"IN A SILVER SEA"

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 131, 7 June 1927, Page 8

"IN A SILVER SEA"

TRIBUTE TO NEW ZEALAND

by bishop <w london

HIS VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION

. Hiii'niiMy Ilia JlUlmi) of Umliiu ( »r. Whntiiigtr.it iMftitm) imi'( » visit In Ntiw iliidiie (|| H (•Hiiioi) of hia Miupiro tour j M |.| lt , I'lUlhli (if llll|l|l|jFUtil!ll, Njlt lllltLT {•flur (to hit'] loft, (Ms DontlMiiiti H> imn« Hiii fcilhiwine- to '"i'U» MtiinK,' in ivliich ho imhl n cruitt. liilml.. t<, New JStmlumWii.

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Miimiwliil.. ,!„ )„!, „„, ( | W()| , , u , O t , UispHHlity „f || (B ,■„•„,,,(,, nf N( J W r /i6 l u iftml mill llieir loyiilly k, (lie 0)4 Q(,m\. ti'V, Wlit.it I hmtril th,,(. tliß PiiHa m fi Uiii'liws of Wlf wt ,,.(, gnll , a t() vMt nw /.imliHiil m tlio mw ii W 8,-J nearly mil, nut Ntnv Zohlhiiil foe fa ft ,. 0^ hettic f|n ti'wprimt J ( im vuiy glafl I did jiot! fia Ihfl heiivts of Nnw 550w.1»!n^ wava life' (Mioiigli I'or HVtifyltoily from'tJia Olil i-'oiiiiti'y, mill tlio jnimMiHfl inflethjifii wliicli I arlilrosiiPil ft), WellJimton, Aiiol;Ihhil. mill Ohrlalolnii'cli (Pimeilin \\m% hlhbi to 1.,-> loft out I'mOspk of time) I'Oiiia not. luivn liitou JupreftNHil oven if tlio good Ndw /.wilmiflofs luiil not bocn Bivint' (in oiitlnitiiiiatlH welcome to \,\\(\iv "oval guesth «i tlio «a«m time, I wa« iilitft Ht (ilit'istelum*)! to ioln in tlia wulminio to tlio Diilco nt Christ's Cot logii, dm hflst-ldiown pubHn aelipol in ISoiv Himlinni, whpvo I litid vu'Oßclie^ <mfllm' in tlio morning, JIo was able to HiHUive an oxtvtt Wftn!( fov t,|ia boys, ami 4 m liniiililu luUMioliilfty, as boflttafl. ou» wntivo poHltioiiai but. the hoys " (ti<t not tin bmlly that, morning, The tiMiut. flailing on- tlis Tongarlro Hivpil in no ilonbt tlio tluost In tlia woi'lil, T Imvrt (uiuglit uuuiy salmon in Hiuilimiil, bull thpy iln noli us a rnla loan iivn tiiiit)» al 1 t. into the air, n» » IMb l'liinhnw trout iliil, nnd if h mm a UiHlmp uiiuirt got, HPVPii, welgliing 4<Hb in H lioui'h, wlint t'oulij not n clevof liiyuuui do ¥ lint to Homo in morn spTious iiiattersj what ik Urn Chrialliiii Chureli doing *it(l wliiif iico (ho pfns|nM'tM (>f (lip imniianuit•■? II 1 ymi loml a book liko "Old N»w |,y .Manning, wlio Wnisuit miinind jt Mum'! wifo unit Hvod ii lining I hum, imi,l |(, h )|h,j Unit, a littla idoi'h llimii a lwmli'N years ago tlia \vliol« irtljunl whh liiliiibitinl by fterpo iimn-pfitlitjj cßiinibitU, it U jierfefltlf abounding wjiat Ilio ("!|irl«tj«!i" Ohurqh Ima t|oni<, and linn talfoa oft one'« liai to nit'ii lilio Hiiniuo) M«ra<lan and lllshon Nnhvyn ami tlio «»rly .