DOMINION’S ATTRACTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 144, 17 May 1930, Page 8

DOMINION’S ATTRACTIONS.

“MANY DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES” FRENCHMAN’S PRAISE. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) AUCKLAND, May 16. “Your country has provided me with many delightful surprises ” said M. Le Comte de Galembert, Chief Administrator of French Indo-China, in commenting on his recently-completed tour of New Zealand. The Comte, who describes himself as “an inveterate globe-trotter,” has made travelling his hobby during the past 22 years.” “Although this is my first visit to New Zealand, I think the country is much more interesting to the tourist than Australia,” he said. “Your railways are really splendid. I was surprised to find them so comfortable. In this respect they leave little to be desired. The most striking feature to me was the generosity of the department here. You buy a ticket and it is available for one month. . It is not like that elsewhere. In Germany a ticket is available for four days, and in France and most of the other countries of Europe tickets are available for one day only.” In referring to the thermal wonders of Rotorua, M. de Galembert said that he did not think they could excel those in Yellowstone Park, where thermal activity was to be seen in the midst of surroundings of great natural beauty. He considered much also might be done to facilitate tourist travel by a more extensive use of signposts. _ , The climate of New Zealand appealed very strongly to M. de Galembert. Ho said that he had expected to find the weather much colder,-.and was delighted to strike such mild and genial weather in every part of the country he visited.