POPULAR IN ENGLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 883, 29 January 1930, Page 7

POPULAR IN ENGLAND

N.Z. PRODUCTS WELL ADVERTISED MAGISTRATE’S IMPRESSIONS Appreciation of the excellent work of Sir James Parr in bringing New Zealand products to the notice of the British public is expressed by Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., who resumed his duties at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday after nine months abroad. Mr. McKean was granted extended leave for health reasons, and left the Dominion with Mrs. McKean last autumn for England. Most of his holiday was spent motoring in England and Scotland, but he crossed the Channel in an Imperial Airways plane and spent three weeks on the Continent There he visited France. Belgium, Gerxnany, Austria and Switzerland. “I was reading yesterday that a Taranaki man who has recently returned from abroad holds that New Zealand's products are not sufficiently advertised at Home.” said Mr. McKean this morning. “That is not my opinion 1 motored 6.000 miles through Britain from John O Croats to Land’s Knd and I found the Dominion’s products obtainable everywhere and of excellent quality. The butter was attractively put up and we used it for lunches, iii a. pleasant little place called Buddleigli Salterton in the far s juth of England the storekeeper told us that, he neve*’ used anything but N-*wr Zealand butter and found the q ratify very much to his taste. Bruit and honey wert* also well displayed and easily obtainable.”

Mr. McKean was of the opinion that the popularity of New Zealand products was largely due to the efforts of .Sir James Parr. He had attended a luncheon given by tie New Zealand •Association, where high compliments were paid Sir James, who was then High Commissioner. At the Commissioner’s Office, Mr. plcKean saw a display of New Zealand •honey that attracted a great deal of attention. He had encountered the dis..play again while motoring in the South of England, and presumed that ‘jr was being sent round the countryside. INDUSTRIOUS GERMANS On the Continent. Mr. McKean was V 041 impres ■ d b;i the cheerful industry of the Germans. The cities were ■clean and attractive and, so keen were :Ilie people to cater for the traveller, that the great majority of the shop assistants had a knowledge of the English language. His experience with Imperial Airways was rather unfortunate, Mr. McKean said, as he had crossed in bad weather, and was unable to enjoy the two and a-half hours’ flight from Croydon to Brussels. n 'he only man who found conditions at all to his liking was an educated Chinese, who, strange to say, had been dreading the journey as he was a particularly bad sailor. The lakes of Austria and Switzerland were beautiful, but Mr. McKean could riot say that they were superior to the cold lakes of New Zealand. Perhaps the best scenery of the tour was seen in Austria, though the South of England in autumn was pleasant. It was thickly wooded country, and the tinted leaves made a picture not easily ■forgotten. The lochs and mountains of Scotland had an appeal for Mr. McKean also. Among his most vivid memories of the Highlands, however. Is a v sit to St. Andrews, the goal of all golfers. Mr. McKean was barred by his health from playing there, hut carries back pleasant memories of the most famous of all links. Mr. McKean returned to New Zealand cn the Rangitane, which arrived at Wellington after its maiden voyage on Frid '-. He presided over the Magistr; s Court this morning.