ROUND THE WORLD.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)

ROUND THE WORLD.

PEEP AT STBANGE COUNTBIES.

[By M. W., Thamks]

No.4—Las Palmas, .Grand Canary,

, Passengers to. and from New Zealand are well repaid by a visit to thia Man I. „Owing .to a coal strike at Tenet ife, .tlie^captain, of our .steamer decided'to coal at Las Palmas instead of. coaling as is usual at Tenerife. From the ships deck you have a commanding view of the Town stretching along .the coast as there iino. natural harbour, ' vessels being -protected by mean's of Breakwaters' constructed of stone. The Island is 'hilly and the town nestles in the fore-ground. -The B. C Cathedral is of modern Btructnre built of atone and ie a prominent land; mark. 'It has a few scriptural pictures adorning its bare interior walls whioh are still!in an;unfinished: state, .evidently left for the faithful to contribute their part to its interior adornment. Oreat crowds'flock.fto worship at the cathedral on special saint days- such as the, elevation of the host, A fine View, of the town is seeii on" ascending the roof of the'"cathedral.

There are a number of iuduetries in the town Such' ao the manufacture of cigareVfruit preserving, andiron foundries etc. Fruit is plentiful and cheap, bananas, oranges, figs), pears,- grapes, peached, mellons, being the chief varieties: . i : Electric trams'run through the town and suburbs. The vehicle traficis by means of mules, which are best adopted for-the work . The 1 labour is supplied ,by the natives, of the Islands. Camels are used here, ac at;,Tenerife for. mountain climbing. ,<A Great, expprfc iruijt ja carried it on 4^ithi Great Britian, and pc large, steamers' especially built for this' prosperous,.trade | are loaded verr heavily, the deck' of the steamer, being piied .vp 1 several feet high with.case* of fruit,,, 11 imagine this is really [the. chiei industry in the Island. ,A day ashore there forms a very pleasent break in a sea voyage, and no, doubt the tourist, from. ICngjand;who. spends the^winter there or', pays even a brief visit, to the,lsland thoro 'ghly enjoys the mild'climate.