OUR GOOD NAME.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 278, 23 November 1929, Page 11

OUR GOOD NAME.

BOY SCOUT EXPERIENCES.

"NEW ZEALAND'S GENTLEMEN

, SOLDIERS."

ALWAYS PAID THEIR DEBTS.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

DUNEDIN, Friday

Rev. G. E. Moreton, who went Home with the Boy Scouts, is brimful of stories that prove the unbounded hospitality of the people there towards the New Zealanders. It seemed to be the dclighVof all classes to do a good turn for our boys, and the help thus afforded was not only productive of pleasure, but materially lessened the expenses of the tour. The goodwill manifested was evidently traceable, in a large degree, to

the efficiency and good of "the srentlemen soldiers of New ZeaMr. Moreton frequently heard our service men described. It must have been a deep impression that our soldiers made at Home, for it has lasted ten years. Permanent reminders of New Zealand fighters are to be found in various places. At Torquay, for example, one sees clumps of our flax that are growing well on the promenade. Mr. Moreton adds that he found a liking for New Zealanders existing even in the realm of trade. On his entering a London jeweller's shop to price a fewsmall trinkets, the proprietor said that if it would be any help he would let the goods out on credit, since he knew by Experience that New Zealanders paid their debts, and, strange to say, exactly the same offer was made in Colombo, the shopkeeper going a step further by offering to advance a few pounds if Mr. Moreton was short.

, In connection with the opening of the War Memorial Museum at Auckland.on November 23 and 29,' the Railway Department is issuing holiday excursion tickets. Particulars are advertised.