OF NEW ZEALAND INTEREST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20870, 9 November 1929, Page 25

OF NEW ZEALAND INTEREST

“SCANDAL" OF AN EXHIBITION. AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, September 26, borne weeks ago the sailing ship Grace narwar, unable to weather the south of JSew Zealand, was diverted by 500 miles and taken through Cook Strait. The ship is now at Glasgow, after a protracted voyage ot 138 days, from Wallaroo, Aus“,ral•?’ ,? he .l eJt tlle Australian port on April 17. According to the captain of the ehip, the voyage was lengthened bv severe weather, ife stated that he had been unable to weather the south of New Zealand, and had also bad weather off Cape Horn. The ship had one casualty, and there r y ij An Australian journahet, Ronald Walker, who, in quest of experience, had shipped as an ordinary aaama ”j. was killed when aloft taking in He was on one of the lower yards when an upper yard was carried away of - weather and fell upon ing hlm . instantly. He was buried at sea. wrapped in.a Finnish ensign, in of J* British flag. Later in the voyage a Finnish seamen fell overboard. and was rescued only in the nick °^mP lc >.whe n almost dead from exposure. :race . Harn-ar is one of the few L sallin M?3Pß of the fleet, which is largely engaged in the old trad of the dippers from Australia. SEMI-ITALIAN CHURCHMAN '.gS brcfc m a " M ? rr J fo - r our New Zealand DretJuen. says the journal, and whilst the fi ™nes3 of the "land thev R»tii n j kl i lg ’u we wonder why, when «? ed to have an Englishman as bishop, they did not search for a true evangelical—pne whose outlook would y than S?did •»??- tb " «“ ** ■“ ’■l' "• ■ RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. The Wellington War’Memorial carillon at Newcastle seems to have’ been the cause of professional jealousy. The Evening i Vldently - a riv «l °f the Evening. i cle ’ Bee V n the letter's publicity th< ? d^. caus ® for re Proach and has said « i.^ Th rS. Brothers fono w up with 1 They say "Please accept our sincere thanks for publishing the innermost opinions of many people regarding W.r M lgu?u f £ a , e . of , the. New Zealand War Memorial bells for cheap publicity purposes in connection with a local newspaper. ‘Such use (including “stunt" competitions and the impudent rechristening oi a sacred national memorial as the . Evening Chronicle Carillon ") is surely in the worst possible taste—an insult alike to the sensibilities of the living an “ to the memory of the dead. Nauseating/ in fact, is the onlv word for it; and this, in the minds of many, constitutes the real ‘scandal' of the exhibition." The matter should not he taken too .seriously, as the protest is obviously on the principle of “ spur grapes." AN APPRECIATION. The Northern Whig, a Belfast newspaper, has the following;— “New Zealand_must surely be one of the most fascinating of our overseas possessiops. With its mild and equable climate and wealth of scenic wonders, it is surprising that it has not come more into popularity as a tourist ground. Two publications sent by the Tourist Department of the New Zealand Government should convert many to the view that their nest holiday must be spent in New Zealand. Its wonderful sub-tropical forests, fiord country, lakes, wonder cav . e ®> geysers, volcanoes, and rivers, which are beautifully illustrated in one of the books, ensure that monotony will not be a travelling companion, while the fascination of the Maoris, whose life and customs are described in the second book, will lend added charm to the holiday."