Show SALT up T 0 o py SEW jaily julat 4 bush new 7 FV 1 k 1 ta J A few Hues from 10 new W zealand would avld be of t Interest to your dut reh readers dors among w wodai abdin A 1 I have stian many frieada fri friA eHda tda I 1 em ein drace brice the 0 opportunity Y which a stor storay i y day I 1 affords to write this letter being called by bi president woodruff on octo october ber 2 1892 to a mission in tb this to land I 1 left salt bait lake cuy in company with elder chas peterson Petera oo or of riverton salt lake county at 1005 am december 3 1892 reached san francisco sunday the aw at pm locating at Hack Back mens hotel we securer our berth berths a on the thes S 8 mono wal which laid in the harbor await log european mails maila we then visited jabe the cliff house golden gate park sutro autro heights and the academy ol of science all ot of these places are both beautiful and instructive to who can fully appreciate them we also visited the mint and saw how holi coi n 18 mad I 1 ii I 1 two w 0 sates sales sealed by the tea treasury pury department were silver dollars placed tan re as security lor for a like amount ol 01 silver certini ties item in circulation at 3 pm dec 10 1892 our steamer cast caal away uway and soon dropped the pilot at the jol jen gate prom from that datie until he elie I 1 have nothing interesting to record having been subject to severe seasickness durkus mat perlo period l on saturday the at am we reached Hon honolulu lulu wien islands Isia there we were abet by elders J T uiles giles aud and aloert J davis davie of center ward salt L ie he city it was good tu to snake hanis with the brethren the air at that early hour was cool and balmy but was followed by a close sultry day with the thermometer around 90 deg causing us to perspire pera pire quit freely at 8 we hau breakfast with the biet bren named in the bisio house afterwards visiting vi ailing the meeting house fuere anere services are regularly hold held with the hawaiians Hawaii ane ans we paitool of delicious ier ice cream sods soda th that t reminded us ua ol of such treats at home flowery abounded ou on every hand band while oranges cocoa duts and other fruits ao arrieu rieu the trees treats in the gardens garde rip there baua as aa were worth twenty five bews tur tor large bun bunched chee they were very jear at thal thai price we ave tol lolu leavi g trio business pur tiou wo wi the queens place palace dud grounds returning to elie lie clocks ai unu owr turre the royal ha banu bana was employed tor for out oue and a halt hours in rendering eions at pm we a stopped stepped aboard our boat to the me strains of abid lang dyne and floated out to sea to the familiar and touching melody home sweet hume home ly aitu kindest recollections of our stopover stop over we once more submitted to the monotony and ana routine of f an ocean voyage on dec we reached apia abia and were met by elders browning suoi sum mei hays bassett hilton and abell we nad had parcels for most of them and right glad they were to shake hands bands with boys from utah we spent four hours there in sight eight seeing though it was insufferably hot our clothing adhered to us ua in an unpleasant manner but out our stay was in m all other respects made enjoyable by the brethren there the profusion of nature was dea de hi ifal ul plus pine apples 9 bread brea fruit bananas fike re 14 ats obber tropical ial A tt 1 grow in hot abundance we hirl afi fine 11 ni la a Itla ill aay dj first clash hotel at the of a japanese named ah sue on thle the invitation of bf brother Summer bays hayi As arwe we walked around with the brethren we were objects of intense curiosity to the scantily olad ola d simoa samoa us and thio the word cormons mormons Mor mons passed from lip to lip but the best beat of friends must part so eo hearing the ships whistle we hurried to our boat and were soon again ou on board the Mon owai at the vessel headed around and the enterprising samoan peddlers dropped over ib the ship s side into the water and swain ashore i one of the passengers got tu toxic abed aud and struck the captain for which he was promptly i put in irons ja where he remained a for several days until cooled ot on that I 1 believe was the only unpleasant incident iu in the whole voyage we belt its chief town ton behind and also the inland of tutuila fut Nit uila where itro re trouble over the king iship of bf tile the Sa mabs was resul resulting tink in doth death to baoy of them we had the privilege vileo of talking on the to co many mady ot of the passengers brother peterson Peter seu and myself did all we to lity lay the real situation iu in utah be ore them and I 1 tully lully bellev believe with good results 1 1 on december lotfi at 1180 1130 am we steppe 1 on new zealand soil at auckland having been bieu nineteen days and twenty aud a naif aalf hours making the vo voyage uge alter su omitting to the usual cust customs ms regulations we strolled etrul leu up the main fare queen street to a mr dacons Da lions hons at nu no to