PROGRESS OF SUVA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 28 August 1926, Page 11

PROGRESS OF SUVA.

AUCKLANDER'S IMPRESSIONS. TOURIST BUREAU ALIVE. Some idea of the progress which Suva has made during the past few years is given by Mr. J. Douglas Perrett, the Auckland artist, who recently returned from a six weeks' visit there. The roads are now in good order, much money having been . spent on them. Nearly all the transportation is done by means of motor vehicles. There are 300 of these registered in Suva, and many of the Indians own and drive cars both for private use and for hire. The Tourist- Bureau at Suva is a very live body and makes extensive arrangements for motor drives around the island, and also for trips by water to all places of interest about the Islands. The manager of the bureau, Mr. J. Herrick, has asked Mr. Perrett to give information to persons inquiring about Suva. White at Suva, Mr. Perrett painted a number of scenes, mostly of the harbour and. its surroundings. These paintings were on exhibition at the rooms of the Tourist Bureau, and the people appeared very much impressed by them. They will be later exhibited privately in Auckland.