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NSW ZEALAND HI ; HONOLULU. CHMSTCHtJECH HAM* ' IMPKttSKMd. "New Zealand it aerUinly iw* twß advertised ia Honolulu," *l4 M* *» Brimma, a Christehttteh fesSAtt, wi» baa returned from a holiday trip. H» dreds and thousand* rf P«®pl* f *° m part* of tha world visited Ha»iMm, whieh is on a diMe* »«t« *• *«* land, and lie considered lf«w >«•!%** trad* and seanie neorta *wM fcaamfll by advertising there. _ Building waa vary twiak it HwWt Tba typea of houaaa iMwiftj" eoaittMitd ia Haw Saalanij lag m aountt foaadattona att lag. The houaea w«n *■*_*»* above the ground oa pUaa asA tta waTii mU It* Brfmms. Than irtto aa mumm mmbtr of turn o* tba island. Oa •» easlon 1m oountad f# I*" Ma» )**■» miaatee. I* atncta Mi ing anaa wkan Ikon mti m MM priieemen, stop blocks | ui eornet of every street. A mww waa pnUUM from enasiag _W* • iaala street without tm ata|pt*ti "hiT regulation waa *i«% la hi* opinion thia tola eoald well W introdnoed lata Kew fcalwi »t pnblie eroeaittg a street atrfght MOM> Lid following the trafte Baaa aat «rt by the City Ooaadl waald teat saak safer ia knowing that * oar waa* tfaf on naehiag a oorner. An intonating foaton a# tfca turn I aerviee waa tkat than wan m bwfia I tan. All fares wan atartri 9«aa machine. Then waa a ton minate m*> vi«a t and a uniform fan waa rtiriii, 71 aanta, or about fourpaaae. *Ta« paid this whether yoo wasted to «e oao mile or fiftAa rnttea* aaid Mr Bll—a. Hew Zealand batter sold at 55 eeata» or 2a B|d a pound. Thara waa a rmy big demand n» It. No# leoland laaafr alao aold welL Tha ooot of living much higher than in New goalaad "Oa our first eoataat wttk-Amoaiaono wa thought their language waa wlcav," eaid Mr Brimma. ''The tendency ta drift into their twang ia very frenounced* Tha Americans do set aaaaa to have any pride la their language from aa English point af flaw. Tfceaa we met ia Honolulu wen all woafefey. and wan oxtntaogy .aaa a Chinese play preamted ia •aaartiea with the Medical Cbnfeienaa. Thalr Engliah waa alaioet perfect. tr W« bear a loi about rataaiaCfciia*ehnreh, but they an aothlag •waaaial with those ia Honohiln,'' he aaid. A poll tax of fin dollars waa ahaqpi iaa> mediately a person tamed SL Than was a motor tax of one cent, te etuy poond might of tlia car. Tama* P**d a tax, plus a fai oa kka naLu of persons a ear carried- Batea and taxes on property worked ant at ayproximately £3B on a AIOOO ptopasly. "Honolulu is a beautifnl pSaea,'* aaM Mr Brimms in eonelaaion, "bat Uui . are just as many beantiful plasaa ia Christ chureh."
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19731, 23 September 1929, Page 11
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