OVERSEAS TOURISTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23044, 21 November 1936, Page 14

OVERSEAS TOURISTS

CRUISE SHIP ARRIVES TRIPS TO COUNTRY ARRANGED (Special to Daily Times! AUCKLAND, Nov. 20. On her second cruise to New Zealand this year the P. and O. liner Strathnaver, of 22,282 tons, arrived at Auckland this afternoon after a smart passage of three days and a-half from Brisbane. Most of the 885 passengers went ashore as soon as the ship was berthed and began tours to Rotorua, Waitomo, The Chateau Tongariro and other places, which had been arranged for them. The liner berthed at Princes wharf at 3 o’clock, being assisted into the wharf by two tugs. As the ship came up the harbour a Cutty Sark flying boat from the Hobsonville air base appeared, and flew round her. At times it seemed as if the aircraft was lower than the top deck of the ship. Three officers of the New Zealand Government Tourist Department travelled with the liner, and as a result of their work all the trips arranged for the tourists were well patronised. The liner’s visit to Auckland will mean much to local merchants. It was stated that as much as 40001 b of fish, 10001 b of lamb, and large quantities of fresh fruit, vegetables and varieties of meat, as well as thousands of eggs, will have to be purchased before the ship leaves for Wellington, where the process will take place all over again. The personal expenditure of the passengers will also amount to a considerable sum, and their travelling expenses will probably be in the neighbourhood of £3OOO,