In Passing
CONTAINED in the “Skling Yearbook 1968,” printed in the United States, is a section of 32 pages with three columns a page on the ski fields of the world; and New Zealand rates one paragraph in these pages. The last paragraph of the yearbook states: “In contrast (with Australia), New Zealand is more alpine—and more British. The only resort of real note is at Mount Ruapehu in the North Island. However, for real ski ing thrills, there is nothing quite like the air-plane-served glacier runs of the South Islands. Ten to 15 miles per run are nothing unusual at all." Should anyone read the Yearbook so thoroughly that they reach this paragraph, and should they show any interest in coming, they are directed to the New Zealand Government Travel Commissioner in New York. The prospects of eventually reaching Queenstown, New Zealand’s most varied and cosmopolitan ski resort, must be so remote as to be incalculable.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31633, 20 March 1968, Page 11
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157In Passing Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31633, 20 March 1968, Page 11
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