TOURIST RESORTS

Grey River Argus, 31 July 1935, Page 6

TOURIST RESORTS

>■ DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. i. A meeting of delegates of he Ned e Coast Tuuii'i Deve upuient Ccmimillec v was lie d iu the Council Tallinn■ i> Dim c evening. >llOlO being p.rM-ni. • !:•• r Mayor (Mi VV. Mcidnnu;. Mr S. A. Cil Darby. Dr. Teirheimaun (iloar. »ka), I’ and Messrs \V. Clayton (l.iangahua , u ji. It. Dox and -J. IL i'owea (Wes (> port), J. W. Hannan and I‘. J. Mr Lean e (Urey mouth). i> The Mayor >ta‘ed that the meeting r was for the pu:po>e of receiving ;e s ports Trout the varioy.H centres. When j they had met firs, on May 2>. it " . decided that an apportionment >houlo u be made of a sum of £l5O, this amount to be collected ben-teen Groymou.h, Westport. Roefton and link, tika. He understood >liat each dis rict had found its quo a. A <i< l Lion w raid, 1 have to be made as to wii.a was to be done now to promote the interests t l of the West Coast wi-h legard to pro paganda work io be undertaken by the Can:erbury Progress League and I.yt3 telton Harbour Board to adveiiise _ scenic resorts in various parts of the South Island. Their main put pose was io have a flood of tourists going I through the district, and they should see ‘hat all centres likely to attract tourists were advertised. ' Mr Fox moved that each centre have a. list, of all scenic resorts in each district hat is desired to be advertised, prepared and forwarded to the Tourist Departmon>. The motion was seconded by Mr Powell and carried. Dr. Tpiehelinann said that Mr Stewary Railway Publicity Officer. was working in conjunction with the Tourist Department-, and the money raised. he thought, should be forwarded to Mr Stewart. The Government had not published a book relative to the We<! (’mas rinre IffiK The L\ t telton Harbour Board scheme would affect the East Cons- more beneficially than the West Coast. Air Powe 1 ] said that there were men in Westport who were prepared to write up articles in the Bui er district if photographers were sent along. Bui 'or people wanted their district advertised. Sou‘h Westland, he said was well advertised already. The Mayor said that to advertise the most notable attractions in the various districts was better than a mubiplieitv of minor resorts. Thev r-hoiild make recommendations to th Tourist Department, and le: that De nartment chnose the most attractiveNo doubt, the tourist route won’d be schedu’ed through the Buller Gorge, Coastal Pond Punnkniki, Lake Brunner Mitchells, Kanieri and South Westland. On the motion of Dr. Teiehelmann it was decided thn-t the Tourist DepaCment and Railway Publicity Comini'toe. be notified that thrv money required to advertise the various Wns 4 - 1 Coast tourist resorts was forthcoming. 1 so that the coming summer might see’ 1

the pamphlets and advertising matter in eircula'ion. Or th. it ‘ n of Mr Fox, seconded bv Dr. Teichehnann. it was decided Thai the re<- : - ndations re all tourjst resor’s provided by the various districts bo sent in to the Secretary of the Developmen* Committee as soon as possib’e. ’nd hen forwarded to the Department. It was decided that the recommenUalion?. fr u the various districts be Ti the hands of the Secretary of the Fen ra! Committee within 14 days. M: Fox moved ’hat it b<* a recommendation *hat the next conference be held at "Westport. Mr PoweT seconded the resolution, which was carried.