As Others See Us.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 5670, 26 June 1893, Page 4

As Others See Us.

Mrs Dr Andrews, the delegate of the W.C.T.L" who visited this colony last year along with Dr Bushnell, has been giving to the Voice her impressions of Nesv Zealand, and they are highly complimentary. At Auckland she discussed female franchise with Mrs Schnackenberg and the Rev. Joseph Berry. " A strong sentiment," she s,ays, "in favor of the reform prevails throughout New Zealand, and women have almost reached the goal o'.i several occasions—especially at the last session of Parliament, it being at one time authoritatively stated that the Bill had passed— but they have proved for themselves the truth that one voter's influence outweighs thousands of nonvoter's demands. As one of the disfranchised remarked, 1 the women in their hard toil have been like so many ehe>s pieces, to be swept off the board by the political player at any moment that the whim seized liini. The suffrage is certain to be gained, however, at no distant day. and what a glorious heritage will be that of the New Zealand women for their country, in natural conformation, pro--1 ducts'/climate, and all that delights the taste, or 'satisfies _ mental r and material i weeds, fcj .tpuly. tin ' earthly paradise.' " yiie.i|kclares the,view, froin,t,he stimniit of Mount Eden to be. a.scene of wonder and : beauty such as I doubt if any other pointy of; vision can,, reproduce.; -She /paid a liasty visit to the Hot Lake.dfetnet, and' goes aday'fride " tlnViilgfl "thniri'gnificent bush J scenery tlHrtfic'ininginatKmSiii picture;; ~r» wild and lavish-'?ltXnliance of giant treejferns,- grand forest trees, graceful-white* c re e p e r s ■' a 6 d - ni!yrind' g, weird ana fascinating to our'eager eyes; towering 1 heights' 'and .s'innbre Ull'ptbS • £h«lflt l £ginfr our vision ; now'arul' then the lioteS-6i k strafe bird.thrillejl out.of the impenetrable' "or' of : 'one df these fs.-atbpred songsters shot a streak of vivid" colorath'waijl-sky." All this was.' a fitting prelude to the mysterious region) into;, which;: vfiC; werß, : .a£nut .tq.-:enter. ' Wonderland ' indeed, with its boiling" geysers of water .and . 'mud, the latter sotnotinies .qtute as Wack' asj a; Stygian pool, and ngaih of white'iearth ; which wais i&rose inti) countless fantastic shapes—flowers, tools, i

dishes, and conventional patterns ; with its deep blue pools, its healing springs, its clouds of steam arising in every direction from lakes and fissures, and even amid the current of its rushing streams." She saw all the sights of Ohinemutu, Rotorua, and Whakawerawera, and was lucky enough to see Pohuto in a state of unusual activity. Concerning Sophia, the worldfamed guide, Mrs Andrews writes : "Poor, untutored Maori woman, with such heroic and generous qualities, as shown by her conduct towards her people at the time of the eruption, with almost unlimited influence over them, yet a slave to the drink ! She told us that it all began in the urgency of tourists, who often begged her to ' take something after the" hardships of her services for them as guide ; she told us also of the interest tak-011 in her by some kind American friends a few years ago, who came there for pleasure but were about the Master's business as well, and persuaded her to sign the pledge, which she kept for nearly a year, but could no longer resist constant temptation."