a enquire a q fi re farour fur our brethren a we found elders mikon Dion and ana clarence W taylor completing arrangements lor for a lour round the they leit led on the on the to fe anu bior australia who elder eider gourde hales haie or spanish fork fora we were left in ue tie oily city aur a week then elder peterson petersen lett left auckland for Palme palmerston raton north where he is now la laboring among the europeans with some aue deise I 1 was appointed to travel in the whangarei ai district with elder hales anu ou on jan uary ath we began our northward nort award journey lou ruey we have hold held meetings with cue cae few saints dainas tuat mat now make up the branch brauc tj and it was urgent to round up the native anu and european knuts under our watch eare t at are scat scattered terea from auckland to the bay of islands on the north where we have a branch at waikare Wai kare there theft are five oberg rs besides those already named at copti te Kib iwai and great barrier island anu and hora hors hora five of these branches are made up of mabris maoris entirely the other two of europeans and natives too boarding the little coasting steamer planet we got to River heads in the evening some fourteen miles in throe three hours we stopped at that night and next day went to horseshoe bush to the home of brother charles hardy who is well known to all the elders who have traveled in this part of new zealand securing horses that rejoice in the suggestive titles of castor oil and hopu kopu nui 11 1 1 we pushed on to te kahawai Kah iwai our first branch of maori saints having made many friends on our journey I 1 got my first introduce tion ton to m here and aw was boon BOOB at fiddie horn h orn li inong wil I 1 ant bienda word vord of their laa language Juige the president of this branah bran teh bh MAI iw 18 a gray headed intelli intelligent ent native and a had good man we held sunday sanday school 1 I loathe morning of the r ment meat wee ing in the after afternoon brother hates hales acted as interpreter I 1 spoke ake a shor time to the meeting on s toe the object of our missionary laborers we visited two families at Manga the and and abd held meeting with them the saints at copits changa whanga were pleased to see us ue and we e remained five daysee days we hold held gat with about forty present when I 1 had the flast opportunity of lof laying the gospel before the people in my own tongue eloer elder hales followed in a few timely words and at the meeting closed we then had a pitch I with W mr carter A primitive methodist who ho so BO kindly ainaly offered us the school house it was after midnight when we reached brother anos Finlayson la home where we were then stA staying yung I 1 r f il the branch ia 18 co composed m posed of three ia millee with hans B R petersen aa aa president defit I 1 brother fi clayson has hall charier charge of the sunday school and though few in number the scholars are abreast of tile the times in knowledge of the first principles of the gospel of christ I 1 on the we reached hora hora tut but the mahrle maoris having gathered at to a hui 1 we joined them there and ana held service several times hoail mei mai kaio a fine man aria esteemed among his race is the president of hora branch many elders eiders who have labored there no doubt remember him well it was there we met a mr john giffney the schoolmaster of this place and made a firm friend of him he HB is i H g the gospel I 1 left him the voice f warning which he roun aeu to carefully consider at we met many ot of tile the maris irem the great barrier and held sacrament and testimony meetings on february we met with some natives at lokau mokau and held karafia Ka rakia I with them at waikare Wai hare kare on the we met benere kemp and other saints and I 1 bad the first opportunity to practice myself at al a genuine maori hunga 01 or rubbing noses 1108 ell elder hales taking lead I 1 pressed my nose care ully on that of each native as they passed from him to me anu and I 1 must confess that I 1 found nothing disagreeable about ittu fact 1 I rather rathar liked it though it was a novelty to me I 1 understand some of our brethren dont care to 11 hunga 11 but lor for my my part i 1 would rather do so than not particularly so when it seems there la Is more for god and the gospel in those who observe this cu custom stoin during our stay there we held sun day school once and one sacrament meeting elder hales spoke to the maoris laoris in their own tongue and I 1 had the privilege of listening to their musical language during the afternoon I 1 had the pleasure of three maori boys boya there they were named huri hori Wi niata benere and coant hoani beneta ii we went out over very rough hills to to te karetu kareta eight miles and held beld a short service with the maoris laoris there who are mostly wesleyann wesleyans Wesle Weale returning to opuawhanga A I 1 A i 1 ia 1 if sky over tj there rap because of a very heavy ralo rain which resulted reaul ted in a flood that did