THE TOURIST and TRAVELLER

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1310, 3 June 1915, Page 44

THE TOURIST and TRAVELLER

HERE AND THERE.

The guests who were staying at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, last week included: Mrs. and Miss Hannah, Wellington; Mrs. Haslam, Wellington; Mrs. M. Eichelbaum, Wellington; Mr. W. Douglas, Dunedin; Mr. C. Aitkinson; Mr. L. R. Hoskins, Sydney; Mr. and Misses Joseph, Wellington; Mr.

and Mrs. A. G‘. Milson and Mr. T. L. Milson, Sydney; Miss Whitney; Mr. Gordon Holmes, Glenmurray; Mr. W. Mitchell, Sydney; Hon. Dr. Pomare, Wellington; Mr. A. N. Polson, Mr. C. Bridges, Mr. Van Staveren, Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. Cummins Cherry, London; Mr. G. W. Guthrie, Wellington; Mr. Gordon Reid, Wellington; Mr. C. Miller; Mr. T. O. Brice, Dunedin; Mr. W. Bagard, Turua; Mr. S. Bagnall, Turua; Mrs. J. F. Hood, London; Mr. E. H. Ryle, Mr. Haywood Morrow, Mr. W. G. Wickham, Wellington; Mr. C. Regan, Sydney; Mr. L. G. James, Wellington; Mr. W. J. Prouse, Wellington; Mr. C. R. Rpbieson, and Mr. and Mrs. Melville Jameson, Timaru.

The guests at the Central Hotel last week included: Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, Armadale, N.S.W.; Miss Coventry; Mrs. Beresford and Mr. W. Beresford; Mr. A. D. Thomson, Wellington; Mr. G. M. Thomson, Dunedin; Mr. G. Hogben, Wellington; Mr. J. Stanchon, Wellington; Mr. H. M. Gore, Wellington; Mr. D. Petrie, Hawera; Mr. and Miss Foster and Mr. T. F. Foster, Wanganui; Mrs. Martin Innes, Wanganui; Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Wells, Cambridge; Miss L. Hussey, Wellington; Mrs. W. A. Little, Miss Griffiths, Sydney; Mr. T. Wilford, M.P., Wellington; Mr. J. Sanderson, Te Kuiti; Mr. P. Nicholls, Christchurch; Mr. W. Candler, Samoa; Mr. John Coleman, G'lsborne; Mr. J. McDonald, Gisborne; Father Finn, Te Kuiti; Mr. B. Mahoney, Trentham; Mr. J. W. Sparkes, Sydney; Mr. R. Keene, Wellington; Dr. W. J. Anderson, .Wellington; Mr. J. W. Black; Mr. and Mrs. T. Mitchell, Auckland; Mr. Eric Fraser, Cambridge; and Mr. Joseph Banks, Cambridge.

The guests at the Star Hotel last week included: Mr. Yeoman, Sydney; Mr. and Mrs. F. Jagger, Stanley Bay; Mr's| Saunders;, Napier; Mr 1 . A. B. Pownall, Dunedin; Messrs. M. and E. Friedlander, Mercer; Mr. P. Fletcher, Sydney; Mr. G. Gore, Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. Penty, Gisborne; Mrs. Dr. Reid, England; Capt. and Mrs. Kennedy, Waiheke; Captain Hayman, Sydney; Mr. Butler, Sydney; Mr. Stevens, Te Kuiti; Mr. Jacobs, Te Kuiti; Mr. and Mrs. Horn&by, Wairarapa; Miss Moir, Invercargill; Rev. Stewart Ogden, Wellington; Mrs. Harvey, New Plymouth; Mr. A.IE. Vare, Mr. A. Cameron, Captain Clough, Mr. R. Fulton, Mr. P. Billings, Mr. L. Smith, Mr. B. Morley, Mr. Wright, Mr. A. F. Neis, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Symes, all of Wellington; Mr. Pattie Izett, Wanganui; and Mr. O’Brien, Waiheke.

