NEW ZEALAND SCENERY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2325, 10 January 1890, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND SCENERY

" Tekmaohua," tba gifted writer for tbe "At 4UI" who is at present aopplyicg that journal with most Interesting articles en New Zealand, holds that tbe Government ul this ooloay sbooJa provde every f»oilify lor T'kttlDg oar anrivelled eaenery. He rhen asks:—"ls it the basinets of tbe Government to provide this? It It is tbe business of the Government to develop nil the resources of tbe ooun'ry, tha iniver In most certainly yen. And it Is a <m.tter of ooost*nt wonder to me tbat these resources have been neglected go long. It la not the ansoaled peaks I met a They are but tbe beaaona by wblob tbe 3it bold mariners will steer. Help t h.em across first, and a mighty fl et will soon aumo sailing in tbeir wake. Aad I would u»y', help the others lv any and every possible Wity. Sabiidise steamships, oat iown railway fares, make tracks to every like sad every mountain, and every nest of 1 ijlory amongst these hills ( ft^katipu) 1 j would e«y and with ail ear&eßtaess, and not without some practical knowledge— This ii your exhibition ; herd is your bo d and pernment advertisement to thi world. This will aome day give to you all that tho alps and tbe hkea have given to Switzerland and the Tyrol, Melbourne will by and-by have more need of the couio of an alpine tour than London or Paris. Melbourne in this year, did sbe koow of your glory and of the ussy means by which it mlgbt be reached, would flood year land with tourists. And herself would greatiy gain thereby. And here is a note for those who manege the larger affairs of New Zealand. It ia quoted fro<n the " Argas "of 23 cd Pecemb,r, ' Lest week upwards cf 900 passengers left Melbourne for tbe lasmamai} prrts.' And Tasmania Is not quite like New Zealand. But then we should want yon to land us st tbe Bluff in three days and a half, to run us on to Wakatipa in aootaer four hours, and to have a tew little matters prepare i for our arrival,"