"AN AIR OF HAS-BEEN."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1198, 5 August 1911, Page 4

"AN AIR OF HAS-BEEN."

A REMARK RESENTED. It will be interesting to observe tho reception accorded to tho J! liuster in charge of Tourist Kesorts upon his next vi-=it to Hokitika. The Department, which is tho particular care of the Hon. Tims. Mackenzie, has issued a handbook, entitled, "Now Zealand, in which a description of llto "West Coast town concludes with a. remark (lint flic town is pervaded wiili "an aiv of lias-boon. The member for "Westland (Mr. 1. '''• }■• Soddon) exprowwl tho indignation of the people of Hokitika in tho House vosterday afternoon, and provided balm for their wounded feelings by describing the paragraph as "piffle." "There is no air of has-been nbout Hokitika, Mr. Soddon doclarcd. "It is a thriving town 1 . tho centre of mining and farm industry, and with a future before it as the centrc of tourist attractions of Hie Mcf-t Coast'. If the book is given out to innocent tourists, and they swallow this stuff without. going (o see it again, they will got some queer ideas."

For tho Wellington Men's Brotherhood Nnrsing Outfit Fund the secretary acknowledges additional donations as follow: -Hon. C. M. Luke, M.L.C., .CI Is.; Mr. J. I'. Luke, M.l'., 4:1; "No Advt.," ,«1. In order to avoid clashing with Mr. Reado's lecture at the Town Ilall, (ho Eugenics Society has decided to postpono its meeting, to have been hold 011 Monday ocst, until Monday week, Ausust 14.