“I made this trip from Auckland travelling first-class and going to all the best places, and following the same route, at just one-third the rate 1 was asked to pay by your Government Tourist Bureau," said Mrs. AlecTweedle, well-known authoress and traveller, who was one of the Strath-uaver-'s visitors to Wellington m Monday. Mrs. Alec-Tweedie stated, in an interview, that she had been quoted a price for her proposed tour and had considered it too high. As a result she had arranged her own, hiring a private car, and had done the journey at onethird of the quoted cost. “I have my receipts to prove it," she said. She travelled overland from Auckland, Jby way of Rotorua, visiting most of the principal North Island beauty spots en route, and motoring more than 900 mile's.' ' "
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 280, 26 November 1936, Page 3
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