IMPRESSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND.
. A DISAPPOINTED VISITOR. ADELAIDE, January 30. Colonel Hopeton, commandant of the British rifle team, has returned from his visit to New Zealand. In the course of an interview, he said he would rather live in Australia than in "God's o-nn country." There was a lot to be done by the Tourist Department before the accommodation provided for travellers approached that of Australia. In most instances he found it inferior, though the charges were high. His chief grievance against New Zealand was the restriction placed on the sale of liquor. He was not a drinking man in the general sense of the term, but most people liked to have a glass of something with their meals, and in New Zealand it was* difficult to get a glass of ale or wine. He did not care to express any stronger opinion, because he had left the place and was not likely to revisit it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 26
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