DOMINION SCENERY

Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1935, Page 4

DOMINION SCENERY

ENGLISHMAN’S IMPRESSIONS. PLEASANT LAND TO LIVE IN. He had been almost overwhelmed with the variety of New Zealand scenery in his hurried tour through the Dominion, said Mr. Jonathan Cape, head of the London publshiing house of Jonathan Cape Ltd., to a Daily News reporter last night. It seemed to him that New Zealand held most things that made life pleasant. The Dominion possessed wonderful scenery, fertile lands, sport of many descriptions and a good climate. The journey from Waitomo Caves to New Plymouth had been most .enjoyable, Mr. Cape added. In rutal England it was difficult nowadays to get away from the stream of traffic, but while they had met a certain amount of traffic on the journey to Taranaki it was insufficient to have any effect on the charm of the run. The demand for books in New Zealand, stated Mr. Cape, seemed to show that in country and town alike people desired something more of life nowadays than work, shelter and food. They were finding that a good book was. still a great aid to happy leisure, and it was hoped that recognition would increase. The economic conditions of the past few years had affected book sales in Great Britain and the Dominions, but conditions were improving and with that improvement the demand for books. Mr. Cape, who is accompanied by Messrs. G. J. Hicks, Wellington representative of Jonathan Cape Ltd., and South, Dunedin, will leave to-day for Palmerston North and Wellington.