NORTHCLIFFE'S DIARY.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15273, 25 June 1923, Page 4

NORTHCLIFFE'S DIARY.

REFERENCES TO HAMILTON. \ GOLF CLUB AND RUAKURA. In Lord Northcliffe's Diary, jn-«*. published, are the following references to Hamilton:— * j At Hamilton is the best golf course in New Zealand. The captain of the club, Mr Gillies, is a brother of Dr. Gillies (known as Giles in the golf and Garrick Club world), who is probably fishing in my little river in Hampshire at this very moment. Before going to golf,. I visited the Government Farm, where they have an avenue of "New Zealand trees planted by visitors. They asked me to plant a tree—the rarest they have, the Cabbage Tree (Cordyline Australis). The farm was wonderful. . . The milk was being brought in by young farmers. A sample for analysis is taken from each can. The milk is then weighed by some Danish apparatus. It is never touched by hands, for the cows are, in New Zealand, milked by machinery, almost entirely. I saw as much milk and cream here as would have supplied a regiment. Many of these farmers are gentlemen by birth, and often comparatively recent arrivals from Home. I have not met one who wants to go back. •