NEW ZEALAND SOUNDS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18922, 25 January 1936, Page 15

NEW ZEALAND SOUNDS

"WONDERLAND OF SOUTH"

Before returning to Melbourne, the Rev. Dr. John Mackenzie, who is spending a holiday in the Dominion, plansi to visit, the Eglinton Valley, he told a representative of the Christchurch Press, lie had seen M.ilford Sound on the way across from Melbourne to> Bluff, and he was interested in the road which, in ayear or so. would link Dunedin direct with Milford Sound. He hoped that efforts would be made to cater for visitors who might be attracted to this wonderland of the south, by the provision of a. better, quicker, and more regular service. Dr. Mackenzie said he had seen the fiords of Norway, and although these had more grandeur and were much more extensive than those in the south, the New Zealand sounds bad a distinctive quality of beauty. If this part of the world were better known abroad, and if better access were provided, it might be expected I bat thousands would visit this part of New Zealand, whereas today there were only lc " s -

He understood that the shipping ormpanics were handicapped! in that there was practically no interchange of commodities between Australia and New Zealand, and he hoped that alterations might be made which would remedy this difficulty.