A NEW ZEALANDERS VISIT TO ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12702, 1 November 1904, Page 3

A NEW ZEALANDERS VISIT TO ENGLAND.

INTERESTING ■ IMPRESSIONS. [by TELEGRAPH. own cokuksjonden

•' CHnisTCiiuTvCn, Monday. v Mr. Alfred ■; Sauxdem, ; whose public ■' life] in New Zealand dates back ; - to- the earlyforties, and who was elected to the Parliament of the colony as nrmtter or;W-aimea nearly, Jutlf-a-ccntuiy ago, returned to. Chritftchurch yesterday, after an .' absence oi five or six years in ' England. _;■ When seen by a : representative of the Lyttelton Times in the evening, he chatted wit much' of his accustomed vigour upon trie leading topics of the day. Referring to ".he education question in England, he said the majority .of ,the people had always '/x>een ,; ; more '■ or less indifferent, and the efforts to arouse their interest, had not been attended by much success. The British people had got into the habit; of associating education with"; the Church, "and most of them were/content to put,up with all.tho evils the association entailed. • .

) Speaking of ' the condition of the farmers and workers iu England, Mr. Saimdesk. said that he had not travelled about tiro co'tttry vary .', much, but fiora what: li© ,' hail' seen in ! the south-western , counties, 'he judged that (the.! producers. were/.'". doing ' fairly well, and that their.; employees were treated and paid;far better, than they we»' 30 or 40 years ago. It:was not cheering 7 seeing so much land out, of cultivation); but the leisured class was rapidly increasing in numbers and growing in wealth, and was "demanding more and mori> land for its pleasures. This was the real danger of the nation. , . Mr. Saunders- had' spent very little time in London, but he f»aid there could be no doubt that Few Zealand was- attracting it,' very large nhave of attention at 'Home; and that Mr. Seddon wasi the most discussed -61; ;,t;lie;colonial '' politicians. In conclusion, Mr. Saunders said: "New Zealand has been wonderfully prosperous, thanks .to the. good '•;' prices : that have been ruliug for its wool and meat, and I must admit- that some of my prediction;?' have been defeated; but I still think that you &v& in danger, •of going \ too , fast, % and; that you are i not /-making your way secure*: as" you proceed. But there,' I mustn't at my time of life start ; advising 'the young ; men, ■ who, on *''= whole, have done so .well, how to manage the country." ' ■:: ; .: ; ■■.:■■■■:. ■;;.'-:■ ■■;". v.'S^s-'U^Hys^