HOT SUFFICIENTLY ADVERTISED

Evening Star, Issue 18533, 16 January 1924, Page 8

HOT SUFFICIENTLY ADVERTISED

A VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS That Australian holiday-makers would be far more numerous than they are in New Zealand if the attractions of this country were more advertised is tho opinion of General Alex. Jobson, of Sydney, who arrived in Dunedin from tho north yesterday. Many more of them, ho remarked to * a ‘ Star ’ representative, would enjoy the delights of Mount Cook, which ho had just visited, or Rotorua if they knew that they could get to cither place in six days from Sydney. It would bo an advantage, also, if they could know how easily they could get a fishing license in New Zealand. General Jobson was well pleased with his visit to the Hermitage (which ho described as being excellently conducted), and with the general tour of himself, his wife, and son in this country. The whole trip had been so satisfactory to him that be was unwilling to make any unfavorable criticisms. He thought, however that something should bo done by the authorities to improve the last portion of the road to Mount Cook, so that it might be more quickly traversed after rough weather. His“ only complaint against the Railway Department was in respect of the sleeping compartments on the Main Trunk line. It was unfortunate, he observed, that New Zealand could not depart now from the narrow gauge; but oven with that disadvantage he-thought the compartments might be made more commodious, even at the expense of a reduction of their number. The North Maud did not /seem to General to bo suffering from drought, though farmers were complaining of the dry conditions.