AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1923, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

j N.Z. AGENTS OPINIONS. | INVERCAKGIDE, Dee. 1.',. j Among the passengers arriving from ! 1 Australia is one who is well-known J throughout, the Dominion—Air If. .G .j .Munson, New Zetduud Government .1 Agent and JlTade 'Continis.sioner in 1 Australia, with headquarters at MelJ lanirne. Mr .Munson (who is acoom--3 puttied hv his wile and family), is some 3 hustler. While in Invercargill he was .1 kept very busy, hut. before eontiliJ uing hi> journey north he was able to .1 give some interesting information to 3 a “Southland Daily News” represenJ tat ire. J TOEIt IST RESORTS. 4 “For many years I have been a 3 great advocate for the tourist resorts 4 in the southern portion of the Donnti--4 inn,” raid the visitor in reply to a 4 query as to what, the prospects were r -j for an j'lHux cf Australian tourists to -s our s.eetiie wonderland in the near “g future, “t heft the pleasure. he re*n marked, *‘o] visiting them some eoti"J siderahle tiuie ago. and I was so much A, impressed with the beauty of them all “ that I have never eOHiied to C’Ctol tiieil' wonders. I Ins part oi the Dominion is the natural outlet lor the people living in the southern part of the m Commonwealth, and my headquarterbeing m Melbourne, T am ahir- to direct aihe tourists to here; and once Australians come across they are never 3 disappointed. I niortunatoly tor a 3 number of years and particularly dur--3 im; the war. facilities for travel were 3 seriousiv curtailed. Thou later, when 3 peo] tie were accustomed to travel. 3 strikes, lock-outs, and labour troubles 3 prevented them from doing so. liap- =| pily this year that position ol affairs 3 has. been remedied, as the labour con“I ditions have imjnoved. Tim conditions ■4 in Australia are prosperous, the people “j are. ready to travel, and the intro“g rluc-tioti of.the Mixoaki on the miming ■| between Melbourne and Tiluff is pruv“j jug tjuite a boon, so much So that the ] passenger accommodation has been ~J taxed to the utmost. There is un“J doubtedly room for improvement, in 111 the service in the way of more froRq nont trips, and 1 I eel sure that if such _ trips were duly advertised covering Cl the slimmer months, the people could j he readily induced to include New □_l Zealand, and particularly the sout'iein 3 part of the. Dominion, in their holiday J itinerary. J WEST COAST SO ENDS. 3 “There is a move. I understand,” 3 said Mr Malison, “to try and induce 3 the Union Steamship Company to ran 3 a sleajner from Melbourne to Mil- * lord Sounds, while a strong teeliug has also been expressed on the pari nt 3 the Southland I .vague to get the Ifttd--3 dari-l’arker (.'oinpaity to include 151uII -j in the itinerary covering the same j period. If this were done I have not .I —. slightest doubt, that there would he a ■™ great influx of visitors fr uit I her ; side. The Southland Dengue and other progressive societies in your province can always depend upon me for support from the Melbourne end. I am always in touch with the tourist bureaux which are tali ring not only for Australian tourists, hut also for oilier visitors and intend touring i lie Dominion.” INTERCOI.ONEM, TRADE. Touching on intercolonial trade mattiers, Mr Man.-on stated that since the reciprocal agreement had been drawn up between the Commonwealth and New Zealand lie had observed an increase in trade, and as time went on the prospects he thought, of lurIhor expansion were decidedly favourable. I!., staled that f-vimdiktud birch found a ready market in Australia, while there was al-m a demand for blue rod and oyster:- 1 . the hitter already being marketed there in canned condition. “The labour conditions m Australia.” said the visitor, “are very good now. Wages are high, and things generally are piosperou-. A good season ha- hot ii experienced, and prices i for won!, biuler. am! ether articles j are al-n -atis|a, l orv. The meat Hade, however, e- had. there being no tieI maud for hi- commodity, but there is [n move to heller their condition, and j one scheme i- being placed before the I growers, which, if brought into exist- ! cure, will mean Dial D* ruuiuy will lake big,-a ci nan title, o' At;.' rahan