THE AUSTRALIANS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 June 1923, Page 10

THE AUSTRALIANS.

A VISITORS' VIEWS. Mr. E. Long, of Manaia, recently returned from / a visit to Australia, where he spent about three months. Among th© places visited were Sydney, Melbourne, Geelone, Bathurst. the Blue Mountains, and y the xGenolan C^ves. During his travels Mr.'Long was impressed by the amount of advertising done in Australia of tourist resorts, throughout the world. The only country of importance from a sceniG point :of view of which, nothing could be learned \was'New Zealand., and he considered this a great defect upon the part of the Government. It was acknowledged, he said, that no country offered so much inducement to the wealthy pleasure seeker, and yet nothing was done to make the attractions of the country known. Mr. Long visited the Royal Show on Easter Monday, j which was attended by 132,060. On the same day 75,000 people , attended the Melbourne race meeting, and it "vvas computed that 15,000 were bathing on Coogee beach -and 75 3 000 on Bondi, Manley^*md other beaches. The visitor found that* Australia, was suffering from a tendency on the part of the I population to gravitate towards the cities. If a man becomes wealthy he Koes^to a city to spend his money, and 'if he meets with misfortune he does the same thing, honing to find con- , fieni-il employment for thex members of his family. Mr. Long spoke-very highly of the Australians^ If anyone wanted to meet ruffians and extremists there' were plenty to be found, but the average Australian was a man of fine character.