FRUITS OF FREE EDUCATION.
IGNORANCE CONCERNING DOMINION.
“DO THEY SPEAK ENGLISH?
Amusing instances of ignorance of Dominion conditions were encountered in England bv Mr. J. Hoddle. Some people even asked if English was spoken over here. Others asked if there were “wild people”. But here’s the prize of the lot —“By Jove, New Zealand must be a cold country,” some people said. “Look at the frozen meat you send over here !” The} actually thought the meat froze as soon as it was killed. The majority had no idea of what Newr Zealand was like, said Mr. Hoddle, and they could hardly credit his description ot Dominion conditions. “GOD’S OWN COUNTRY”. Some people he met wanted him to stop in the Old Land, Mr. Hoddle said yesterday in recounting his experiences to the GUARDIAN, but he would not listen to them. “I told them they were hardly civilized,” he said with a laugh. And he concluded with the ultimate tribute of all New Zealanders who go abroad : “New Zealand is the place, alright. I think it is the best place in the world —at least it is the best place I have seen.”
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Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 48, 13 November 1929, Page 4
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