BENGOUGH IN PRINT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 12

BENGOUGH IN PRINT.

"CALEB JENKINS IN NEW i: ;.;' ; ~, ZEALAND/'. >:-'• '■ -I'p; ... Many will remember .;'Bengough,; : th» : , ; , clover raconteur : and caricaturist, who : . leotured his way. through . New Zealandr: - about five months ago! . He 'has. beei ;:■ ; contributing■ a series of articles on his 1 ;.;:, travels ■to the, Toronto = "Globe."■:;.'. Her*-,' .- is'one, entitled "Caleb Jenkins-; in Ne* 1 - '-.-;-:-j Zealand," written yin ; Wellington ,;; Wellington Sep 29 1909.'•;■'■'': ■': to the'■ edditer .of the "Globe" : jtusa-,, ;y

. papper..'; ..\~:.y :.•: :';-.: Deer sir,—i tole yon inmy;lsrt ylek,;, ' ■','. tor that we had-arrovo ; 6afe m this, lib-.; .■ tel kentry so-now:i ; will :resoom■'■■my,' .-, ,',- nariKve.'• ■;-;•'>'.■',.-•■;•■•;. > ] : :''v'' : '^.'' ; ;'-! : ' , Wellingtonhappens to bo : ..: in the- middle of, N.-Z. 'and 'it' Traa.onr',; ...', plan to ; take"'in, the/'south:.-iknd:'.'-'fns^r- , ;_:.''.''.-.- : but. afore startin .out .we .made.-semi;' v days of a stay, in the .city.-iW.-thing.i'y'V..-, I knowed. a gent, called to see-moat tl»v>-" : .:',.- -' : hotel. He had bin to.Canada.and heard... ,>. , the name -of: Jinkins as• a ; publiok; man,! ■. :■'■;,,' and com to see if i wood make.a'speeohi';. ;-,-,■■ at the: New..' Zealand Clob' wbitch had-'i- ; '- .-'V bin started to copy the;clubs,we hev. iafi-'i: I '.-'--' sevril: places in Canada, i tole:him, f\ '■■:': ' didenthev no objeckshins, so i went tof the lunch and giv em idees bout hmr. •':■-.-.''■- Canada is gittin along,; and the '..' thet is interestin;, the .fokes;of. jinHnsi. ■-.: ; corners and the kentry.:.in ginreL' .Thay; -'. was a : hnll room' ful of;leedin-Wsness :,'-... men and polltichins to lissen- to me, - and! ■ ,;•:'.''.' frum the. way thay cheered and: 6tamped ! -, .'■ i oalUate thaT liked my speech all: nte-;. Ton. .cant- help but notis -/• , the ■!"- family ,',;•:. feelin ..thare is 'down l this : way.,..fer-.vis»>?::■; V .siters' frumCanada, -and; thay. her. jestf. -' A >. iabout.'as kind regards, for the ■• ;,.',, and is alius. anxus to ;know. wot.-is 'goial ?.-■;';-. onvin.-america.'' Thay. dont git. nmd» , '' : -'--"v. news' on'tMshed'frum 'thare papers thoi.'v.; , - they. have, lots of jerhels, ,in:fack' i.dbntl ■■'?:■'■'.. bleeve: those''''a',* cross' rode yvillege, eny-l;■'; "i- . wares ii'-N. '7u* that haintgota :papelj" ; ; or -2 of ! em,.-but-'you'doiit. Hid. much(l:;.';«'. - more':;'., infermachin ...bout. .-.Canada ; ia l ;' ■'■ffi em' then'..wot ,you';..git .-about.:!N.'.ZijH'r.'... in;the'Jinkins Cornersßanner.- ; ;;' Dona';. you think sumfhin.'had otter •;be did. W;;.'; ,: cirklate, family ..news betterin this fer-tha; '....'' .good of the : empire? vDoorin our.stay in.. ■.',;'. -Wellington: ,i ■ gat acquanted "•.;. with' .-.the'-.; ;y, Mayiir.and' sevril members.of. the wwisr-V '■■.. mint . and ' parlimint' ' and\'leediiii.;,.;,,.. lawers .& ; 'so; :'4th.-:'Ware '.=:.,, eposeVwe met 'em?: ■:, At.,'. the. foot-.'::.:;,, ; ;; ■ball-game, rat day. thet 1 wus so wet .'players wusjist a dab of mud .from hed 1 .;:. 1 to •■ foot;'■ but ime tole' these leedinyf elprs;;: ;i;: ,! : dont, miss a game', if.' thay ;ldh'.help.;.it.'::/.| .;,!