TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 14

TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS.

|-'#rp-v'-'''p-' .-.i ; ;-J ;'7V T l^ nC!W 'i''^ ad ' ,of ~M e ' •■Tbnrist./-Departmeiit'i; ;,We-;H()n.Tho.<;Ma'ckei)zie,in'his annual report' jsay«f,lie recbgnises tfiotj -'iwith'. careful experi-' idituteyandjygbod ■ admiiiistration,'; the . Depart--;menfji>mayjppe..mad*'Ksf great sepvice. He 'combats the.Jidea,lield'j)Ke says; by;6ome"people, that-'-ourM&enicVand'i'-hyilth' re'sorfi are -being maintained .almost .solely, for., the- benefit- of wealthy.; oversea . visitors. Three-fourths 'of those who. take. advantage'. of the-facilities ofNew'Zealanders?'lf is Mr. Mackenzie's especial,;desirq.'thatj our.'scenic; and.- health. resorts shall;be/lmade ,rt<|re accessible ?t'6'<6iirJ ib'vn.peopleiby- lin'p'&vi9g.:tbe:"means-of..aoces's ■i&ai l reducing;-the',cpst.:pf .transport'.and. accommodation.'' n -'He hopes'to do' still more'in the, future'than.ihas.'.bepndoneiin the past in the • direction, of-'making it'easy'fbr theailing poor' as'vßotorua:' - In 'this' mat-. ? u-t* ?- : lo , q ' J 2i lfo ' : f "tfte'-i.c'b-operation : of' - the' ;Hos-i Jpijar^nd'i'Ghai;itaßle;^d'•Boards'., -Reference ! 4 to"ftWHiior'e'a'sed'i'n'nmb'er ri .bf , -"'peo'pld' who -are. visiting Mount. Cook and 'to the necessity-that-,exists 'for the building.'of "a new "Hermitage." at Governor's Bush. He also hapes to do something in establishing a 'connectio.n -bptween the.'.Hermitage'-.and': the: • refers, with his' usual: enthusiasni, to •' the", magnificent scenery of;the Otogo.Lakes and: Sounds. He conkideta Lakes Wanaka and Clyde should ;be connected by-,means l '>pf i'a'!-mptbr. seryice.!-;'Efforts' of: an' inespe'nsive',,h'aturo : are being made to improve the tourist traffic te Lake Wanaka. He, is -negotiating ,wj|h -ithe Union Company, to run. r l v ?<!'iW*B>Spnßds J ..' trips during ..'the coming summer,'" Projects for similar, cheap sea'excursions in 'other, parts of "the"Dominion are also, under- consideration. Facilities ar6 to.be provided fpr " campers " on the overland trip, '■ 1: To, Anau '.tpVMilfoid. ":lii;order.;tb, increase -.the . usefulness Pf .the -Department,, there ,is being considered', a proposal for. the .isshe'';by the Department of tickets over all, the principal routes'by .rail; steamer, and coach.