MAORIS ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 38, 14 February 1910, Page 7

MAORIS ABROAD.

WiMrj-R IN NEW "XOBK. EXl_______C_-3 IN iA. _*_-__t_ (From Oijr Own Correspondent) NEW YOKE. Jamta-T- 8. We all feel tlie cold V«ry, veiy se*_r_rj* now; C-iistimas Day I don't think *ell forget fa a hurry, for we had our first real experience otf a heavy enow storm. It stanted early in the i_or___g, aad by night a full-fledged storm -was w-urling' abauit the city, and sadrwifla/kes were piling up in drifts in every hook and corner. K-rtiirning from the llippiodrome, that nigiht, we ail had quite an experience. All traffic was .Mocked, so we had to face it on foot. The snow was up to our knees in places, and the falls we had were great fun, at least the girls thought it so. By the time we reached Our house we could hardly recognfee one from the other. To add to the discomfort it was blowing a gale. Umihrellas were turned inside out, but for all that we ratheT enjoyed it, as it was all new to us. Snow was thick on the ground for days, and the children were having a great time snow->balling. Again it turned bitterly cold; the old people o_ the troupe felt it very much. Last Wednesday was worst of all, the tem-peratuxe was two degrees above .the freezing point, and tlie ice on the streets was gradually being converted into elush. Fine snow filled the air, then it began to drizzle almost like mist. Sidewalks and roadways were quickly 6t_rfaces as •treacherous as skating rinks. Returning that night from the Hippodrome, some of the iboys vent—red to talk for the fun of it, or I should _ay shuffle along. One had a most awful fall, remaining unconscious all night. He is now suffering with a dislocated shoulder. In the streets children skated along, traffic was iimpetled materially, horses found it impossible to draw heavily loaded waggons. The footpaths were terrible to walk on, and the more cautious took the middle of the road and dodged waggons, au-fcos, and trolleys as •besi they could. We can hardly realize that Christmas has come nnd g.>ire. Certainly we all thought of home that day, and the po_ruttikawas blooming. The Osrirpany are keeping all in excellent health, but quite a gloom was cast over the whole Company a few days before Christmas, when a cable came announcing the death of the wife of one of our men; a tangi was held, and all were just stricken with grief. One thing our people do not like, and that is been called Indians. People here will persist in calling us so, and it greatly against the grain of the elder people. It is surprisinir how little some people here know outside of their own country.