AS OTHERS SEE US.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1921, Page 5

AS OTHERS SEE US.

NEW ZEALAND STANDS OUT SUPREME. Sir Conan Doyle had a memorable visit to New Zealand, which he describes in his latest book. '“Every man looks on his own country as God’s own country if it be a free land, but the New Zealander has more reason than most. It is a lovely place, and contains within its moderate limits the agricultural plains of England, ihe lakes and hills of Scotland, the glaciers of Switzerland, and the fiords of Norway, with a fine, hearty people who do not treat the British new-comer with ignorant contempt or hostility. There are so many interests and so ma.nv. openings that it is hard to think that* a man will, not find a career in New Zealand. “Canada, Australia, and South Africa seem to me to be closely balanced, so far as their attractions for the emigrant goes, but when one considers that New Zealand has neither the winter of Canada, the droughts of Australia, nnr the racial problems of Africa, it does surely stand supreme, though it demands, us all of them do, both labor and capital' ■from the new-comer.” Sir Conan was charmed with Au<k-. land, where he set foot on New Zea--land. “This town is wonderfully situated* and I have never seen a more magnifi-i cent view than that from Mount ExlenJ an extinct volcano about 906 ft. high the back of it. Here the air is crystal! clear, and I could see Great ■lsland, which is a good 80 miles to that north. Below lay the marvellous med-i ley of light blue water and light greeqk' land mottled with darker foliage.”