AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1936, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS

STRATHNAVER’S CRUISE.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

AUCKLAND, March 13.

With over 1000 Australian tourists on board, the P. and O. liner Strathnaver arrived at Auckland,fthis afternoon, on the final trans-Tasman tourist cruise of the season. Officials of the New Zealand Government Tourist Department travelled on the liner from Australia, and arranged large bookihgs of various 9 v ® r ‘ land tours, during the visitors’ brief stay in the Dominion. Many of the tourists are making one-day trips to Rotorua. Others, are leaving on overland rail and car tours of the North Island, all visiting Rotorua, then proceeding via the National Park, New Plymouth, or Napier, to Wellington. The Strathnaver will leave Auckland at 11.15 p.m., tb-morrow, for Wellington, sailing from Wellington for Sydney on Monday night. This is the Strathnaver’s second trip of the season. All told, there have been five tourist cruises by the Strathnaver/ Strathaird, Orama, and Otranto, with a total of 4,600 passengers, as against 4,300 last season. The increase is the result of co-operation between the Tourist Department and interested' Shipping companies, and is regarded by all parties as a particularly hopeful sign for the future.