WHITE STAR SERVICE.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1923, Page 4

WHITE STAR SERVICE.

TO ADVERTISE NEW ZEALAND. A mooting was hold at the County Chambers yesterday afternoon to moot several members oi tin* AA bite Star j Tourist Mission, who arc at present on- j gaged in a tour of Now Zealand with a | view to stirring up interest in the ' mission they are undertaking with a ; view to bringing the Dominion under ; more prominent notice of outside* countries, especially America, with the pur- ; pose .../ augmenting and increasing the j tourist traffic to Nc-w Zealand. Mi T. W. Dull' (County Chairman) i w.r. voted t*. the chair aiui there was a : fail- attendance of public men present. In opening the meeting Mr Dull ex-; tended a welcome to the visitors, who ’ were going to place the object of their ’ visit before the meeting. He also «]><>- ' logi-ed for the nb-on. * of Messrs S. AA . • Ford .T. N. Robertson and tie* Mayor. Captain" MacDonald said l.e had pica- : Klil *e in meeting them that nftoriior.n ] after a successful meeting at Hrey- . mouth the previous evening. For seme ! time past liter had been an agitation | ior more poiblieitv lor .m'V. /,e.i..tu. . The White Star Tourist Service Inn. , now taken the matter in hand, and a ; mission was going out to tell the world «hat New Zealand is. They had over • >I,OOO feet of film, and more to conic

for the purpose of bringing before the j people in other countries a fuller know- ; led'o* of the primary and secondary j industries, and scenic beauties of New | Zealand. What the White Star had , taken li years to. do would have taken ! the Government Department at least , ten years. They wanted assistance ; morally and financially. H Hu* : thev were doing were done hv tjic Docomment it would cost 0200.000 while they were doing it for a few thousand. , M,* .) E. Winsloe (Manager oi the , Mission) said tlu* White Star Tourist Service wa- an association lormed by n co’r.ljir.ai i;»n nf tTic* tourist son ices »>* tSic w >mil | -laud. to protort the tourist traffic of New Zealand. It had proved S') successful that now they had brought (he leading hotels into it it ! was of only a nominal eapitnmii As >*..).

It did not trade for profit. 1 hey aero , out to benefit the tourist trade Ol New I j Zealand and to provide for hetur accommodation for tourists, which last j year was worth Cs'!itiTKt)j.(i_gtfl»AAit'iiT'o') , j the Hiojliiliobb—iviiTie only about 8 J>er , L —TcTTCm'nnit* to tlu* Sooth Island. Non j thev wert* preparing lor their mission. They had the Government nhoto■'raplior and also their own. Mr Barton. It would take £l2.f>di> to £1 l,(!0t( .to I equip the mission and keep them going : I tor six mouths. Their seerettiry was an , j able New York lady. Persona by lie j J knew every phase of New Zealand Ine. ( 1 Miss Fail-lie, an organiser, who was an | able botanist had done great work. Ino I mission would first work in America, J and if they could send here 3300 tourists iu one year then their cost wou.d be more than repaid. They were askjiP' the people for moral and hnancial support, but did not ask for >V"dributions from a sympathetic point ol vie". On Wednesday Oct. 17fh.. they were boldine a 'picture programme nndet the auspices of the N.Z. Piet,. res Ltd when u toll programme oi SOOO met uouhl be shown of some of toe him bint thev were going to show in Amend. That was to interest the people m their movement. He suggested that a commit lee be set up for (ullecting. He "as satisfied that once the people had heard bis address on the ohim-ls in view that tlvv would have no difficulty in getting iu subscriptions. He thanked them foi their heeling, and would he prepared

i-n answer any questions. QUESTION 8. V],- |in if coinpl uncut ed the spetioti ■ on their lucid ami Instructive aibhc- •' j*n(l mvitfil ioii<. .Mr liriicf ii*kt*il wluU* ammitii ■•* d * peeled from Hokitika? , .Ml* Winsloe Stated that they had pm down £lll3O for the Coast, from Ijh'uh, im to Hokitika : and would say about from Hokitika. In replv to a statement oi eounleiattractions on Oct. 17th.. Mr AVuishm stated that they had to work to a timetable. and would not. bo able to aim i bat dale, lie al.-o to* iiiMimn that anything that, louhl he done to push on the Exhibition project in other parts ,4 ,h(, IV,minion, would be gladly none. He would he glad to arrange for the disi l ib.ition of advertising placards Vr | his purpose. In reply to Mr A\,!d. aim asked if it ".-re were 1-ing taken up or subscriptions that we.- desired. Mr Winsloe said it o* a stth. emiliou. ami no duinlimi-ili would lw made, asked for kelp m giv** a tart “> •■quin 1!,.. \|i--mu. ami to keep t! going tdl it is settled on its fed. and able I" v.ork its on n "ay unaided, i ,".*y have a resident agent in all the big coo ires of America on a cuumi-shm ba-i----|,,r ell im'.ii i-l~ “cut over. Mr Wild askcl if an appeal »«» bing made to the government for a grant. , , ' A|»* Wi'i ioe renfie.l that non,* bad been made yet. They felt that if H" v l-d a covei’iunent era id Htey t out,l 1 ' bauds tied n a ecrlc.ni «'.x--t»**,;l. ami tie v warned to have free bands. All the same the ( ■overunient v.cn* oiviug them a greet deal oi a<sistai i' l ' h-v means ol llm Publicity and Tourist Departments. They v,anted , to be interest'd, pcr-oiadly. He believed that if they did m to the vrnmu'in at tlm end of the campaign. v would gel aid of a sill -lanital nature. , • , Or Tcichelmami- seal the "iissim. , v „, v undertaking a good work. bus nils «li*--t rift at present: was b me dry. dmy j r , ( j been doing publicity work for yem's last, and now they had their Esaihitinn work in hand. , ~, Mr winsloe said they wonhl -dm die a.-sistanco of ill** League or Chamuer c. Com merer for th* next fortnight I hey want a good house though they did no look for much profit. lhey <-id not want a long drawn out campaign a"' iiiutlc. That should he completed m a coupk* of days, and llm whole al.air lx* washed up iu three weeks lmm that

dav. The Chairman suggested the meeting refer the mission to the Progress League to take as actiie an ii*. r. 11 . t. a possible. . , , Mr Wild suggested -!<!:> tiTets In* distributed in the room to dispose oi. Alter i urt her discus-loti it was resolved that the following Committee be set up to take the necessary action. - Dr Teiehclmann (Chairman). Messrs Wild, Bruce, Dalglie.sh. Clements, Houston. *1 • King* Neville, Dull and *). W. Morris i Secret ary). , The Chairman moved a vole ot Huihnh. to the visitors which was carried by acclamation. Messrs McDonald and AN tushie returned thanks, the latter stating he would do his best for the Dominion, juul he hoped when he returned at the end of two years they would be quite satisfied. He moved a vote ot thank* to tiie Chairman, which was carried by acclamation.