M. M. STANLEY IN AUCKLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 308, 30 December 1891, Page 9

M. M. STANLEY IN AUCKLAND.

Tiibre is probably no living Englishman whose name is more widely known than that of the illustrious explorer, Mr H. M. Stanley, who arrived in Auckland this morning. For twenty years the name of Stanley and the Dark Continent of Africa have been almost synonymous. His early life was a hard battle against poverty and privation, and he is a great and splendid example of tho self-made man. In tho Confederate War of America, which offered him his firetopportunityof seizing thaf'bide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads to fortune," he was distinguished on more than one occasion for bravery under fire; asthereprcsentativeoftbe ; 'New York Herald " in the campaigns of Abyssinia and Ashantee he rendered brilliant services, so that when Cordon Bennett determined to equip an expedition to discover the longloafe Livingstone there was no hesitation in selecting their enterprising warcorrespondent for tho position of leader. "All the world wondered" when lie returned to London in 1872, bringing with him not only intelligence that the aged missionary was alive, but also Dr. Livingstone's priceless journals and the records of his discoveries. From that time until last year Stanley has been continually in Africa. At the head of an expedition equipped by tho "London Daily Telegraph," and the "Now York Hera'd," he cleft for the tirst time the heart of the Dark Continent, discovered the sources of the Nile, identified the Lualaba with the Congo, and traced the mighty liver from its source to its mouth, and -altogether travelled 7,000 miles through Africa, being 999 days between white luce and white face. His next work was the founding cf the Congo Free State, by which he opened up to civilisation and commerce 1,300,000 square'miles of territory. Ho tvaa also ths means of introducing Christianity into tho kingdom of Uganda, and of converting its king, ivlLcsa. His last visit to Africa Mas to relieve Eniin Pasha, the history of which expedition is fresh in tho minda of all. All thin would s>e&m travel enough for tho lifo of one man, but, HkeUlysHos, the discoverer of Livingstone "cannot" rest from travel, and he i≤ now journeying through Australasia on a lecturing tour. Mr Stanley will make hid first appearance in Now Zealand tomorrow evening in tho Opera Hou.se, when he will tell " How He Found Livingstone- >M Central Africa."