Amongst the guests who were staying at the Royal Hotel last week were: Mr. S. S. Campbell, Dargaville: Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hobbs, Hastings; Mr. Lundie, Wanganui; Mr. Collie, Wellington; Mr. S. S. Williams, Wellington; Mr. Wilson, Whangarei; Mr. and Mrs. Windram, Whangarei; Mr. Millar, Wellington; Mr. Barugh, Hamilton; Mrs. Ingleby Millar, Te Awamutu; Mrs. and Miss Witherow, Gisborne; Mr. Darling, Dargaville; Mr. E. J. O’Brien, Waiheke;. Mr., Mrs. and Miss Clapham, Wanganui; Mr. Cavanagh, Hamilton; Mr. J. Stewart, Hamilton; Mr. W. H. Dann, Thames; Mr. T. T. Harrison, Vancouver; Mr. Mark Harrison, Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. Vosper, Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. and Misses Morrison, New Plymouth; Mr. and Mrs. Perry, New Plymouth; Mr. R. G. Butcher, Wellington; Mr. Percy Fisher, Te Puke; Mr. S. J. Bennett, Hamilton; Mr. Armstrong,

Thames; Mr. Aldridge, New Plymouth; Mr. F. Baird, Hastings; Mr. Flavel, Wanganui; Mr. and Mrs. Carthew, Palmerston North; Mr. and Mrs. D. Thomas, Sydney; Mr. G. de Bayliss, Wellington; Miss A. Wilson, Whangarei; and Mr. and Mrs. Wells, Palmerston North. ♦ * < Captain Plummer, harbourmaster at Tokomaru Bay, returned home last week by the Monowai, after a holiday spent in Auckland. • ft ft ft Miss J. M. Patterson, of Wellington, who has been on a holiday visit to Auckland, returned south by the Monowai. -k -k *k Mr. Fred. Browne, a young Aucklander, who has been for some years in practice as an architect in San Francisco, is at present on a visit to his native 7 city. Mr. Browne had some part in the erection of the gigantic Exposition Buildings on the shores of the Golden Gate.

Mr. M. Raitchevitch, who claims to have been the correspondent for the Belgrade combined newspapers during Hie late Balkan disturbance, left Wellington, in company with Mrs. Raitchevitch, by the Moana for San Francisco. Mr. Raitchevitch came into prominence in connection with his utterances on the war during the last trip of the Niagara.

Dr. Mcßae, of Te Kuiti, left by the Riverina last week to catch the Oceanic steamer Ventura at Sydney, en route to England and the fighting zone.

Miss Winifred Smallfield, the daughter of the Rev. P. Smallfield, of Epsom, left by the Riverina last week for an extended holiday at Toowoomba, Queensland.

Mrs. Frances Frankau, of Tauranga, accompanied by her daughter, left by the Moana from Wellington en route for England, via San Francisco. Mr. Frankau is in France with his regiment.

Mr. J. W. Clark, who is connected with the Melbourne Tourist Bureau, returned by the Riverina last week.

The Rev. Father Ahearn left Auckland last week for Sydney.

Mr. C. Traill, well-known in the intercolonial trade as third engineer on the Victoria, left last week for Queensland, where he intends to reside in future.

Mr. J. Paterson, of the firm of Messrs. Paterson and Robertson, Auckland, salied from Auckland last week on his way to England to offer for service against the Germans.

Mr. Latimer, of Auckland, left last week by the Riverina on a trip to Sydney.

Mr. A. G. Graham, manager for Messrs. Briscoe and Co., Auckland, sailed for Sydney last week by the Riverina.

Miss E. L. Dobbie, of Market Road, Auckland, left ' by the Riverina to catch the P. and O. Moldavia in Sydney. en route to London. She will probably be away from New Zealand some twelve months or more.

Several fine heads have been secured by deer stalkers this season in the foothills of the Southern Alps. In the op'nion of one sportsman, the red deer of the Southern Alps afford the finest sport in the world.

The Tourist Committee of Duned'n is agitating for a daily train service between the Granite City and the Cold Lakes.

Lieutenant H. E. Clunies Ross, who, prior to the outbreak of war, was on the literary staff of the “Sydney Morning Herald,” is shortly leaving Sydney for the front with the Light Horse. Lieutenant Ross is a member of the well-known family owning Cocos-Keeling Island, visited by the Emden, and has brothers in New Zealand. He is also a nephew of Mr. Martin Donohoe, the well-known war correspondent now at the front, who was himself a Sydney journalist at one period of his career.

