AMERICAN VISITORS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 August 1925, Page 5

AMERICAN VISITORS.

LEAVE WITH REGRET. The two American sailors, Petty Officer G. A. Carroll and Private 11. Lee, who have been in Hawera since last’ Thursday evening, left this town this morning to join their ship Seattle, with many pleasant memories of Ilawefa’s hospitality. In conversation with a. Star reporter they said they had had a royal time in Hawera, and their one regret was that they had to leave so soon. The suggestion that they would have enjoyed themseUes better in one of the cities was instantly denied by their saying that nowhere could they have received better treatment than they had in Hawera. An impromptu farewell dance* m honour of the” visitors was held last night in the Golden Minim Tea Rooms. There was a fairly large attendance, and a very pleasant evening was sxient in dancing until the small hours. During thefr stay in Hawera the two Americans were the guests ot Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Hooker. Ihey saw much of the province during thenshort visit, and were sincere in then appreciation of the hospitality shown them everywhere. On Sunday they visited the Dawson •Falls House, clouds obscured the view of the mountain peak. However, Mr. Carrol , who is one of the two official photographers attached to the fleet, obtained some fine i>hotographs of Dawson Falls and scenes on the Kapuni river. Yesterday morning the sky was cloudless, but in spite of the heavy frost the visitors were early astir and. climbed tf>he water-tower, where a glorious view of tlie mountain, bathed in the first rays of the sun, was obtained. Photographs weie again taken. . . _ . Later in the morning the Joil Dairy Company’s Okaiawa factory was visited,, and the Americans saw something of the manufacture of Taranaki cheese. The manager (Mr. Crawford) explained the method employed, the Americans taking a keen interest in all thev saw. Mr. Lee, who had worked in a dairy factory m the States, at which the finished product was bottled milk, condensed milk and ice cream, was not altogether a ‘ new chum” to the intricacies of the iacThe visitors were loud in their praise of the quality of the butter and cheese manufactured in Taranaki. The beau, tiful rich land and the neat green hedges through all the farms evoked their admiration.