DOMINION HABITS
SURPRISE OF VISITOR HIS SEARCH FOR A DINNER CUP OF TEA NOT PROCURABLE [from our OWN' corrf.spondf.nt] W ELLINO TOX. Th u rsda y Some of the idiosyncrasies of the Dominion as seen through English eyes were described in a humorous address to members of the Wellington Rotary Club by Mr. W. H. Kerridge, M.A.. who is visiting New Zealand as examiner for the Trinity College of Music, London. Mr. Kerridge said that when he had to go to the South Island from Palmerston North he had arrived at Wellington by the evening service car, and at once went on board the steamer. On board he saw an apartment called tlu (lining saloon and thought how happily it was arranged. So, after a brush up, he made his way to this dining .saloon, to find that nobody was ('here. A cloth was spread over the corner of one of the tables, and he sat down and waited.
Then, as nothing happened, he asked when dinner would be served, and was told that there was no dinner served for passengers. Well, he was a stranger, what had he better do about it? He was advised to go over to the railway station, and was glad be did, for that had given him his lirst view of Wellington's magnificent railway station. There be noticed a very line dining room, but it was closed up. "When does the dining room open for dinner, 1 inquired," said Mr. Kerridge. " 'Arf-past seven to-morrow morning," came the answer from one of the railway staff. New Zealand was a great tea-drinking nation, added Mr. Kerridge. He confessed he liked his cup of tea of an afternoon, but had found that he could not get a cup of tea for love or money after 5 o'clock.
"One of the peculiarities of the Now Zealand waitress is that she invariably carries the menu next her heart, something 1 have never seen in any other part of the world," said Mr. Kerridgo. ''.But for all that, New Zealand is a very charming country, where, within a few miles, one can get the equivalent of the scenery of the whole of Europe."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 14
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