WELLINGTON NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1924, Page 1

WELLINGTON NOTES.

OFFICIA I, DISCOURTESY. (Special to “Guardian”.) WELLINGTON'. August 11. Prumpt replies from Guvcrnmeiit officials or from .Ministers of the 'Crown rue lure. It .seems to he regarded as infill dig for such to reply to com 11111 aieations, and delay intormiunble is the rule. Deputalion.s with few exceptions are fed up with promises. "The matter will receive curisicjeraticui." or "Tile matter will ho kepi steadily in view" are the sum total nf the ali-ac-. Of enui’se, it depends whether votes are involved, i; lh"y cr. iiiism'ius and aetion comets jiroiiiiitly .11. nigh. T lie Wellington City Council is desirous e.l opening a

nev, trainwnv route to Knrori, whieli would I.ring that .siihurb and the neighbouring siibiuhs of Creswiek and Northlaml within easy distance of the centre of the city. It would he a "home to lunch” eouveiiieii.o for the suburbanites, lint the tram rails must be laid in Rouen street uiili Parliament lloilse on one side of the streets and tlie Turnbull Library and the IfoMcn Street Hospital 011 the other, and the tram would also pass in front ol tlie wretched building that the Government calls the Dominion Aliiseiini. I lie City Council applied for permission to l la i Public Works Depart ment lo construct tli i s line. Application Went in .some mouths ago. anil two deputations wailed nil the Government. but up to tlie present the million t-ins have bet'll as close as oysters. We can get neither nye nor nay from the Department or the Government. I’he proposed tram route atfec.ts the Wellington North constituency. represented by Sir John Luke, and if something is not done Very soon, well the pro-peels of Sir John at next election will be so-so. A feeling is gaining ground amongst some of the residents that vested inlere.-ts are being safeguarded. but it dues net follow that Mi is , s lealiv the ease.

ADVERTISING NEW ZEALAND. The desirability of advertising New Zealand Inis been iterated and reiterated: it has hecti hummed and

strummed in every key. of course, advertising is being dui:e now, and at present Pc a milch greater extent than usual. Tile Government's Publicity Ollicer is in England giving lantern lecture's; tile Wembley Exhibition idoing a good deal, and the "All Marks” will do a groat deal more, but .Mr W. Stuart Wilson is not satidied and petitioned Parliament to particularly cunrcutiate on Canada and,the United States. The petition is a good advertisement for the petitioner. Inu whether New Zealand will gain anything hr it i.s iptite another matter. Tourists come io New Zealand every year and when they return to their home towns they 110<•01110 advertisers for New Zealand, some good, some bad ; ii depends upon he tv they have enjoyed themselves. With our present, facilities for travel and accommodation it i- doubtful whether we can handle more tourists than we are now getting. The tourist Irrfiic in the past summer may have been had and il may 1.0 le'env the nx»_ rngc in ill tiling "immer. but Ihe fading < ii am. con lie attributed to

tin l Empire Exhibition, and the Olympic- Game's which have attracted thousand of Americans to Kui'oj-c'. This t iuri.-t traffic to Euioj e ha- ) laved -once part in holding up the < X' li,mge with the United Slates. An advertising campaign in the United States muM I" arr.impatiiii'd hy xa-t improvements in the hotel accoaimcd.ition for tourists, the train .service nml the nc- ■ i nimiuini ion n'|iiin-. ii he very mm Ii better, ami the road- for mntorin* mil't be poll ill order. .Most pen] Ie would euif.x a motor tour through New Zculaucl. lot is -iicli iravelling safe. \nicricaii iouri-t.- will cumiarc the l.'icilitic- and condoits for travel offered in New Zealand with those avr.ila! !c' in Europe, and the c cimparisoii will be Pi our detriment. Those who arc di-appoiiitcd become very bail advertisers. lII'I.I’INC NEEDY STUDENTS. Ui.ix Vi -ily simleiits in Nav. /.'aland li.i'.c. fer the Past three years. lieeil hel; iug simb'ids at Universi'tics i:i Fail'' 'l-e. who have suffered keenly athe re-tllt of the Great War. and ihe \ic|eria College students have hit upon a practical means of raising money for tin’s purpose', for they propo-e to earn ii. ami uni to draw upon ihe charity of the I'cople. 11l this they are adopting ihe method-. -U'-ei".sl idly followed in two oilier centres. On

Saturday ticxi. Angn-t I'M over one hnndred men and women stuclciils of Y'icpuia Colleg" will be available io

rentier .services to tlie citizens in rctiici for wage's. The men arc' willing to undertake gardening, wood chopping hedge trimming and other .similar work, and the women students of the party 'are prepared to undertake housework, sewing, washing etc., and the wage seal.' has been fixed at As for the hall-day or Ids for the day. The citizens me likely to enter into ihe spirit of the movement and engage tim workers; the student-workers will net ‘‘go-slow” on tin ir jobs. \ ar.sily students .sillier from “compound iusauity” mi Capping Day. Iml on all other (lays they are keen to help in

iiiv way. anyone wanting help