NEW ZEALANDER'S ENTERPRISE

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26261, 4 November 1950, Page 2

NEW ZEALANDER'S ENTERPRISE

TRAVEL AGENCY SET UP IN LONDON

An interesting visitor to Christcnurch is Mrs Margaret Collyns. a Zealander. wnu with great enV rprise has established an unusual a id very uselul business in. London. Mrs Collyns. iormerly oiiss Margaret C lurchward, of Blenheim, is the v idow of Flight Lieutenant Basil C illyns, D.F.C.. who was killed in / ugust. 1944. For some years during t e war she worked in the Naw Off:e in London. She has also been a r.ann equin, a photographic model, aid a teacher of dancing. She is ' siting New Zealand to see her par- < its. Mr and Mrs W. T. Churchward. < ‘ Blenheim, and to recover her s rength after an illness she suffered < irlier this year.

Because she knows London well ; id because she received many recrests from visiting friends to show t.iem round the city, she decided to establish a travel agency. She speci dises in helping tourists to know the attractions and services that London las to offer. Intei-viewed yesterday Mrs Collyns said th. success of the J ist summer season proved the need > ir such an agency. . She will engage secretaries for businessmen, arrange firmer parties conduct sight-seeing or shopping expeditions, and arrange ' isits to clubs, theatres, and race Meetings. She will also engage baby fitters, and, given reasonable notice. ill book accommodation. Mrs Collyns’s assistant is a fellow New Zealander. Miss June Goulter. of Marlborough, and she also emplovs as casual assistants New Zealand girls whom she knows, and who are glad to earn extra money. Mrs Collyns will visit friends in Canterbury, and will then return to Blenheim. She intends to leave for England at the end of January, in ime to make arrangements for the influx of visitors to London next year. ■