■'■ wet,or. dry. and to seeem and: hear em;,, ■''. ' shout you:wood spose that the.grate issue; i '..!; i ' '| '■ of -this kintry, is which kin-kick '..'': Wellington or Auckland. , .i : 'f■■■['■. :'":v-;-:";,'-' -'■' '..-'But-to"git along, with,our.:travels..;^ w »r'.' '• fust went .in'a 6teemer:dowh the'coste. to ;■.'.- , ; Chrisfcihurch and then .by: trayel..down,:'.,:• to-.Dunedin;. it is quitb'.'a.long.'.ways &-;:'. v .v you- pass, a'.lot of' towns, with .-.queer, names ' like Omaru, Tunart, and so >h,'. but:if;.'-,; ■;'-.; ■ the names . h'aint butiful;the.,kentry;is;.. '■;•■' with hills and dales and'sheep ..pastures - ■''.'-.' all along and the blue ocean showin iip,';.;. ;overy littel .ways., Wile' we'wus- ridin':'.' slowly 'sum: words'; kep runnin; throo' my' ;.;.," .hed-thet. we usetb, sing in the>le meetin':,;.:'-'. house only thay-wus changed"i : .HtUe;bit,';::v:~, ! ;, 'and 'sed;—';V ; :: :"'-:' ; '■.■'■ ;' : .,'j-'- : -■£]' ,W;f':•'»,'.- : ..""'..; Every prospeck pleeses^;:.'•',';'!''•;"■ =^. "iy ~ : -'.¥ ; - ;■■':}'■ ' :i ' : . 'And .ohlythe; trane; y'(:. ,-;,'J. .;;', This word; hainfc a";, bit\too. ,strong/:to: >',-;>: ;use.fer;lots of. the tranes-we";travelled. i : \ in whitoh diisty ahd'bad;.,smeUin. : r;'.-,.,; and looked like the ; hired' gdVwus^tok-.:.;-.?.' 1 in holidays. \ Thay. Jare /najrer.; gaga';;-:: , ; . : .' every way you and km^';•;,': '•■ 'gess. the' stile ; of. em .-.when I; tell : you that' '.-':'; a goin in to: the .dinincar tother,' ;:;:. day'.fell, dora:: twixt : the' ;carsv and 'got■-.-' : ";:;: killed instant.'-.::,if:.this'iis.-Va 1 -:fare';'. sjiesi-f;■".;'.•'.••'' ,meh;of..publick ownership..'it '■ is '&' mitey v ;.^.'. poor'look-'out but 'I:.'' calklate: ..the.:.'' ;■■ fault is:,with the/ralerode:;departmint",..'.- ;."'. and not: the sistem; , ,'-':'Vv'el enyhow. ..we ,':/..:. got.:to .Dnnedin''all'lrite'- and 'injoyed;a-;. stay, of sevril days. '., Durih'.; that. time ;a ~:.• "■ ■. gent wMtch; lived .'■ at.'Jinkina: Corcera. .a''t-'.'..--long, wile"ago"ounv. and ! .made hisself - a>:,'•.... quanted ; with us:;and.; treeted.."us. most I .'■'.•,'"■. bansome,.takin us-out;ridin in'.his.motor-!',;',:,':. and 'showin'. -the., attenshins,, you •■;,''.;• 'cood,,think,of.. ;.He,»wus, : .fohdi pf- Canada "■■.•;■}< ■ . as' ever.:but allowed ,he had did-'well in,, '- N.Z, .and'was." proud-,'of : Duhedin':,es tho'i-;'V he' wus Scotch: . ,The". hull -town':is [sp'osed.,- - y. '.; their,: name:'or j&ey'-coiLt:'makK\-a ' livini soVi;';wus'.told. • '■■'It:is..-a : .sitely.)•'■.- : . place: enyhow,;: with its 'hills:,';overl6okin,;. ithe:;blue;;waters ,of'the bay,' and,, as a. ■ .;- Vcity:it Mri'hold'u'p,..its'head l fer;handsome:..:.'.'."' ,publick"bildihsi parks;',churches,, and so : ■ . :on. ; Speekin'. of churches i will:menshih'.-'."■' 'they ;hev''- , a:institushin -they ; call'-.the:,. : : Council of: the' Churches 'to .take notise ',:-.. _1 wot is: goin on"'and: help" to > f keep the ,: '- .place, clean and; behavin-itself., : All the :. ■',- churches; iß.sposed':to : ;.take part, in this::, :..: ; work,thby seem; to be actin'on.the queer.'-"-, -idee that-churches,is iipected,to-do 6ome-, '.-,], thin.oh' Monday as well' as Sunday..;. I : ', : ' . • wish i'codd.tell a ! hull'lot, more about,!;V: Dunedin; and its fokes,, but:.i.must:; jog,.