The game-shooting season is reported as having been diasppointing

so far in Otago. Prior to the opening of the season wild ducks were plentiful, but slaughter began at midnight on May 1, and the birds naturally resented a sort of sporting policy of “frightfulness,” and sought sanctuary in protective areas. Several sportsmen who are content with a reasonable “bag,” and do not wantonly kill wild birds, contend that there are now too many sanctuaries in the Otago province. In near-by haunts the employment of decoys may enable one to secure a few brace of wildfowl, but in order to gam a good outing with a gun it is necessary to go far inland. It has been noticed at several sanctuaries in New Zealand this season several ducks have come in wounded for shelter. There are men in need of target practice.

One-sixth of the total membership of the Nottinghamshire Miners’ Association, representing 5000 men, have joined the forces.

Scottish heather has become acclimatised in parts of th© North Island, notably at Opepe, near Taupo.

The Taranaki Acclimatisation Soiety is starting the new year with a credit balance of £6l odd.

The young soldier who has played a little football, a little tennis, and can swim, seems to be equal to the best. He is cheerful when others are becoming irritated, and in the final rush of an assault he is, as a rule, in the forefront.

There has been a very fine display of stags’ heads at the Christchurch branch of the Government Tourist Bureau. There are, in all, 12 heads, which were shot in the Rakaia herd. The antlers in the majority of cases are very heavy, and it is satisfactory to note that in most cases the heads have each a full complement of bay tines, some of them being very good. The heads vary from 10 to 14- pointers, but the majority of them are 12 pointers. Most of them have a very fine spread, and two or three have a good, bold arch. The heads were secured by Messrs. Jessop, J. Deans, Urquhart, W. Palmer, E. V. Palmer, W. Bond, A. H. Hunter-Weston, and the Murchison Bros.

The Infanta Eulalia of Spain has written a sketch of the personal characteristics and family life of the Tsar, as she observed them during a winter visit to Petrograd. “It is his tenderness,” she says, “that distinguishes him from most Sovereigns I know. His affection for his mother, his devotion to his wife and children, are the outcome of this quality, and its exercise is not confined to his domestic life.”

Apart from the general effect on the war itself, and the releasing of a tremendous quantity of Russian grain, the re-opening of the Dardanelles, when it is accomplished, will have quite a notable effect on shipping in the way of restoring to trade a large number of vessels which were shut up in the Black Sea when the Turkish Empire entered the war. The distribution of such ships, according to national flags, is as follows: —British 11, Russian 27, Belgian 5, French 5, Greek 12, Italian 9, Roumanian 10, Danish 2, Swedish 2, Dutch 1, Bulgarian 1.

Despite the heavy appearance of the German soldiers’ helmets they are exceedingly light. They are made of steel, but they are nearly as light as a straw hat, and far more comfortable. The large military-looking spike is not placed on the top of the helmet for ornament alone. There are several large holes in it, which ventilate the wearer’s head. The steel from which the helmet is made is exceedingly thin —almost as thin as paper, and all round the inside, where the helmet touches the head there are a number of springs. These springs, which are covered with leather, serve to keep the helmet firmly on the head, without any great pressure.

Upwards of 5000 ships pass through the Suez Canal in the course of a ytar, representing a total of more than 20,000,000 tons of shipping.

The shooting season opened very auspiciously in the Eltham district, and the weather conditions were perfect. The crack of the gun was to be heard in all parts of the district, and in some cases good bags are reported. Quail are said to be fairly plentiful, while hares are in abundance.

Evidently deer are making their way to the forest portions of Southland. A stag, with a fine set of horns, was seen grazing on a farm at Forest Hill recently. Some draught horses in a paddock took exception to the stranger’s presence and hunted it. The stag cleared the fences, and was soon lost to view in the neighbouringbush.

Reviewing the present military situation experts in London and elsewhere have expressed their belief that to penetrate the straits the marine forces ought to be well supported on land. The G'aliipoli Peninsula is the northern or European side of the Dardanelles. At its head it is not more than three or four miles wide. If this neck of land were effectively held by the Allies, Turkish communication with the strong positions on the Peninsula would be impossible.

German influence is very strong and well organised in the Balkan States. There are in Bukharest about fifty thousand Germans, who' keep under their control all Roumanian trade and industry, and German capital is a powerful ruler of this Germanised country and a web in which all Roumania is entangled. In the centre of this web a large German spider, in a German helmet, is sitting and watching for the moment to rush on his victim.

