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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16546, 22 September 1919, Page 2

Every year one hears complaints in the summer that many visitors are anxious to come to New Plymouth for a holiday at the sea, but cannot find accommodation. Numerous cottages have been built on the beach at the West End, but they do little to meet tho demand, and people urge that someone should build boarding-houses to provide for visitors, although it is obvious - that a. hoarding-house which can only be filled for two or three months in the year cannot he a profitable investment. Even tho cottages which exist arc built on very wasteful lines, because each has to be provided with its own appliances for cooking and washing. What is required to moot the position is something more on the linos of a largo camp open for three months, where comfortable sleeping quarters would be provided, but everything else would he run on community lines —with common diningrooms, sitting-rooms, and so forth. For adults tho arrangements would not ho very difficult, as there could be separate camps for men and women, but provision for families with young children, which is especially necessary, would be somewhat more of a problem. That

schemes of the sort can bo successfully carried out is proved by the camps held all over the country by Bible Classes and other similar bodies, but the arraogements hor© would naturally do or a more permanent nature than when a camp is heldr for a- week or ten days. There is no doubt that it would be possible to attract thousands of people to the town during the summer holidays if suitable buildings and skilled management could bo provided, for seaside resorts are singularly lacking oit-the westconst of the North Island. Those who know the rush that takes place to places on tho sea coast in England which have not half the natural advantages of New Plymouth must realise how great the demand is if only means of satisfying it can be provided.