-'; along ..so' i,kin git room '.to;, tell' how 1 .we.'';.:.; Svent-.fur'der ; down": and."■. viseted ililton. ~..,'■:. Gore 'and.pther pints'afore, we cum hack: ■,-'.' to'.ohristchurch'. and then crossed over, the .' ,-; iland'.Lto--the west, shore." , Milton and',;.; sevril other'towns down, that way has..;-,.:-banished the bars, but it;apeers the;law,;.-; allows, em'.;to. hev'lockers. ..■: This" meens,' ,"■;■.: that: if. a'.. f eler : rwants to; git flicker he.-. ._ \ -..; kinbringyit into town aha have it kep, ,' ; '.; fer: him. in a: privit locker;.in "the: hotel;," v :,-, ,and , kin;take a frend in & treet him; if he...,';:; .wants' toj and ■ a - good menny of em does V'.y'-:'.-it, and 7 pays the tavern.keeper fer lookia:'.>, - :after it.- : -The temperence peepil is-agin. ;'.,'. •: this &'is:tryin.to.git the law changed.;' ; : ! : To;cross: the iland,-you take; a, trane 1 to : ','•' ;a place; bjr name: of Broken river' 4;; then: :- git into 4. boss stages -fer a long driven throoSthe Gorge >hitch ,is'.;sposed;to ",be;; : ,v, j the finest scenery in:the' kentry.'. ! it:,is;:" ;'-- r mitoy' fine.fe'r,,sure, .and -jest■;.wunderful •>.:•: ;,- how■■the'iv.rode..lias, bin cut;around 1 the ; v mountins up ihill :and;;down dale. Wile; ; ' we : .wus making the:'■ jerne'y-we gottreeted,;;,■;'■ • to all kinds of wether.,'sujishine rain sleet ■:,, snow and: everthing else, you obod.ask'fer. ■..,.-,; : We:arrove at' Graymouth and visited ,: 6evril places along the shore &';then;took ~;■■ , a trip to'Reefton back in the farmin dis- :, i tricks.' From,there we .went to\West-: port in J a..'stage.;. .Thiß is a'drive, throo ■ ;■' another, gorge,thay: call the Builer, and; ;..■ ijest afore .we . got to , the a end of our,;.; ; : ijerney we ; cum'to.a river anddiove tba;; , . rig.: rite .'on to. a big pnnt and ,wu».'toot acrost by the current, along a.wire;. , :::, thet was - : stretched acrost.' the ;■ river; it:; was the slickest'skeem i ever seed. .Pram ■?; westport. wo sailed in asteemer to Nel-\ "•: 6bh and''then,to;Pictori up onthe ; coste.: ,0h the' way:frum;Nelson;we f cum;.:., to a place ■'. whare'; pa'rlorus ; Jack ',lives.;.-',; ; Jack is abig white'.fish that cums-. out,, ■fTom his hidin place,and meets the stee-;: mer and plays around givih'qnite.ashowV: '. fer travelers. ' '.'Everbuddy ■ calklatos ■' to -..'■'-... see thisqueerfish; that.has.bin' dointhis'-.'v ' act fer'veers .and'yeers.-andj has : a ; lav,:■';',- A of•;■■ parlimint^ "■■'■• 'proteck;,:him;,','from;''; :. harm.v :I-;was'- v setbn; dowhf: to;.-lunch;.;;. when;'a'officer cum'.'and:tole:me:to I ,hurry '.'...; ' -up .if i "wanted 'to,- see ,Jack, - so' up;i .';,'. gfts and hussels on to the deck intendin''.-' to cum : and finish my meel.arter seein'•'•-" the site, i: stopped there: for 'a, long ; v ; while, ; but it happened -to; be the day ;:. 'when.'the 'fish, wuseht'on ,duety' so., i !-V went-back'dissapinted to finish;my lunch: but'it'Wus: like'the fish, it wus, out of;;;,', , site.-'We wus so mad bout'gittih.fooled '.;-, this'-way that'in:-a : cupp'elof.days; we._.,; sailed away:from the 'south.island and:;' .' got backagain. to; Wellington.; '':,', •.;;:;, : ' ' Turne truley, ;y:::;"'-'■::;.„;'„;,;',-: Caleb JinHw. -';',.;