DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED BY TOURISTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 13 January 1938, Page 8

DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED BY TOURISTS

MEALS WHILE TRAVELLING DEPUTATION TO GOVERNMENT The difficulty experienced by tourists in New Zealand in obtaining meals • wnile travelling was commented on at a meeting of the South Island Travel Association this morning. : di ' c , c ! or - Mr J J. W. Pollard. ■ la^ea in his report: -Experience this year shows that the accommodation problem is serious and . attention is called to the handicaps un--1 L 'a , ’° t, ’ ls *' h ° <atcr for trailers and tourist resorts have to work Zealand T** bee ? madc with lhc New Zealand Tourist League and it is hoped : Quest,o n n\.Hh o a\i“' o m'„ a b.'a 0n „i n Cn / hlt improvement during the year "’So°far the appeals to the Government on thi, ' P °Mr l ch ?° , l| produ eedT„ y re, u „s ’ a most important matter ' Vi'itllre bad ; S a r abol !! 1 ,he iimited hours m coming Nelson, and the iimLltv m getting food at 9.15 o'clock in ihe morning. He suggested that this mat--07 th! e r bC brough ' undor the notice ot the Government who were acting , abf v er ri ' H C b f S J ° f intenti °"s. and prob ably did not foresee the results of the I 'relation He moved that the Erne * j gencv Committee be authorised to arrange for a deputation to the Governj ment. 1 Mr G. H. Andrews said he had had j a similar experience, and seconded the j motion. Mi E. C. Lawrence agreed that a strong deputation should impress on the Government the difficulties of the restrictions. There was not in New Zealand sufficient staff for the tourist j resorts, to give the service required. He suggested a school to train people to qualify for serving the public. In regard to liquor, he maintained that the quantity consumed in the Sounds was excessive. There was no control over the quantities taken >n at present by tourists. If the accommodation houses were allowed to cater for the desire for liquid refreshment there would be better service and better control over it. The chairman, the Rev. E. T. Cox. said that he had had an experience on the West Coast of difficulty in obtaining a cup of tea at a hotel al 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr W. Begg said that after having a meal at noon at Kaikoura on the way he could not obtain anything at hi* hotel till supper-time, at 9 o’clock. The motion was carried.