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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22319, 5 February 1938, Page 14

Large numbers of overseas visitors will arrive in the Dominion this month. Bookings already made by the Tourist Department justify the prediction that February will be an even busier tourist month than January, when the traffic was exceptional. Both the Niagara, due in Auckland on February 7, and the Mariposa, to arrive on February 18, will bring many American tourists, who propose to visit the principal resorts in the Dominion. The cruise liner Clronsay is expected to arrive to-morrow, and it will bring about 900 passengers, most of these being Australian. Various tours have been arranged. Two big cruise liners will be berthed at the same time in April. Arriving on April 11, the Reliance will sail for Wellington on April 14. The Empress of Britain, after visiting Milford Sound, is to arrive at Auckland on April 12, leaving on April 15. More than ordinary interest will be attached to the visit of the Franconia, which, with 350 passengers, has been on a world .cruise since January 6. She will arrive at Auckland on April 26, leaving again on April 28.—“ The Press” Special Service. Altogether 58 positions were filled by the State Placement Officer in Christchurch during the week ending January 29. Permanent positions found by the Christchurch office since April 1 last year now amount to 786, while 403 persons were given work lasting from one week to three months, and casual employment was given 441 persons in the same period. Christchurch is fifth in the places in New Zealand in which permanent positions have been found by the service, Auckland heading the list with 2440. Wellington is second with 1654, Hamilton third with 1081, and Dunedin fourth with 952. For this period the number of permanent positions throughout the Dominion found by the State Placement Service is 13,972.