“AS OTHERS—”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 835, 2 December 1929, Page 1

“AS OTHERS —”

New Zealanders Seen by American

DESCRIPTION ON MALOLO

New Zealanders may see themselves as others see them through the medium of “The 'Polynesian," a daily newspaper published on the Malolo.

Here is a description printed under the caption “Meet the New ZealandetV’ and circulated in the newspaper on Saturday last:-

“He has no dialect or twang, or other peculiarity of speech. He speaks his mother tongue purely, thanks to his system of education. “He is fond of travelling, and lives the open-air life. He matures earlier and is more self-dependent and resourceful than is the home Britisher. He is ruddy, and his lady clearcomplexioned and fresh of colour. Free in manner, clear and open in speech, fond of sport and games, inclined overmuch to gambling, and generally honest, the New Zealander is able to hold his own in any average company.

“Sober lie is as regards liquor, a keen judge of the histrionic art, a good musician, inclined to quality in dress and furniture rather than to ostentation: progressive in politics, inclined to experiments in legislation, and a keen critie of his public men, withal rather parsimonious as regards payment for public service (except in the lower ranks), and inclined to resent the idea that brains are worth paying for; sociable to a degree, and even in the backwoods delighting in the local race meeting and the dances, which frequently take place in the district schoolhouse; a lover of"the movies, for which there are hundreds of line theatres; not given to church-going, but with true respect for every clerygyman, of whatever creed, who lives up to his religion: law-abiding, and at all times disposed to support order; charitable and generous to any deserving degree.”