Franz Josef Hotel
Sir, —Correspondence in today's issue about the long delay in rebuilding the Franz Josef Hotel draws attention to a situation which has imposed difficulties on travellers and inhabitants alike, in one of the most beautiful and historic areas of New Zealand, for the last eight years. The old Franz Josef Hotel was not simply a welcome resting-place for tourists and a convenient base for the exploration of Westland’s incomparable glaciers. Lakes, and native bush. Lt was also a centre of community life covering a wide area; it created employment and stimulated trade and commerce in many ways. All this was lost in the hotel fire eight years ago. Today more than ever, as Westland faces increasing difficulties in employment and trade, the entire province would benefit from the fresh impetus to tourism and commercial enterprise which would result from the rebuilding of the Franz Josef Hotel.—Yours, etc., F.C. February 6. 1963.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30051, 8 February 1963, Page 3
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