q " ' THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1926 ig a — _— - "a — : — : " : —— ra * 5 a —_ —, — . ti - =< = SS ==> | launch, Later weroamed through | fields and bush.and background)) 0 7 TTT SWAT ea aT TTAT: the bush. . I have forgotten the|of; hills, Mangoes, pawpaws, j| . . OUR COUSINS ‘(OWN UNDER ‘||| ante’‘ahd spiders where we lunch-| bananas, and other tebpicgs fruits ZEPeeai saw iwne _. . BY VGH SAVAGE, DUNCAN, B.C. - “Wed on the ground. Qur friends|abound here, “9 " + ~ at de NA ] _ With the Ingpprial Press Gonfgfence in Australia, were humorists and are still our] We had already seen children FOR TRANSPLANTING ce MER ereditors. They would aecceptlriding “two ug” gn hopseback || —————-——- ~ — ‘from school. 1: this locality the || NINTH ARTICLE, A night in a train of, narrow ( guarge but wide comfort brought a,us to Bundaberg (9,300 popula- tion). Here have the strong #/brought forth sweetness. The }| canefields of chocolate soil stretch afar around the Bingera and other mills. The blue ocean rims the # flat, ensily-worked land, A rum #/ distillery abides there also. |; ‘The native corraboree and dis | Dlav of aboriginal craft was as new to.us as to most of the.sever- | al thousand spectators who flood- Hed from their seats into the big oval and had. to return to them, { These natives are as low in the f scale as the Maoriis high. They are gradually dying out. | . Their black skins, bare save for 5 short trousers, were dawbed with ‘mystic tribal] designs in white. tt A score of them danced to strange i chanting and grimaces. In one B figure a black fellow, with legs a’ extended to an incredible width, i fluttered on his toes while parted i arms were suvetched high. F illustrated the hovering of the Py hawk, , , Expert Spear Throwing ‘Even a Zulu would “Wow” ap- provingly to see these fellows’ q long, straight spears hurled from f. a ‘‘wommerah’’ (spear-thrower). § When little “Tommy Tucker’ fi uvdertook to ward off spears E thrown at him from a hundred yards’ range, excitement was in- tense. With his tiny shield.like i wommerah he crouched low and, i stick in hand, smashed or divert- This| Boomerangs sailed high, curved, spun, pirovetted and returned. such are for amusement, The fighting and hunting boomerang does not return. Among the onlookers were Bundaberg Scouts and Guides and Brownies, whose love to their brothers and sisters in Canada I now pass on as directed. . At night, at the station, we parted from our..black entertain- ers, while a native born Austra- lian piper stirred some feet to reel and more hearts to melting with ‘‘Bonnie Prince Charlie,”’ Another night in the train, and with roses and al fresco -peech, in a veritable temple of beauty, ‘with bamboo and bougainvillea in the transepts and tall palms for a nave. And there, among the bunting, waved a Canadian shipping flag. This was in that “other Eden”? which is the-bota- nical gardens, Highest Hospitality Shown Labor troubles, plus fire under- ground, prevented our visit to the Mount “Morgan copper mines. Then our 30,000 hosts through their mayor, gave us leave to follow our own inclinations, You will have gathered that the Aus- tralians are hospitable. Here we proved it is not skin deep. The Fitzroy river and a quiet picnic sounded nice this Sunday after- noon, ‘Six of us looked by the river’s brim and immediately two Rockhampton folk weleomed us} — — ===" |nothing but our thanks. - Jed the lightning - like shafts, Cotton grows and is ginned hereabouts. Cattle are canned in a great factory.. Here, too, is the tropic of Capricorn. There is a different look in people’ seves and figures, and there are veils dropping from the hats of the girls, The houses stand high on open foundations.- As is usual in Australia, corrugated iron roofs are many and decorative iron- work is lavishly employed on verandahs. Ip the shopping streets throughout the Common- wealth the sidewalk is under cover of an almost continuous colonnade. Sights That Were Seen. Forty miles from Rockhampton there are seashells so tiny that they make the ‘‘sand’’ at Emu ‘Park. A sunny sea, gemmed with enticing islands, beckons to explorations of the Great Barrier Reef. But—as at so many places —'*We must go back.’”’ This is our ‘‘farthest. north.’ - we stayed ‘a day at Nambour. Some of us took “‘the high road’? low road,”’ among the sugar carie, narrowest of guages, Janders had a sun bath on top of to. Maroochydore-near the sea. | Our river trail then circled to} Dunethin rock, ‘where one may: working men volunteered their Before returning to Brisbane amid the orange blossoms of the Blackall range; some took ‘'the We all experienced rides on a cane train, behind a funny little engine which jolted over the The low- a launch down Maroochy River. gaze over a wide vista of cane- kiddies were backed in a launch and delivered to the trim farm houses we had passed on: the river banks. From Brisbane we steamed west to the Darling Downs, where the pastoralist has gradu- ally been replaced by the agricul- turist and dairyman, who export overseas much butter and cheese. Toowcomba’s. wide streets are richly lined with trees, There live 22,000 people. Here we saw a remarkable municipal, quarry. The rock is blasted and the result is: equally-sized, square stones, all ready for road metal. The city is on top of the Main Range, and lovely views of valleys and hills may be gained nearby. Railway Guages Differ Through Warwick we came to Wallangarra, where passengers, Jbaggaze, and freight transfer from the narrow guage of Queens- New South Wales rails. The pink of peach blossoms adorned the gardens when we left Sydney bound for Melbourne, On the border we went through the train fehanging peformance again, this ‘itime to the broad guage of Vic- toria’s lines. land to the standard width of | DAHLIA AND GLADIOLUS “BULBS VEGETABLE PLANTS “CUT FLOWERS AND. ' FLOWERING PLANTS | ‘Send for free catalogue of guaranteed seeds and plants D. Glennie | "PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. NEW IMPROVED FORD. CARS Will arrive April First. Be sure to see them before you buy any other ear . . FULL STOCK OF PARTS . ALWAYS ON HAND The place is Albury, whose war memorial is a tall shaft of stone crowning a hill, It is flouded with light at night, and is one of the most impressive of the huo- dreds we saw in Australia. _ Here also is the Murray river, mother of irrigation for countless acres, vader construction at the Hume Sap eee aay a the dullest surface. a - B-H. English Paint assures painting success. The first _-brush-dip tells its‘own story of quality. Absolutely pure . and free from grit or lumps, it spreads with silfky smooth- ness, leaving a trail of matchless beauty that transforms iN Boat : res . . ; -B-H English Paint B-H English Pain : o protects and preserves to an unusual degree; It spreads further — ° effectively— gallon for. gallon, than any other t. Its lustrous film is air-tight, The sun cannot blister it. It Js tough and un- yielding yet elastic enough to.expand or contract with the tem : “Tperature. 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Mr. Bruce, the prime minister (who presided), ,a .per- sonal greeting from Mr. Macken- zie King, and ‘‘a similar word of greeting -to thé great people of and government of Canada.” - The Conference, which, Mr. King wrote, ‘‘should provide an expression of those ideas and ideala which we cherish in com- /mon,” was opened next morning by the retiring Governor-General (Lord Forster), who had specially delayed his departure. for this reason. His words, those ot Mr. Bruce, the Governor of Victoria (the Earl of Stradbroke, who | goes home via Canada this spring) and of Lord Burnham, the presi-= ‘Ident of the Conference, are full) ‘lof general: interest, but—they. would fill too many columns.: ) 1. D. T Green of Quick. one: of Valley; ‘has: birchased an 2,(2,P. Shorthorn’ -bull-to:head;his dairy herd. » He is dévéloping: a -splen- CUP eves dtp pe ere gt Miho 4a W.S. 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