much damage to property and stock block since then we have helu helo three meet ingot gs in outside schoolhouses and halls halla a bay mats mata and footes footed mill at maungatapere have ha ba i i a share of our we met m with h the mill and bushman at the latter latler place ou on march and were most moat codly treated elder hales preached I 1 aub great power on the gospel for or helwe quarters of nn an hour when I 1 up abb time in hearing bearing my and corroborating his re the utmost attention was waa 1 IN pau i and yu might have heard a pin 1 drop for over an hour mr wm owner was kindness kindne aa itself mid we no greatly e enjoyed ajoy ed our stay abhi bush so ae they cail their umber imber forests here has baa as beautiful a loaf Of timber to in it as aa I 1 have ever seen auen caurie ka urie whose fall under W ans ax sounds like a uis ale eUr geo of ar pr are As aa thick aa they amwel catu well stand 1011 estimated that it WU wol take joke ti to olev clear it of glod Wj Umber when our host boat alitt iii tenH was if pable I 1 to visit the jobed states witch jk his hie family many of theae tomma will cut feet of clear ber bu occasionally these roar ea taxi will contain leet one sow w stands standa at opuawhanga that to ie over 46 feet in circumference since our visit to foo footed tes te s mill we have best to Ken buca ruatangata fluid Whan whangateau gateau besides our regular enog aladee wo jive have bove traveled ed miles in all at j we left for the north and expect jabe at our starting point in two days more we have labored extensively among the europeans and many new friends appear on all sides we have laade arrangements fur for the use ties of chool houses bouses and balls wherever practicable I 1 e that we may lay jay the jusiel hespel before the people on our next our oar health him has been bood oud though the be earlier part of our journey vs ao marked ty by many wet days winter unter is in approaching and the tb I 1 will soon oe be very difficult I 1 cult to bog holes hoks deeper sud and the wl aid rivers and swamps mure more danger jorj k the lord has baa blessed and ami preserved aft ID many ways and our teri testimony increases day by day midy many ads have been raised up for us as in time of f need abed 1 I am doieg a lit IR tto at atie tb e language but my ogress jW gross to is jw on account of our con 9 ous sr traveling aveling it is expected that companion Gom panion will return home ou on S Mono Mo on the dinst ailt being well when another elder bluer who has haa mastered maori will accod any fek nym me northward north ward again aaen we antich ehte to visiting the saints at the great S barrier artier islands shortly and may remain a month or more to give our horses a much needed rest reek three elders and ome acome local saints intend leaving for zion by the next boat we will walk from this point to auckland twenty mv miles lee to see them off quite a few are investigating the gospel and I 1 hope more will bu bo added t to the church we find many people wot 19 igo go ton ien steps now to bear a mor dood daon elder yet will read auy any j U tto a we way may be able to Is ie d them ath interest by the aid of the voice of warning tract sand and thedas the bairt wjk fik lr ie we kiive have a foothold in many a house bouse that otherwise would be closed to us if many of the saints at home bomb could tully fully real ize the power the NEWS Is ia as a missionary sio nary they would mall mail it to the elders on mis missions sious or to 10 their friends friende we shall be glad to have copies sent to us by those who t for it at anytime any time to the address given herewith aney will be a areat help to us and we can send them out to persons who desire to be correctly informed as to the condition and home life of the latter day saints we have had several kales gales result ing in shipwrecks and loss lose of life and property oue one little cn crasting asting steamships steamship the ruby buby now lies a total wreck upun upon the rocks at the entrance to the mangawhai Manga whai river there are many kind friends who no do doubt would like to hear from me personally but for the abe present this must must Puff ruffice ies our health aud that of the saints generally is ili good god though there has been much sickness principally whooping cough ahmoi g the maori children the abe weather has been unreasonable and conducive to to ill III health with th those ose who do noc possess robust constitutions rheumatism and a cough lias has been very fashionable adiong ox ig both europeans and nh natives chtive tive 8 with kiu kindness aness regards to alls all I 1 remain luurs sincerely BENJAMIN H whangarei auckland new zealand P S AUCKLAND april 18 elders hans maosen madson geirge is irge hales and ascar andrus are now here with a small company of saints and will leave for zion per S 88 13 on saturday next elder thomas J morgan of plain city who arrived here in march accompanies me to the great karrier barrier island to visit the native saints there |