HOSPITALITY SCHEME

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30348, 25 January 1964, Page 20

HOSPITALITY SCHEME

Register Of Hosts Suggested

The hospitality shown by Christchurch residents to groups of American journalists who had visited the city had also shown the value of a permanent register of hosts who could give tourists and visitors a proper welcome to the city, said the DeputyMayoi- (Cr. H. P. Smith). Such a register could list the names of people of all occupations and interests and the tourist could make his choice of host with similar interests, Cr. Smith said. He thanked those who had offered help in entertaining the American journalists this week, and said there had not been enough visitors to go round the number of Christchurch residents wanting to show hospitality. The success of the scheme of inviting unofficial hosts opened up interesting possibilities of creating valuable public relations at no public cost, he said. The idea of a permanent register could be developed quickly.

Last Voyage.— The 173-ton South Seas schooner Tiare Taporo arrived in Auckland on Thursday on its las trip from Raratonga with eight passengers 80 tons of copra and one and a half tons of mother of pearl shell It will stay in Auckland to be sold. —(P.A.)