"AS OTHERS SEE US."

Inangahua Times, Volume 19, 18 November 1878, Page 2

"AS OTHERS SEE US."

A correspondent ol tho Surrey Comet, «n English county nowspnpor, writes as follows, under dute Vrollin^ton, July 20, 1878 ;— 41 Most peoplo on Inndinfif in New ZaiInnd s^om surprised nt finding it inch a civilised county. They npponr toimnnino that they nro enuring to f«m.i a rouuh nnd ready kind of life, into which even n con» ftict with fifirnn^s may pomihly entor. Cuns* qncnlly *mno of then hung with them elaborately fitted tool chests nnd ■ tvedicino rhosts, nnd not nnfrrquently * perfect armoury of dng^rtrs, cutlmswc'And rerolyerfl. At tho present tim?, h*?**' over, it is diflliMilt (or mo to renliso mat I nm not in a hustling, thriving, soaport lown in Rnginnd. Tlio uliops are filled with fyerything both in the «b,'ipe of neepssnries nnd luxuries thnt mnii or womnn enn wish for, nnd nil the la'cst novelties thnt I fnw in Lmdon, whore j they had been introduced junt as T was coming nwny, nre herestnring mo in ihe face, I ro tnlo the Police Courf, nnd tlicro rrcrylliintf conspire* to mftke me bolievo thnt I nm bnck nxnin in I'ln^lnnd. Thore is the piiiiont, but keen wilted nnd business like stipe,n>.linry ; thonclive and tntolli^ont poliuemnn in the dox ; the ('runic and incnpnldo in the dock nhh tho I old pleiiK thnt ho hnd n drop, but wasn't drunk, thnt ho mot some friends, who gave him « drop, nnd it ovorenmo him,' or Unit he vran too drunk to romomhrtr what took place s niul, G'lally, thore is tho vim konipt, eril'smelling crowd at tho Uncle of the Court, who nro in the habit of fji?in£ vont to opplnuso, whioh was immodintcdy supproNSod. T go to (ho meetings of the munioipnl and local gOTernment bodies in the neighbourhood, nnd flio tight of tho benevolont'looking gentli'man who pro* sidc.fi over the august osnombly (bo draper looking clerk, nnd the comfortable well-lo-do looking contleman cittinp; round the trndilional tnblo corcrod with blue, cloth carries mo back at once to similnr scones in tho old country, where, sooth ti say, 1 hnvo been nearly bored to death with discussions on sowngo, anrfaoo dnin», galleys, innd water cur to. Our Mouse of ho Uoprescntntives, hns the officers the, rules, und fortm of tho f Touso of Commons Wo hnvo our Glndatono, our Dißrneli,onr Robort Low— yes, and even our Biggnr 1 Only, n< New Zoalandors gonernlly imn« K'no that they nro a litllo nhend of the old country in whntoror we undertake, so do we oi't-do you in tho matter of our Bij»g'\t'( Ours hns mndo a spoooh 6(5 hours in length, and ht? nnd his fellow obstrue* tiros have mannccd to keep tho Home sitting from Thursday afternoon till late on Saturday nitfht without an adjourn* mot t! 1 Thero is no dou'>t that towns in New Zealand aro much nhoud of towns of similar sizo in England, What lown of 24 00) inhabitmtH at homo, for instin«.>, supports two morning and two evening newspapers, besides several weeklies, as Wellington d-os P Onr ohurchcß, thoafro?, m'iseiim, nthonra-tm, working men's club, and publio institutiwi i>f all kinds would also bo creftitablo to far larger towns in England, As another instanco of tho go-ahead spirit of tho Colony, I may montion that we aro just op-Jivng n steam tramway for running lliuou^h the priaci^l str«ot< of the city.

Thare it, however, on« foutuo nbo.it WtfllitmtoM which slrkoH "ho st'siM^r .n curioiH nt first, ntul that is that nil Mie buildings aro builf, <if wood, except n very few brick one, wlu'clj are just being run up by way of experiment. Many f timid wooden building, however, ar* so artfully diiguisod that nt Iho first «lanco tlioy aro frequently mistukon for stone. The reason why th<*y are luilfc of wo>d i 9 that oocisiotuU shock* of earthquake are felt hero. 4lt must not rie inugintct thai New Zealand is a land Jbwing with milk aod honey to all who choose to come hori». Clorks would do much hollar to stay at homo, as alth mgh wages are n littU bettor hero, housekeeping i« much m>re exponsivo. Labourers nnd ikil'ed artU.ins would find their lot mutoria'ly hotior^d, ns not only nre «*{|ros much higher that* in tho olil country, b'tt, owing to th» high rnlo of interest, their i.ivin^i inerouKo so much mora rapidly h«ro. In fnct, a tlo.idy, f/u-jal, industrious man may «oo» place hinnelf in a position of independence. As mny be inferro>l, it h a fino country for Uio capitMliit, lnrgi ommnll. ITo will do well, howcror, not to rush into speculation At ono.o on his nrrivAt, but to wnt ; or take a situation of some kind for » year or two till ha lihh tjni'ifd a little Coloni.ll orpnrie.icc. It 'n a mhtnko'to «tippo«e that immediately on your arrival you will at ouco find numerous chances of making your fort and , immediately presenting tliomse're* t« you, or that New inland U like that famous foiry.land whore iho roflst^J ducks rsn ttbout, crying, ' !Cat me, eat mo.' A mnn to get o» here must bo miulo of the right stuff, as li<t will find plooty of keen, hard competition to figlu aanin^t in making his way through tlio world.'