BARON HUBNER ON AUCKLAND BLOWING.
* Baron Hcb.vee, in his recently-published book of travels, closes his description of Auckland, as seen from Mount Eden, tint* : — "All this is very fine and even picturesque, but the enthusiasm of the inhabitants passes all bounds, and tends to chill the stranger, if it does not excite in him the spirit of contradiction. They compare Auckland with Naples, Nice, Genoa, and Constantinople, and Auckland surpasses all. This is what they call in the colonies 'blowing.' if the talk turns on the products of nature or industry, the picturesque charms, the climate, the men, and the character of the country, the refrain is always the same— they are the best in the world. In the face of such exaggeration one is not allowed to maintain a polite silence. One must push in echo of his New Zealand friends. It is a weakness and infirmity of children which is only met with in new countries."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7658, 8 June 1886, Page 5
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