In spite of the dry weather at Tauranga, all kinds of game are reported to be numerous. Pheasants are generally plentiful, while quail are to. be met with in abundance. Hares have increased considerably during the last two dry seasons, but, according to the chairman of the local Acclimatisation Society, have given no indication of becoming a pest, as they have done in several parts of the Dominion. Trout fishing locally continues to improve. and the fish are appearing in several new streams, where they were recently liberated. The Omanawa premises to become one of the best streams in the North Island. Its waters are clear and fast —two qualities which render the fish good fighters. Trout up to 71b in weight have already been caught. Care is being taken that the supply shall remain good for future seasons, and with this z object in view recently a large number of fry were successfully liberated. Very satisfactory reports are being received respecting the local herd of red deer. Seventeen deer, it is stated, have been counted in one lot, one stag having an especially good head. It is surmised that strangers ‘ have joined the local herd from some neighbouring district. A further consignment of two stags and three hinds will reach Tauranga from Wellington.

Mr. W. C. Becke-Daly, of Melbourne, reached Auckland by the Niagara, after touring the world.

Strasburg, the capital of Alsace, was annexed by Germany in 870, taken by France in, 1681, and recaptured by Germany in 1870.

The bulk of the armies of Russia (says the “Morning Post”) will' not attempt to attack Germany on her own territory until her fighting forces have been smashed beyond recovery on ground that suits Russia, but not Germany, namely, the cockpit of Poland. That smashing process is now going on.

The Mount Hector tourists’ track has been cleared from Greytown to the Tau-h-erenikau River.

The Rajah of Pudukota has , left Sydney for Melbourne.

The entire white .population of the British Empire is less than tire population of the German Empire, and rather larger tl.an that of Japan. •.• • - •

The Hapsburg troops from first to last in the war with Servia lost 100,000 men — some 60.000 killed and wounded, some 40,000 prisoners—as well as many guns and masses of ammunition and stores. The Serbs are preparing to carry the fight again either into Bosnia or Hungary, or both.

If £lOOO were placed at tl.’e disposal of the British Government, it would meet the expenses of war on land and sea and of troops in training for one minute and a half.

Major-Genseiral Georgd Ricketts - Roberts, half-brother of Lord Roberts, died at Richmond a few weeks ago. He was eighty-eight years of age, and was born at Meerut, the first son of Sir Abraham Roberts by his first marriage. He entered the army when seventeen years of age, and saw active service at the Battle of Sobraon, 1845, and many times afterwards. He was thanked twice by the Government of India for his work during outbreaks of cholera.

When oil is seen on the surface of the water after a submarine has disappeared it is prima facie evidence that something serious has happened to it. This is the opinion of Mr J. S. McCormick, a Diesel oil engine expert at (Present visiting Wellington. The oil can only come from one place, Mr McCormick holds, and if the oil tank be punctured the submarine is done for. It was hardly likely that oil would be purposely strewn upon the water by a sinking submarine.

The Russians have a very effective way of dealing with Germans in their midst. Every German not of military age is chased out of the country as speedily as possible. However much money he has, he is only allowed t(o take 500 roubles, equal to about £5O. Russia has finished with Germany, for this generation at least, and it would be wise for the British to get what Germany has had for thirty years. It is •ours for the asking, but the Russian merchant will want to see our travellers. German travellers in the past captured Russian trade because they went there to get it.

Germany has struck a fatal blow at the cigar and cigarette industry in Denmark by prohibiting the export to that country of tobacco from Bremen.

Dr Gilbert Dive, F.R.C.P., formerly of Hawera, now in the Army Medical Service, is serving with the army in France’ * $ * m An exceptionally large number of Germans are, it is .stated, employed in leading commercial houses in Liverpool, aifd a strong agitation has arisen to secure their dismissal. * • * * « The Dardanelles of Hellspont is so intimately associated with Leander and Byron thait few remember Helle, after whom the bombarded Cape Helles also is named (writes a London journal-. Ist). She was the daughter af Athames. KJng of Thebes, and along with her brother Phryxus suffered intolerably at the hands of her stepmother Ino. So they embarked upon a golden ram, which Poseidon (Noptune) had conveniently given to their own. mother, and upon this natural ZeppeLin started to fly to Calchis, at the Eastern end of the Black Sea. Unhappily Helle became giddy when over the straits and fell into the sea. Phryxus stayed to bury her on the shore and name the strait after her, and then flew on to Calchis, where he sacrificed the ram, and the local king killed him to get the golden tieece. And in due time tho’ Argonauts camo to fetch it back.