TOURIST TRAFFIC.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18922, 10 February 1927, Page 15

TOURIST TRAFFIC.

fIHAT IT MEANS TO N.Z. JIB W. B- BLOWS VIEWS. ✓n* «rerngc tnnri«t who tomes to v.„ ftJwd from A.i>trnlia a, a uleiWi about £■*> i!i t!.«: Dominion. • H* this fi * uro l - v ti! " !uii " l '' t ' ds Jurist! Who inaki- tho tri,, .•.,,..,.:,!ly jrtO can form ion..; idea ot what !' k trtJSc n»M« s '"' ih<i ,o ' mt !'- V ' , "muYAV J«- U! " ,v « Ncv /c ' alall<l *"" ... went umlucv, who is at ■ P \bsenco of lour and a hull }wi>, kT'ihiCOUriO ot an interview voter- ' '.' Tito uvcra.o touri.,l k-lt A.,v ' **. art-pared w .>P«."'i» illjuut JJ6U °. r i lin stC»U.fr Kuc-, tliv balance VtSiioß him lu "' oml , s """-' ' I * . £Sks in both inlands. I I °U, «5r arrival in Wellington on I Jlf » IOW , . th( , .Maiiiignnui, ami I *"jft.t Sony tonrUt-s who travelled I **i*!L3 left at once lor the I fAK levins the North. Island V "ffi fcovcriimc.it Office in Syd- ; iSThe Sd, h««i >' a, > » v " rv , '"."* ■ *jLlthis summer m> far as planning * . for Australians to the Dominion ' "rinccS and i» December lii.t, '£L m manv people hooked tours an PiJl'in December of 1923. In the™ people had rewith their tr.,..««, SSTWIy of the facilities provided Sflfom bv the Tourist Department fcLacb iu'«ge ncics '" t,,e Dominion. KTmn also pleased with the trans«!t«rnce», including the high staii- .£* of motor transportation, while !w thought that considering the Snwness of the gauge the speed at JkU train* travelled and the *taii--13& of comfort provided on ihem was Nibble. H'was his experience that ' Subbed for the North an.l the gfetn Mand in c l" al min,l,crs - am ' tfL)|r went into the office with dofinSJj&U of tho subject. The most ' upobr resorts so far as visitors from >, bfw were concerned were Rotorua £ i&uVe'North Wand and Mt. Cook in & tht gooth Island. g» demand existed for tho litera- »' by tho Tourist Department fkfJt-fUw Zealand and by the various s&'3|jrl»i leagues. These pamphlets ifi,flMoeatiy appreciated, and it was a matter to keep up with the dcffiffi m»Ai> for them by tho various WBat hotels, shipping companies, and .miaiw bureaux. Ho trusted that tho --ixWte °* * . ' , 't* r, t uro would bo 4l"wubj maintained. %&AiijMt time there was an objection sJgrijnpiiU to visiting New Zealand in <Jtt|lHfcty had to travel in small stcamsuch a disadvantage to-day, when ono could ij§|jiKse choice of such vessels as the HH Niagara, Makura, and Tahiti &11m§bPBetween Australia and tho T)o- - thcro was for tourists to visit

Wm§ *»*• wlth Australia. ' |||flpf Blow, who also has charge of the ||§lflH ß *y branch of the Department of |!|piihßUiea and Commerce, transacts a ileal of commercial work for the Hp'*** Ze«tand Government in Australia. Hf mneo he arrived in the Dominion Mr »§' Blow has made a point of meeting as Hpi many commercial men as possible in P the four chief centra, and has offered m to give them as much assistance aa lie p fan in the matter of promoting trndc I; between New Zealand;;and Anstrnlia. t - He hopes that as a result of the convcnatioiM lie hu, hid there will be an mpmmtnb in the trade dono be | iw« m too countriei. The office in °FW»oimttoiim%eahn<l traders tttf. the nnrtvW of making nnr enquiries i connexion with matters trade of these countries. rcao.es U to be generally : woJJd be better for all I 1 "!*f «>«*> through the f G»inmerce and Indus.procedure would be to of the firm makin K en- »» a greater likelihood tasked for being more f the request came from Department. The facWted in Christchurch '.him favourably, and he ,a credit to the enterfattt and of the whole 9 are well managed and ppare well with similar 9.W. n across to tho West mng and will leave the flstralia on March loth. Beer in char-a of the t Tourist Bureau opened , and was selected to go ause of his extensive few Zealand conditions.