A VISITOR'S EXPERIENCES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 4

A VISITOR'S EXPERIENCES.

I. Sir,—A letter appeared in your.issue, of; I.this date; under, above capti'on, to which, you added a'iioto to the . effect that your correspondent, was' flying ill the. face of public opinion , in', condemning .the 'class ■of boats; provided by tho Union Steam Ship Company. 1 No.doubt correct in, making, the: above statement,; but the same - would apply' equally well to any criticism of ariythiug in; or about New, Zealand; and,anyone who lias; the temerity to'utter 'any-remarks which in any, way, reflect iipori .the perfect; excellence, of every tiling-in "God's Own ; Country'' does; so at .the. risk of 'being held .up, to.,the,.ex-j jecration of/'.th'e"whole 'landnevertheless,' it' is' perfectly' correct' that the accommodation upon some' of'thb : Union;'' Company's - boatsi is 'anything but what' it should 'be..': Even on', the; Malieno; some of the cabins are so small'that it ;is: appalling to put four persons into' them. Please, .imagine being boxed up in /a cabin about, eight; feet square with .three! others, one of; whom- is far gone 'with, consumption.. It;- would ho, very- j intprcsting.,to "know . how mucl' 'of' tho stock of the-ITuion Steam Ship Com, ny (which is regarded as such a p'ecu-. liarlv New : Zealand.' enterprise) is held in New Zealand, 'and' how much in ; Dumbarton./' —1 am,, etc., VIATOR. February 25, 1908. ■' . _