MOTOR CAMPS WANTED

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 82, 7 April 1938, Page 8

MOTOR CAMPS WANTED

EXHIBITION NEEDS

A DISTINCT SHORTAGE

More than one motor camp will be needed to accommodate visiting motorists if the Centennial Exhibition is to be a success. This view was expressed at the meeting of the Automobile Association, Wellington, last night. The secretary of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition (Colonel H. E. Avery), replying to a letter from the association regarding the proposed motor camp at Russell Terrace, said that he believed this would be in operation prior. to the opening of the Exhibition. The company had also suggested to the council the necessity for other temporary motor camps. "My directors feel," continued the letter, "that providing that motorists can be assured of finding reasonable motor camp accommodation they will visit Wellington in large numbers, and we therefore wish to make every possible provision in this respect. We appreciate that the proposed motor camp at Russell Terrace is largely due to the efforts of your association. While we recognise that the provision of motor camps is largely the responsibility of the City Council, my committee suggest that your association may be prepared to consider the establishment of its own temporary camp or camps for the sole use of association members."

The directors of the Exhibition Company had seen the need for ample accommodation, said Mr. E. Palliser. All realised that the site at Scorching Bay was desirable, but the amount of ground available there was not great.

Mr. H. W. Shortt: Two or three hundred cars and it would be full.

The question of a camp site had been opened up considerably, said the chairman. It was evident that the City Council had realised that a camp site was necessary for the city. It must be demonstrated to the council that large numbers of motorists would be attracted to the city by the Exhibition, and that unless provision were made there would be no place for them. The association had for years pressed the need, for an adequate camp site.

Mr. A. Warburton asked if there was any possibility of securing the use of the park on the way to Brooklyn. The Chairman: That is ruled out definitely. Mr. Warburton: That is rather a pity because it could be used to ease the pressure during the Exhibition.