THE BEAUTIES OF NEW ZEALAND

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 99, 21 January 1926, Page 6

THE BEAUTIES OF NEW ZEALAND

UNSURPASSED SCENERY “Dominion” Special. Nelson, January’ 20. Interviewed here to-day, the Hon. Peinber Reeves said: “From the moment I landed, or even before I landed, when we were entering the Hauraki Gulf, till yesterday in Nelson, I luwe liardly passed a day without seeing something that in any part of the world would be called fine scenery. Take your own town, for example. Twice yesterday I climbed up a little way, once to the Cawthron Institute and again up Richardson Street, above Washington Valley, and I can only say that the view from both these places, the extent, the outline of distant mountains, and the sweep of the bay, the brilliant sunshine, the rich colouring of the scene, the bines and greens of the sea, and the browns, yellows and greens of the land, equalled the finest view in Italy and Greece.. I have seen manv views, both in Italy and 'Greece. I travelled by motor from Hokitika to the Franz Josef Glacier. Of that journey I can only say that for combined wild forest scenery, glorious outlhie of bills and mountains, and great background of ice and snow, I consider it unsurpassed in the world. I don’t sav that carelessly; I consider it unsurpassed in the world. I can say almost as much for Lake Alanapouri, in Southland.” Mr. Reeves said that if.it were possible to make the beanties of New Zealand known in England, Europe, and America, among the classes able to afford the longer journey, he considered there was no doubt that the number of tourists to this country would be doubled or trebled.