NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVII, Issue 7960, 4 February 1930, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE

WARM TRIBUTE BY t’CANADA BOWLER IMPRESSED BY MAORIS We shall never agaiq visualise you in terms of sheep anti cattle and produce, as we have been accustomed to do,” said Dr. Krupp, captain of the touring Canadian bowlers at Hastings, ’ but as a gracious, loving, and splendid people. We are glad to have met you ; we are sorry to leave you. Kia Ora ” The doctor spoke in terms of the highest praise of this country's people t specially of the Maori, and of its scenery. The visitors had received splendid treatment wherever they had been, and would never forget the pleasures of the trip. Last year, said the speaker, he had been on a voyage round the world, and acting on advice, had taken two famous drives in the French Riviera, on the upper and lower Cornish roads, one in Italy, and one in Hongkong. These drives had been described to him as the finest in the world, but in beauty, magnificence, and from every point of view they were nothing when compared with the drive through between Opotiki and Motu. Speaking of the Maoris, the doctor said : “Their quality as aingers and actors, their geniality, their charm, i and their grace, appealed to us all as , something beyond our powers j pression in words. I complement you on having in yout midst such a magnificent race .as the Maori people.”