CRITICAL IMPRESSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 176, 20 April 1908, Page 11

CRITICAL IMPRESSIONS.

w- v;r - v... ■ '-• INTERVIEW WITH MR. E. L. LYCETT- , CREEN. THE DRAINAGE OF ROTORUA. ■ " I'/ihaye'iie-ard it said '.that .the tourist can Boe iall vhe wishes to-sec- in- JTew Zealand in '. I havo been in New Zealand sinco the -Pebruary,, and .Have, not seen half>tliat I.would like to soc. .1..1ik0 Now ■ Zqaland imitionsoly, and shall certainly conic ; ba£kj : jfsfie: opportunity occurs, .'which"l hope : willjnot ho.very far off." ' •v" .■ . :fi;^^aid'; : y''piain-sp<Aen ' English . country gentleman.in.tho. porsonof Mr. B.'L.-Lycott-iwHo has becii. traveiling tho. Dominion fbir'iifie past two,months, 1 but whoso stay.hero has'/.besn -cut short by tho nows of tho death of.|his'i,BOil;in-la'w in' England,; which.,'iiecessi ; tated?his-departuro from :Now:.Zealand. : '.''"'Mr. 1 ' Lycott-Greon goes ■ Homo with many exocllont impressions of New Zealand and its pto£le:;vHe has equally, divided tho timo, atnis.:>dis'i>o3al between tho - North and . South j .and'confesses - that'from ,a health point l -of view be found the climate of- the S&Tith-ilsland preferablo, while having an un- ; admiration for tho scenery of tho 'Cold',Lakes. Rotorua, too, hatl its own particukiNchahiv for tho, visitor. , . ' \ ATh'o', status of New Zealand from-a scenic aspsctf is-.-well-established, and Mr. Lycett- ; Grocn was? invited to criticise rather/than ,praisei,if lie had found aught that, called for ■ criticism. Ho said that-whilst in Rotorua ho - hSd-'been atruok!, with,the.. fiiimber of.'cases of ... MrtAthriat? and/.dysonteiy, . and .had received ai imwepsipn thit. thojsame'might'haVo been' caused'; -.by v.th-e 'drainage ■of ,'thoi-place. He. had',.noticed horo and -thara that tho.''pipe' . drains- obtrudodj and; though -he, had > jio for* bdioying there .svai any . danger, jn: such; a method of drain-laying, ho held , the ,opinion' that when drains were laid so'hear the surface that they should be open. In: England all owners of-private land had .to Brain tneir;propertie3| and tho usual method adopted was-the oooii drain, cither made of .:••• tiles-;6rShard'Wood.,,', He.- suggested ..that such, dijairis,, ; fluahed .by tho. Eutwrfiuou's.' medicated - 'JVhakarewarowa,' would- be much ; more-proforable ■ from a ; sanitary point of -. view, than -'closed- i n drains 'on .the, 'surfaceof 1 thoigroundv' Ih the. ono caso it could ho seen oxactly how. things, were, and in tho other it. • could; not.--'.'>He , .wwoght-. that'the obnoxious germs .rcojuld bo skilled .by tho chemical-laden ■ waters noin AVhakarowarewa, which- should havp: a;; sufficient! fall to • flush • the drains, of Rofofcar^'ThcM'watersVsliould. act on.-matter likeia' septio.tanki while tho residue, chemi-. oally -treated by this-natural. means, cpuld bo, collccted' in a bed,' and used for manuring tho, country round. ; ■/".■ •:<- .. •As ;,far 'as. his observations went,. Mr. LydettrGroen thinks Now- Zealand , is a. ivery - tpmperato''country. in regard'to the liquor, issnor-^-'questioh.'oik which Mr. Lycett-Grccn holds vvWy. strong opinions. Hq freely ex-. pr(Hi6d; his conviction-that tho Government Liquor .Bill.- at. Home would never go through, ais"ifr;the; Government wero.-foolish enough tojmake jtjsi' party .question they would have a ; ;veryvbig : -fa!l.jj.What' ho. would adviso 'was '•!;' pntj 'a .on whisky '-'0r... any, sfer)Ys'' , '.th r a.t'^were j not; fifteen , years, .old,Ytako. Jgopch.'beGr, and introduce sound wilifiMiKa-.word,' tax tho bad stuff and tako . it /However' cheap they were;, nefr ' spirits wero dear,, yhile waa.'no harm in good liquor.; , "',';if,.you;aro in a' wild mountainous districtin ,New ' never, ask- for mutton— ord&f7 s beeP; .blit:'if you. are down on tho plaiiis^you'could , not do better than order mutton. 'My father always orders New Zeaand he is a good judge." said- . In connection with our exf&rt'trade to London, he could not imagine wh.V;Now'Zealahd dees: not establish a market ; of VhjSrf.owp iri London.: " You hear of your ■' r . mutton '.being. sold -as'-'•;English,.- and -~your. butw; a's'i Danish, -why.idon't •:you have' a' .. m'iirlM' of-'your, own iu- Lnndon, where .vour prMucts'-c.ah :he'.disposed'of to'-the retailors, nt i'nyirate, as 'New Zealand,' and nothing 'of going through various chan- • .. palmed ;'off as; anything that . is-foremost in demand?"