PRAISE FOR SOUTH ISLAND.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC AMERICAN.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
DUNEDIN, this day.
"When I was in the North Island many said, 'Don't'go to the South,' but I am extremely glad that after travelling all the way across the Pacific I am not returning without having seen your wonderful island," remarked Mr. H. E. Basford, a San Francisco business man and a Rotarian of 25 years' standing. "It has been a great experience and I am coming back again'," lie added.
The visitor? said that if the South Island was situated within 1000 miles of the Californian Coast, thousands of homes costing up to 500,000 dollars would be built on it as summer residences. There was no place in the United States where "mountain accommodation," as he called that at Pembroke and Te Anau, could be obtained at such an accessible altitude. The season, too, was longer than in his country, where the mountain cottages were under snowdrifts during the winter. He added that the accommodation in New Zealand inland scenic resorts could not be bettered in the United States, if one excepted the more expensive and exclusive resorts.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 9
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PRAISE FOR SOUTH ISLAND.
Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 9
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