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Bewleys visit caves in N.Z., Lions in Australia
People ask us which we
preferred, Australia or New
Zealand. We liked New Zealand
but we were just tourists there
and the only people we met were
other tourists. In Australia we
met the people and they treated
us like v.i.p.'s so any comparison
on our part would be unfair.
The Waitomo caves, a series of
underground caves with
stalactites, stalagmites and
glowworms were s really
interesting. One cave called the
cathedral was 160 feet high and
there was no echo whatever. A
lady in our party sang a little song
and the acoustics were perfect. A
Maori choir gives concerts on
Sunday nights but since we were
there through the week we
missed them. It has been used as
a recording studio by some artists
because of the perfect acoustics.
At a lower level, the ceiling is
covered with glowworms. In the
darkness, it just looked like a
closeup of the milky way. Our
Maori guide explained that they
fighters, they burn their waste to
make the light.
Steam Heat
At Rotarua, the whole city is
built on top of beds of steam.
Nearly every house has a pipe
belching steam in the back yard.
Steam is used for heating,
cooking, etc. People come from
all over the world for the hot
mineral baths. Of course we tried
them too. We were told not to
stay in for more than 25 minutes
Q. Last year my wife attended
university for eight months. She
did not earn any income and did
not receive an allowance of any
kind. Does this mean! can claim
the education dedUction on her
behalf?
A. Yes, under these
circumstances, you would be
entitled to an education deduction
of $400.
Q. My employer sent me a T4
slip showing the amount of tuition
fees he paid on my behalf last
year. Do I have to report this on
my return?
A. Yes, but if you attended a
qualified educational institution,
you should be entitled to claim
tuition fees to offset it. Be sure to
submit a proper receipt for tuition
when making this claim.
Q. Can I claim payments made
to a denturist as medical ;expenses?
A. Yes. If the payment is made ,to a denturist licensed to practice
under the laws of the province !Where he operates.
q. During the year I contributed
S300 toward the support of a
Ineedy child in our neighborhood
who was not related to me. May I claile the $300 as a charitable donation?
A. No Private acts of b enevolence do not qualify s no
matter how worthy the eatise. The
contribution must be to a
registered
Organization:
'Charitable-
Q I won a cash prize fet. !u ggotioa l made to' trey rtitiloyer last year., Is this Money
as they were weakening. We
certainly slept well afterward!
We went on tours through
fields where the mud bubbled and
snapped like a boiling pudding.
Steam shot up to 120 ft. in the air
and new geysers were still
forming. Black ones showed
graphite; yellow ones sulphur and
white ones, limestone.
Another tour of a recreated
Maori village showed the
carvings, houses and meeting
house of theMaori people. At the
workshop, young men were
carving and the girls showed us
how to make their ceremonial
costumes. The grass skirts were
made by scraping, drying and
dyeing the leaves of the flax plant
which grew wild. The black, red
and white woolen tops were
handwoven in traditional designs.
At night, we saw a Maori concert
which was the highlight of our
New Zealand visit.
The church belonging to the
Maori, had a large window
overlooking the bay with a picture
of Christ painted on it and as you
sat in the pew, it looked as though
He was really walking in on the
waters of the bay. The graves in
the churchyard were of cement,
built on top of the ground, as a
conventional grave could not be
dug for rock and steam. As you
walked along the street, it was
common to see steam coming out
of a crack and you could hear the
bubbling and hissing of boiling
water.underneath. Our guide told
taxable? If it is taxable where do I
enter it on my income tax return?
A. Yes, this award would be
Considered to be related to your.,
employment. Therefore, it forms
part of your income and is subject
to income tax. If it is not included
in your T4 slip, enter it on your
form in the section marked
"Other Income" and specify the
source of this income.
Q. I am co-owner of a deceased
parent's property with my two
brothers and have been thinking
of transferring my share to a
grandson: Would this come under
property for capital gains tax?
A. Yes, a gift of capital
property is deemed to be a
disposition of the property at fair
market value resulting in a
realization of a capital loss or
gain.
us that New Zealand had, been
submerged twice in its history
and was on the way down for the
third time. The way that ground
was bubbling and steaming we
thought there was more danger of
it blowing up first.
Kiwi bird
The Kiwi is the national bird of
New Zealand. It is a nocturnal
bird and cannot fly. The bird is
about the size of a large hen and
lays an egg almost as big as an
ostrich egg. The father bird sits
on the egg for 82 days to hatch it.
No wonder the birds are scarce!
The climate in New Zealand is
almost perfect - cool in summer
and mild in winter. They had
snow in the 1890's for the last
time in Auckland..It is a land of
scenery, mountains covered with
green grasS and sheep grazing
right to the top. We saw no land
under cultivation along the
highway from Rotarua to Auck-
land. Hedgerows acted as fences
and created patterns clear to the
top of the mountains. We did not
get off the -north island at all as
we didn't have 'time.
Auckland was a large city of
one storey houses and corrugated
roofs usually painted red. Many
of the old houses were being torn
down and two or more , storey
houses built to replace them. The
new houses really didn't look
better but at least they gave more
living space using less ground
and they are trying to keep the
city from spreading out and
taking up any more valuable
farmland.
Labour has a forty-hour week
for .shops with time and a half for
overtime for the first three hours
then double time. This is by Act
of Parliament.
Extinct Volcanoes
New Zealand seems to be full of
extinct volcanoes. Mt. Etna is
See Mellow
lined
washetst dryers - at,
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right in the middle of Auckland
and in Rotarua, we went for a
boat trip on one that had filled
with water and made a lake. At
the end of the jetty, the water was
275 feet deep. The harbour where
we disembarked had been rent by
an earthquake and we could see
where the rocks would fit together
but now they are half a mile 'apart
rising high above the water.
Auckland has a harbour to rival
. Sidney in size - we didn't have
time to take a tour of it, in fact
there were no tours listed, only a
ferry which left from the quay
across the street from our hotel.
While 'we were at Mary and
Wayne's, Doctor Robin Hans-
combe, a local doctor took
Carman, Watt and Wayne as his
guests to the Willaura Lion's. Club
meeting. Carman exchanged an
Atwood Lion's flag for a Willaura
flag and although Watt was not a
Lion, he was given this flag.
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