A VISIT TO CANADA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13815, 31 July 1905, Page 2

A VISIT TO CANADA.

MR JUSTICE DENNISTON’S TRIP. IMPRESSIONS ON THE. WAY. Mr Justice Denniston returned to Christchurch on Friday after having been away for throe months on a health trip. Ho was in very poor health before he left Christchurch, and, in accordance with medical advice, he spenj: most of hitHholiday at soa. Ha haa come hack with restored health, and speaks with pleasure of the three months’ change and relief from work. When seen by a reporter, yesterday afternoon, ho praised tho itinerary of the trip, arranged by the Union Steamship Company, and said he thought that tho route ought to bo a popular one among’Now Zealanders who desire travel. Accompanied by Air A._ L. Denniston, his nephew and associate, be left Auckland in tho Navua, on May 2, and touched at the Samoan, Fijian and other island's, where some interesting sights wore seen. Ait Suva, they book tho Aorangi to AH’ Denniston was much impressed with tho boaut-ics of Honolulu. He said that he did not know of any place, except, perhaps, Victoria, where a traveller could spend a, month more pleasantly. _ Business seemed to him to be brisk at Vancouver, and great things are expected from “ Tho Western Gate to the Orient,” as it is called. The opening of a. tunnel two and a- half miles long, by which the waters of Lake Coguitlam were led into a smaller lake, whence the joint waters were carried to create power to work tho electric trams and supply light to Vancouver and other towns, gave him an opportunity of meeting leading people of the district. The Canadians, lie found, are full of hops regarding the future of their Dominion. From Vancouver the tour was continued by the Canadian Pacific Railway to Banff, a journey of s(io miles, the visitors stopping on the way to visit interesting points. At Banff an enormous hotel, accommodating four hundred visitors, was unequal to tho demand during the season. At all places of interest the “C.P.R.,” as it is always called, lias excellent and wellmanaged hotels. In the round excursion which tho New. Zealanders made tho steamer ticket covered hotel accommodation and railway fares (including sleeping berths and very excellent meals). A traveller therefore knows exactly what the journey, outside small incidental expenses, will cost him, which is a very convenient arrangement. On the return voyage he had the good fortune to reach Honolulu when the Bar Association of Hawaii was holding its annual dinner, an invitation to which he was glad to accept. It was a very pleasant gathering, and ho had an opportunity of meeting most of the members of the Bench and Bar—-which, as is usual in America, means most of tho prominent legislators and public men. In proposing tho toast or the president, the speaker referred, in noting the presence of tho New Zealander, to the good feeling existing between England and America, and to the respect and regard which was felt in America for King Edward as a ruler and peacemaker. Replying, Air Justice Denniston said that these sentiments, he felt sure, were reciprocated in the English and colonial feeling. Not only wore his remarks most cordially received, but tho chairman called on I the band to play tho English National Anthem, everyone standing up. Later on during tho evening a very distinguished American, a Senator, who was on a public mission to the Philippines, spoke eloquently on the same subject, and concluded by saying: “ V> 7 © are glad of cur common origin, our common language, our common literature, and our common law; and we arc glad- to look forward to tho time when the English-speaking people on this side of tho Atlantic and tho English-speaking people on the other side will -dominate the earth.” Air Denniston expressed an opinion that tho 1 incident would not have been possible 1 during his previous visit to America, : twenty-five years ago. i Speaking of tho trip generally, bo ' said that- the total expense worked outat something under the cost of living at modern rates at a first-class Key,-

Zealand hotel. Ho is convinced that if the excursion was better known it would be more widely patronised, as he thinks that the opportunity of exchanging o, Now Zealand winter for a . visit to tropical islands and their inhabitants, and a Canadian slimmer and scenery, in commodious and comfortable steamers and trains, at a moderate cost, should meet the needs of those who seek for relief from business worries and too much work.