EDITORIAL.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10355, 2 May 1911, Page 4

EDITORIAL.

A PACIFIC PARADISE.

A new health resort, lying in the South Pacific, somewherei north of New Zealand, is fbieiing adv!ert;ised in London by an erutlerprisiiig gentleman. The idea seems toi be that the jaded citizens of the Mbthei* Cb'Untry should spend! their holidays on the island!, ■which dan Itla reached by steamer from this country or from ■ Australia). The au-tlioi' of a circular dealing with. the subject says that it "stands apart frolm ail other similar* seasi9!e resorts" and refmelment, reftirement, restor'aKo'nl, fend repose ara its chjaracteristics. "This highly interesting 1 andi most delactaible litvle spot," ha adds, "stands virtually on a plane 1 entirely tti itself, foir- it is the lovelieist of God's mlast lonely island creations in tha Sotulthem Pacific, indeed, of all the delightful spots 1 on the facie of His fair elairth there are few that He has mortei richly endowed -with scenes that! throw every sentimental and impnassioraable visitor into rhapsoidies of delight-—here Tomantia Nature seleims to have •withheld very few of heir most bountiful g^ifts—it is without a dbubt the finest gem in the 1 coronal of wateringplactes—indleied, it has lay consent and as it weire 1 by acclamation feen designated 'the 1. choicest flower of earth an<3 the forigjhteisit g;em of the Sea-.' " . This) bveathless sentence is followed 'bjy an announcement that the island lies about 1000 miles north-east of Sydney and "433 miles noiiih-iiortlirWest of its natural home, Neiw, ZealSiVd■." It possesses "the most salubrious! andi desiraible of the climates of the entire 1 -world" and is inhaittted' liy "some of the 1 most fascinating, peaceful, hospitable, loyal British people." Fevfers, cyclones, Wild' animals, leptiles, aindi other pests are as little known,as are i-ates and taxes!. Life in this delightful retreat, aldds the circular, "can be li'kemed to notliing so much as an ima^inaTy diteami." A glance at the map shows that; the island described in these'glowing teams is Nbrfolk. Island, which, has an area of twelve square miles, andi is administered as a' dependency of New iSlouth Wales. Few people who .halve 1 visited the plaoe wiould identify it from thjs latest eulogy of its 1 aha mils.