TOURISTS FROM AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1930, Page 6

TOURISTS FROM AUSTRALIA

OFFER OF FREE STEAMER FARES. MOUNT COOK COMPANY’S SCHEME. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last NightFree steamer fares will be granted under certain conditions during October and November by the Mount Cook Tourist Company of New Zealand, Ltd., to Australians who wish to spend a holiday travelling in the Dominion. Instructions foi - publicity in the Commonwealth were sept to-day by cable, and an extensive advertising campaign is to start there immediately. The company has the co-operation of the Government Tourist Department, which has-under-taken the booking in Australia. The plan was announced to-day by Mr. H. Coxhead, of Timaru, secretary of the Mount Cook Company and of the Tongariro Park Tourist Company, Ltd. The company, he said, was paying the steamer fares, realising that traffic from Australia was going to be slacker this year than previously, and it was felt that by means of the scheme the numbers during the coming season would be maintained at their ordinary level. Single fare would be paid if a certain percentage of the tourist’s expenses was spent in New Zealand with the company, and if a higher figure was spent the company would pay return fares. Apart from this, the people were free to plan their own itinerary and go anywhere in New Zealand.