MACK TO THE STATES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3104, 29 June 1929, Page 5

MACK TO THE STATES

pi’.."': >V;\ rr • -,'• ■ ■— ■ -■- ZEALANDER’S IMPRES- • 1 V SIONS. • • j:;; VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE. : > >•' ' returning to Auckland, on mbt- $4 his homer in Los Angeles, CaliSapsworth, nephew of Mr. |n|;ifHb ot Thomto* Hoad, his wifo, has been spending wSWttonded holiday in the North Is* Lftd,'and principally with his relatives Kt -Cambridge, called in to have a chat An Independent ” representative. llrV’Sapsworth was .pleased to give a le# impressions, in addition to those ■ipviously published, of his trip, and ■§jy/.'are interesting, for the tourist was in the Dominion, and resided here ■teS2o~ye&rs ago, when he went to try R|pk in the States. visitor first paid his tribtue to Hpftridge, and said that it was one ■the most charming spots that he had Ken in all his travels.- Its natural en■ijrpnraent was its greatest asset, and K.his opinion nothing should be done K the ’future that would in any way Ksrturb' or spoil the results of the generosity of Nature. F~Mr. - Sapsworth said that nis wife, liSho: had never previously been out of fee; States, was greatly taken, with New

Ipealapd, though she found the condin^kiona.'.Vastly different-to those in the and fe; bne.bre4 and born there naturally be difficult to settle EfwD to New Zealand conditions. Hr die and his.-wife had paid two visits and Mrs. Sapsworth was HHbny interested in the thermal re-f-'andv its wonderful sights and appearance. There is nothing America to compare with Rotorua, S' ffr' Sapsworth. There were one o geysers at Yellowstone Park, ■fefTas - the Maori tourist remarked Kyhen- he was touring the States with party, “They’re only bubbles, Wjnot'jrdyseTß.H “ My wife was amazed Hbi the wonderful sights at Rotorua, and we take back to them our of photographs, taken at Ro- ■ Mr - Sapsworth. The jHpsor' : ’said 'there' Was one - thing he impress upon the people of New and that was to see that anythe shape of commercialising ■HK -country’s principal toutist atHSSKohs, especially natural attractions, PPpis’v promptly squashed. The great Pf; America, and’ to a large ex- -' t(wit;it>also ’applied to Canada, was that was commercialised. In Kjtt&nji J?arts one T &dul&, yyen walk Mp%e&ficsf-in freedom. It cost 50 to a year to belong to a beach ’ cijib, and this was only one instance if the general commercialising of rAclyile 'is for New Zealanders to keep tR feei'r'scenic and other attractions as far ~jrS ;i^ n possible in their natural state. shut them up in high tin and : . enclosures,’’ said Mr. Saps.* '•worth;; . rfecussing the advertising of New in|. America, Mr. Sapsworth rethat there*- was a noticeable fmprbvcment, but much more could be done.' The American tourist wanted to y v -. thau; where New Zealand 7 • wa»"and how get to this coun- * try. ; VHe wanted, to know what attractions the country possessed, how long ; It ; wquld reasonably take him to “do” and what the cost of the i£: Would be. “Many Americans pW’Where New Zealand is, l ’ smilingly ggijreihairlted Mr. Sapsworth, ‘ * but they do iW what a. wonderful country it ’■nmow of its thermal its mountains/and other scenic t>ns. Let ;the Americans know pu’ have got here, and they *ll Scores.” - apsworth is taking back to the 1 finie series of photographs that personally secured, and it is his jp to send them on to the Calinewspapers and other journals. 1 in the- series are several fine iiphs of the Cambridge district, the ’ past I have done what I p advertise New Zealand, and tny-tour and the batch of photowill help a little,”-said Mr. tb> in conclusion. .-