ANOTHER ENGLAND
IMPRESSION OF N.Z.
"TOO MUCH HOSPITALITY*
"I have been in New Zealand juit over a fortnight now, but every -now and again I blink my eyes and wonder if I have really left England." In these words Mr. Henry Saff,: of London, summed up his impression's so far of the Dominion. Mr. Seff is here in connection with arrangements for amusements for the Centennial Exhibition, but negotiations have riot yet reached the stage where 'he could make a statement.' However, he hinted that whatever was decided ,on would be a very big thingMr. Seff has been connected with exhibitions for most of his; life. His business has.taken him to the great exhibitions of Europe and America. He is a delsgate of the International Showmen's Association. Mr. Seff has taken part in exhibitions at London, Paris,.- Brussels, Stockholm, and Chicago, but he said this morning that he had yet to see a site better than the one chosen for the New Zealand Exhibition, This Londoner finds New , Zealand very hospitable—-too" hospitable,'/:iia fact. Ruefully, he. admitted ■ that Jie was finding it hard to stand the pace set by his hosts, which necessitated him spending, many late mornings in bed. "Everybody has made a- friend of me," he said. "It isn't because they hope to get some business out of me or anything like that. Most of my hosts don't even know my business, but they are treating.me well out of sheer good fellowship." Mr. Seff has been struck by the many resemblances between England and New Zealand, in people as well as scenery. He said there was :the same kind of rolling country and the same feeling of compactness.: New Zealand was quite different from Australia in this respect. The1 vast distances in Australia were likely to be oppressive to an Englishman., What he has seen of city life in New Zealand has helped to heighten Mr. Seff's illusion that he is merely in a part of England, instead of being on the other side of the world. He finds that New Zealanders are a type, instead of being divided into classesThere Is more friendliness among people of the Dominion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1938, Page 11
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360ANOTHER ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1938, Page 11
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