^lntliodint mia. sloohi'lm; who in n liiimlrml years lihvo tiiniiMl tlioso wihl h'ibptf jnlo thf> inosb liiw-nbbliiig, liajipy, 1 hough not too ouni-jjntirt,. jioopli*, who givo tlio tonriii* h liaarty wolmiiite wherovar ho goon. Tlioy itvfl all OhrlMinns now of ono Acnnminntinn or anothflr, nUhough goma hnvo toiu|ioriMily followed eomo wild IH'onliet, who lihh, liowovpr, rather lock his pvfißtigo, Tim oarly «ioloninta, oC miui'siv, iiHturtdly biought their Qhri* tliiii vallglon with thorni Dnuodin, aa ia WPll liiiown, was uUlally paoplqil by Hooti'h Proabytinlans, mid Uhrlatphurfi'li was ut llfnt, a dotlniU'ly Ohuroh of MngInnd sflltleuunil i Intt niiturally, iia tlma. hna gono on, nil sorts of jioople liava Hiiltlc.il in both, iiiui it was v most 010. (|iimit I<abour M,l\, a, Haptist ininlstef inuyni", who iuaistflil on giving wo it eivm wnlmnno j t i Ci|ivint«|iunih Rt Ii oil Ilio vory day whon lio was going to wotnonio tlio Oulio of York at fi, Wltli rognn! to oinigiattoui aftor tliino-Qiiartiirs of an liouv'b talk to the I'rloio Minister and tlii«e-qi\artars oi im hour with (lie <lovpi'nor>fl«neral «n(t tlio hbiuo with tho labour Tai'ty, I Jmv« porno to tho (iniH'luNUm that New Zeft. l«u<l can alißorb nt proaent JO,OOO wo* ]iln n yon is but not mnro nt iirsaeut, Tli« LiibtMir Vjirty (n't) vary Jiniolt frighten* cd by tho apponrdiKJo for the first tiina of h fow liuadradu of uiiomployeij in Ilifiir nitiuwi Iho Blnnip in New 550«. land butlor in TouiKy Htrpot haa hit tho I'ainini'fi; land wont up to an p*ng» gornlod pvb'o iluring^tlio butlor boom bnforo Mud after tho war, and hoiuo mm Jain "walking off" their farms, being f|iiitd nmihlo lo puy tho niortgagofl whlpli Ihoy might novov lo hnvo (iontra«tft(l to pay, lAiit nil thoao things will pot,, tin dnwn in tiinp, and inoanwhilo tha Uovarninent mo probably right in ills* ooimigiiig uiigi'iitlon for throe months nnlil (liny Imvo dono pni but ovon this, Iho Viiino Aliuialor cxplninud, dnoa not apply to I'ann hula, ibimoatio servant*;, or iHH'tain cliißStiH nf liihnnr, (100 thing ia (|iiitu cloar, Now Z«a« land cull nliaoili any number of farnv lad« whii uin willing to go on to the land. (',l''loc|{ Jloimo" ia a gift from tho farinoi'H of Now inland to (tin olilblrpn of Iho tiallnrii who Inat thoir lives ill tlia war, and Id mi oxcolloiili psumplo of what. Hhnuld bo ilnuo, Those Unglialt boys mo (liiiuvd for six months on * farm of KOOfi auita, and are "gobbloil up" by tho fainmis of tho liaclib!oelv« Ht it pound a wool* mid (hoir lieop, Many of thino can Have in a few yearn enough to utart on tlioic own; Imt'ovon thoy wnnl.l do well to wait till priena have found ihoir proper love), On» lad Kent out by tliu Uhiireb Wmigratiou Hopioty got throo days off to come and boo oh; ho had had Ihren rises in six months, and was now getting !l7a flfl n. Weolc and his lfoup, And ho, I'nroweli Now Xoaland, sol; in the silver sun an fairly na tho Mother Country on the other sulo of tho world, MnNinlny plf-turetl a New Pjoalnndor hoiitod on a fragment of London Urblga sl((t|idling the ruins of Ht, Tanl's, I i bollovi! Hint a truor pii'tuvo will bo \x proud mother, stronger Minn, evor, poiutiug ncrosa the Hoas to n beloved ilauglitur nation, growing in jnflnpiie(< and powcv tuoro liko hoc every year.