PUBLICITY FOR SOUTH ISLAND

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22388, 29 April 1938, Page 3

PUBLICITY FOR SOUTH ISLAND

COMBINED DISPLAY FOB CENTENNIAL ?

(HIM ASSOCIATION TBLBOEAU.)

INVERCARGILL, April 28. When the question of ah’ exhibit by the South Islands Travel Association at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington in 1940 was discussed at a meeting of the association to-day, Mr W. A. Ott suggested that the South Island provinces should combine in having a South Island court. Grants could be made from each province. He did not think that the courts would be a success if left to individual provinces, but that his suggestion would be a practical solution to the difficulty. In supporting the suggestion, Mr J. Manson (Hanmer Springs) said that little would be seen of the South Island unless the provinces combined. If there were individual courts each province would have to have a tourist agent, but under a combined plan there would be no necessity for that. Mr John Miller (Mayor of Invercargill) said that the scenic attractions would be the main theme of Southland’s exhibit. The South Island courts should be together, "We want to show them what we can offer in comparison with the North Island, with its little geysers and little glow worms, and us with our big lakes and big mountains,” said Mr H. M. Mackay (Dunedin).