LIVERPOOL; MR. PETER KEARINS DESCRIBES HIS IMPRESSIONS

Wanganui Chronicle, 3 November 1949, Page 7

LIVERPOOL; MR. PETER KEARINS DESCRIBES HIS IMPRESSIONS

Liverpool is a great place, according to a letter which Mr. Peter Kearins wrote to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Kearins, of Taihape. Peter served as an engineer on the m.v. Wairangi. He wrote of his intention to see Birkenhead and inspect the great ship-building yards where some of the world’s biggest ships are built in the second largest port in the world. “One sees great trans-Atlantic liners of a ll sorts here,” he writes. "It is easy to find one's way round the docks. The layout is unique. The overhead railway is great. It goes all along above the docks and they run trips, Is 5d first class and Is Id third class, to view the shipping from above. Incidentally, the docks are seven miles long and that is only on the Liverpool side. New Brighton is just across the river (just like Devonport in Auckland) and the place is all illuminated tonight. It is a great holiday resort. “Then there is Blackpool, and Southend is just north of here. The people here are much easier to understand than in London. The average working class speak quite well and the people are not so reserved as in London. “Liverpool has some real bargains in the clothing line. Radios are also cheap. Even in London a television set cost only £6O, and then it all depends where you buy them. In one street, such as Lambton Quay in Wellington, the prices go from the sublime to the ridiculous, and it pays to have a look around first. Things like cocktail and whisky sets are cheap. There is nothing much here that you cannot get at home, but things are cheaper here and the quality is good. Woolworths here have a very wide range of goods and the quality is excellent. A camera, worth from £3O to £35 in New Zealand, can be purchased for £8 in Liverpool, but in Curacao cameras similar to this sell for only 20 gilders, and a gilder is worth 2s 6d. I visited Chester, which is an old city, even complete with wall and moat. “The shipping around Liverpool is most interesting as one sees so many types and nationalities.” Speaking of radio stations, Mr. Kearins describes Moscows propaganda as “terrific.” “Holland and Italy are pretty good for music and light classics,” he writes. “For all round music and light entertainment h e was somewhat disappointed with the 8.8. C.” TAIHAPE gun DOG AT N.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS. Mr. F. J. Ireland’s black Labrador dog Boris of Ohape, competed at the N.Z. championships for gun dogs, held at Dunedin under the auspices of the Otago Gun and Dog Club, a’nd was placed tenth out of 36 competitors in the “All Breeds” championship and eighth out of 35 in the "Retriever championship.” MR. P. KEARINS AT UTIKU. Mr. Patrick Kearins, M.P. for Waimarino, will address the electors at Utiku next Tuesday.