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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17079, 7 July 1926, Page 11

The Gisborne branch of the Y.M.G.A. lias heiiolitted to the extent of £IOO, by it grant from Ihe lassie I ’at It hone estate. Loudon. July 6: Arrived at London, the Rcmuera. Departures, from Colon, Rort Curtis; from Newport News, Tic bartlia. Despite .several recent cold .snaps and several frosts, loses are in full bloom at Thornton’s Ray. where residents take pride in exhibiting their gardens to Thames visions. A Wellington message slates I bat a startlim’- affray occurred las! night mi board Lite timber ship West Couong, lying at the Taranaki street wharf. Wellington. From what- can be galnCred the men were playing poker, when a quarrel arose, and a colored man named Brigand, 26, single, .stabbed Ins neighbor in the thigh. The police are investigating. The charms of the Old Country have captivated tit least one New Zealander. Writing from Liverpool on tiie eve of his departure from England after a year's .sojourn in the Homeland, a Gisborne gentleman, in a letter received by the ’Frisco mail, stale;;; ‘‘l loft London yesterday morning. 1 don’t think 1 have ever seen ihe country look so beautiful as it did from the train. It was a perfect day ami the land was looking its best. Oh, the greenness of the English count reside, and the wonderful trees, but above all the greenness and the pretty little redroofed villages nestling in the hollows. England is a beautiful country. H makes one proud to be a Britisher.” lit another passage he says: “Two favorite spots I found time to revisit in my last week in London were Westminster Abbey and the Nalional Gallerv. Weslminster is the most beautiful spot in London. It Would be impossible to describe Hie wonderful air of calmness, serenity and devotion one feels in its precincts and the dignity of age which invests it. For me Westminster Abbey just typifies England. The National Gallery is another fa vorita spot where I have spent many a quiet half-hour. There is 100 much to In* seen there to lake i! all in al one visit. The collection of old 'ltalian masters is, of course, its ntu,standing possession, but I infinitely prefer the English school- -the Turm:”'s, the Gainsboroughs, the Reynolds, the Romneys, and Millais. I have seen them all half a dozen tiniest or more now, and would love to go bad:, and back again.”