best fun in New Zealand in the next two or three months! We are getting out your skates, skis, alpenstock, and toboggan. We are making the “Hermitage” cosier and more luxurious than ever. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE GREAT JOY SEASON ! The most thrilling carnivals ever held in this Dominion are to be held at Mount Cook in the winter months .... accept this as your preliminary invitation* Winter Carnivals at MOUNT COOK! These sun-flooded, snow-mantled valleys are going to echo with hoorays and laughter . . . you are going to see swift moving figures aeroplaning over the snow on skis . . . you are going to learn skiing yourself . . . you are going to skate with us on the new ice rink just behind the “Hermitage”. . . you are going to ride with us, motor with us, make thrilling excursions with us ... to have an enjoyable holiday. You will be our guest at the cosy, luxurious, laughter-loving “Hermitage.” After dinner at night you will take the floor with a charming partner and dance to perfect music in a lounge which looks out on to the moonlit mountains. A New Ice-Rink Behind the Hermitage! 'lhousapds orfeetabovp worry-level HURRY ! m y after cjay vp| breathe ,ae air—the air-r-of this alpine wonderland. You will win a new lease of life. Up here miles away from worries, restraints, and all irksome conventions, amidst all the glory and romance of a new world you are going to find real happiness—and life ! Mount Cook will be the centre of fashion and the social swim this winter. We want you to find out xtuichly how little * oliday up here with 3 it costs to spend a hoi Us. For a little over £3O you can pay expenses to, have two weeks at, and return from the “ Hermitage.” Arrange a party and we will fix special terms for you. Write for booklets telling all abont holidays at Mt. Cook. Are you coming ? We offer you a whirl of excitement among scenic grandeur utterly beyond comparison. We offer you a holiday home complete with every convenience and luxury, an unrivalled table, wines, music, and a well trained, courteous staff. We will wager that you will want to extend your stay once you come to us. Skiing Skating Climbing Tobogganing Riding Dancing Write for full details and Free Illustrated Booklets, either to us, Thos. Cook & Son, the Government Travel in complete luxury from Timaru to your holiday home We operate a service of luxurious limousine cars running from Timaru to the “Hermitage.” These vehicles are specially adapted for winter running across the Mackenzie Country and up into the mountains, right to the Hermitage doors. They are in the hands of highly skilled drivers long accus-. tomed to the route. This service relieves you of all transport worries and makes it unnecessary to take risks with your own car. Intending visitors are advised to utilize the facilities offered by our own cars. Full details on request. or Tourist Department. COME WITH US TOJOYLAND at the “Hermitage 99 MOUNT COOK The “ Hermitage ” is within 24 hours of Wellington and, 48 hours of Auckland. MOUNT COOK MOTOR Co. Ltd. DEPARTMENT K HEAD OFFICE - - - TIMARU I LOTT
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11855, 14 June 1924, Page 11
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