APPRECIATIVE AMERICANS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 21 January 1913, Page 6

APPRECIATIVE AMERICANS

CHARMED WITH NEW ZEALAND. "Australia was our objective, but as our boat called at New Zealand we decided to look at this country, and now I think we will see more beautiful scenery here than on the other side of the Tasman sea," said Mrs J. B. Cory, who with her husband and Mr Earlo are interested in fruitgrowing and come from California. Mrs Cory said she had been ehtraneed by the beauty of the .New Zealand scenery 5 and she expressed admiration for the Buller and Otira Gorges. Mr Earle supplementing her remarks, said that after seeing a great deal of the world he felt compelled to admit that in New Zealand the scenery was more beautiful than that to bo seen anywhere else. "Wo "Wo, heard that the hotels in this country were pretty bad," said Mr Earlo, "bub .we have found them very comfortable. They are not extravagant and not showy, but they are all clean and neat, and the food everywhere is This is a good country to come to."

"I hove been looking in your fruit •shops," 'Said Mr Cory, "ajid I am astounded at the size of the gooseberries you have. We see nothing like them in our country, and all your fruit will compare favourably with, anything anywhere. Wo have been charmed by every tiling we have seen, and after we have done Australia we intend to return and see more of the North Island. You have a big little , country the people should be proud j of, and a climate and soil that cannot I help making it a fine producing area. You want to make more noise about it to the pc-ople on the other side of the world. It is on this side of the mountains, but there is little on tho West Coast side. Surely that should bo. taken in hand."