THE "BOOSTING" CAMPAIGN.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 January 1913, Page 4

THE "BOOSTING" CAMPAIGN.

the "boosting" business, with which the United States is familiar, appears to have taken a hold upon New Zealand. Duriodin claim.fi that it has the'best climate in the world, which probably accounts for-so many Scoto.lihien residing there. Timaru has »ji immense foroshore and a Press Association, agent who keeps us informed with everything-that 'transpires, from the barking of the canine i n the street to tho meeting of bucolics to discuss ■tho- price- of tftllow-fafc'. Napier has a" breakwater, an inner harbour and a Vigor Brown, which makes it the most, desirabhj place in the universe in which to live and die. Now Plymouth is the "Garden of Eden," with its petroleum, ironsand and -snow-cln<l mountain in the distance. Wanganui plants trees, and provides'river scenery and fatalities to suit all tastes. Palmerston North has a, square and a showground. Welling': -i; ism.Jc«t, and says nothing, excepting that it has a zoological garden and a "seat of Government," both of which possess interesting specimens. Auckland is Auckland. Christchurch is "flat," and .Masterton—woll, Masterton is "dry, 5 ' and cverybody'seerns to know it.