KIWI AND KANGAROO.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 2

KIWI AND KANGAROO.

', m ——— ! SHOULD KNOW ONE ANOTHER ■ EETTEK. ! TWO NATKI.VAL TYPES. I According to the experience of" Mr. !'. •I. I'arr. 1.M.<;.. when (••pending .1 'holiday in r.iss. the Taaraan Se a . ihe Australians have a .fixt-tl idea that they ore nut popular in New Zealand —in -thort. they ]V-I that, they are not. wanted in the Domini.); i. iNew ISeakiinier?" were said ro in: niieirved towards, ami ra'.-hei" ■suspicion* of A i ic-t n< linns. Time and again Mr. I'arr was tokl thai Ninv Xeahintii'TVi hail t-omo prejudice their Australian coP.v.ris. and that thiti wan shown when the Aiistrnr-ians went over t" New Zeal md Imrkr.ng for employment. "I am v little bit afraid Uiat Lho charge is true." ,-a.id Mr. iParr thics morning. "alt'huiigh nvnrtt of us an' unconscious |ot this awiatudr. 'I think tha--. we are growing different from Ihe A us. ra linns, [and .hat two tvprn :irc lwiirj; gru iLua 11 v | evolved. Thi» "typical New Zc-.tl-am!er I dllFfr.- liiiioh in his outlook, in hiis man- : ner. and his opinions, from tihe average I Queen* latulpr und 1 New •South Wafasntan. ißro.tdjy speaking. •! fancy the Vieporian is more like us_ltiit elsewhere j are to -be noticed marked difTorejiees tve/ttveen the iwo people. 'Many eau^B j contribute lo this diircrence. IKor one i tiling our coiiniry w a little spot. nit. j oil and isolated from Cue rwt iyf the I uorl.l. and onr insular and isolated eonI ditwuib. arc having a tsure etTc-t in the i pr.r.i'iict:on uf a separate national ch-ar-I ai-ter. T'.rero is a i-ertuin reserve, al-m«s-i donmeus, born of on- insularity, I evident iii oi'!- eoimirynipn fupcthilly, !At the same time, there are. of course, j tlip pound and stable qualities which go Ito make a stronjr nation. But Australia. ' with its wide ajiacns. its hot sunny clime, produces a. more mercurial, hearty, devil-may-care typo—one more inclined to take risks and to plrtngc a little. : '"The avorafre. Australian., is a fine fellow, hrigih'i. hearty and efVerveeing with life, -hospifi-ble t-o the .backbone himself, a game fighter in an h-our -of need, ami wo should cultivate him. .We may need him some, day. You must- understand him "to appreciate h-.m, orafl when he comer, atnoiigst us for the 'first, -time -I don't t>hiiik we do <iuiie understand him."