FREE STEAMER TRAVEL.
VISITORS FROM AUSTRALIA. INDUCEMENT FOR TOURISTS. WELLINGTON, Friday. Free steamer fares for Australians who wish to spend, a holiday travelling in New Zealand •will be granted under certain conditions during October and November foy the Mount Cook Tourist Company of New Zealand, Limited. Mr. H. Coxhead, of Timaru, secretary of the Mount Cook Tourist Company and of the Tongariro Park Tourist Company, Limited, said to-day that the company was paying the steamer fares, realising that the traffic from Australia was going to be slacker this year than previously. It wag felt that by means of the scheme the number of Australians visiting New Zealand during the coming season would be maintained at the ordinary level. Single fares would be paid if a certain percentage of the tourists' expenses was spent in New Zealand with the company.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 229, 27 September 1930, Page 15
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