TOURIST DEPARTMENT.
THE MINISTER'S INTENTIONS
CHRISTCHURCH. May 26. . In the course of an interview the Hon. T. Mackenzie stated that the Tourist Department had had a most successful 1 year, and a good number of the country's resources had been , turned into profit. Up to the end of last year the department would show a net profit of between £6OOO and £7OOO. At present he was anxious to do some more work in connection with Mount Cook, and also to link up the road system of the east and west coasts by a track over the mountains from the Hermitage to the Copland Valley. When that was done he believed it would form the grandest tourist road in the world, and the link required would not be a long one. though somewhat difficult. Hi>; were beingbuilt on both sides, and with but a modest expenditure he expected very good results.
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Otago Witness, 1 June 1910, Page 4
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