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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10179, 9 August 1924, Page 8

A petition has been presented to Parliament by W. Stuart Wilson asking the House to give a lead in the matter of advertising the Dominion overseas. “ The good work in advertising New Zealand in other lands done by the Tourist Department in recent years,” states the petitioner, “has not been sufficient to make known, to the people of Canada and America the wonderful scenic, sporting, and healthgiving resorts of the Dominion. This insufficiency of publicity has chiefly been due to lack of funds. From personal observation, I am quite convinced, that there are hundreds of thousands of people in these two great democracies, with money to burn, who would gladly visit New Zealand for holiday and health purposes. In my opinion, Parliament should give a lead to Chambers of Commerce', Progress Leagues, shipping companies, and other organisations for the purpose of making a big concentrated national effort to bring people here to visit our wonderful lands in the Southern Seas. If such could be done, I am confident that Parliament and the people need have no fear in regard to the economic conditions when the moratorium is lifted, or when New Zealand’s borrowing policy in London is curtailed. Other countries spend large sums of mone; advertising attractions which are not to be compared witli what New Zealand lias to show.”

AMATEUR GARDENERS. An Auckland doctor whose practice is largely obstetrical, writes:—“l am a keen gardener, and find nothing to equal Q-tol for keeping my hands in good order.”

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