about 115 passengers, including a number of Chinese. Father J. A. Denoldcr, formerly of Darguviile, has returned after a visit to his birthplace in Holland. He says that Holland has just suffered a terrible winter and while ho was there tho thermometer often registered 24 degrees below zero. Hundreds of were frozen in the canals and rivers and losses were severe. The severe winter caused a good deal of poverty, but generally Holland was in a prosperous state. Father Denoldcr says that no on<takes any notice of the Kaiser and bis existence there is never acknowledged by tho Queen of Holland. On his way back to New Zealand Father Denoldcr visited Java, which, ho says, is recognised by all tourists as tho finest colony in tho world. Natives in Java work for twopence a day which is sufficient to pay for their food. The whole island is wonderfully well cultivated. Dr. Neil McDougall, radiologist at tho Auckland Public Hospital, has been investigating the question of radio treatment in Australia. His visit has been partly business and partly holiday. t Tho well-known jockey, Mr. Tommy Green, rode two winners in Australia. Ono was Mr. G. D. Greenwood’s Honour at Randwiek and the other was Catkin, winner of the City Handicap. ll»* says that Strephon is tho finest horse racing in Australia to-day. For the past two months Mr. S. R. Norris, of L. D. Nathan, Ltd., has boon visiting Samoa and Fiji looking into the prospects of trade. lie saw a big improvement in Samoa and just before he left the natives had been instructed by the Man to start, cutting copra again. This will mean more money for both natives and traders. Mr. Norris stayed in Samoa for a fortnight and saw little evidence of dissatisfaction except among a few of the natives. Fiji was prosperous and the future of tho pineapple industry was pa.rticularly bright. The Fiji Pineapple Company had cleared large areas of land and a good deal of planting had been done. Tho pineapples grown there .veto a beautiful flavour. For the past 46 years Mrs. H. Busch, of Copenhagen, has been touring the world, but this is the first time she has come to New Zealand. It is a delightful life, she says. Mrs. Busch hopes to see th© beauty spots of the Dominion before she leaves to continue her travels. • • • When tli© Rev. Father T. O’Gorman left his diocese in Western Australia to begin a tour that had as its ultimate destination his birthplace in Ireland, he was presented with a purse of ovrr 200 sovereigns. He is now’ on his way to the Homeland, via America, and Rome. Father O’Gorman bas spent 23 rears in Western Australia and # is familiar with the country in which Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith and his companions are lost. A business visit to Now Zealand is being made by Mr. W. P. Goodalc. a commission merchant of Hambmy. who is hopeful of re-establishing a commercial connection which languished during the war. Mr. E. A. Sevier, of the Vacuum o*l Company. Wellington, has been spending the past 10 days in Australia. H© will travel South to-morrow evening. After spending a short time In Australia, a party of American tourists arrived to begin a 10 days’ tour of New Zealand. Its members are Mr. and Mrs. C. Iden, Mr. L. C. Ilfeld. Mr. C. W. G. Ward and Miss M. Chapman. At th© conclusion of their tour they will sail from Wellington on the Makura.