TOURING IN NEW ZEALAND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 1 February 1936, Page 12

TOURING IN NEW ZEALAND

After eleven years in England Dr A. J. Harm]) returned to New Zealand for eight months, during which time he travelled more than eight thousand miles about the country, visiting all the principal tourist resorts. In “Touring in Now Zealand,” he describes these from the point of view of an overseas visitor and gives as a background many of the incidents in the picturesque history of the relations between Maori and white man. The book is in three parts—South Island, North Island and General. The tour of the South Island includes a description of the great new road from Lake Te Auau to Milford Sound which will provide one of the most beautiful motor routes in the world. In the North Island section the treasures of the Auckland War Memorial Museum are incidentally described as well ins the Alexander Turnbull Library, with its priceless manuscripts and unique Pacific collection, and the remarkable library of Mr F. \V. Peed of Wliangarei, in which is housed the lincst private collection in existence of the manuscripts and printed works of Alexandre Dumas. Considerable attention is given to the wonders of the thermal regions, while the third part of the book gives specific information on a number of subjects of special interest to visitors. There are sections oil curative springs, winter sports, angling, deep-sea Jishing, deer-stalking, summer cruises, and air travel—also specimen itineraries and some useful notes on “Clothes, Food and Local Customs.” There are 24 pages of excellent photographs. Ourj, copy was from IlounseH’s.