THE BEAUIIFUL COAST.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1924, Page 4

THE BEAUIIFUL COAST.

AN .M I’S (iiMKVAXCK

After li.st<*iiin<* to dissertations on Now Zealand scenery in the House of Heprescnltll ive oil Saturday morning. Mr ,1. O'l’.rieu ( West Iniiil) suiil lie lillll entile to tlm eoneliisimi licit tin* most In'lliil it ill scenery in New /,o;iliiml Imrdly wiis known in tlie House. “ I lie West Const, vitli its lien lit 1 1 ill lillsli iiinl its ii i o 1111 1 .inis. lini ill v is In'll nl of here," lie stilled. Ml O'lirioii lidded tllilt lie liiol e\|iorl'.*d 11ml something more would luive lieen done in the wav of ptoviding grants in le tpeel ol I lie leenie inserts ol tie* ( on .1 , :is during the year there litol lieen lenuid visits from Ministers of the Crown. Still, the Coast seemed to lie ncghrlcd, despite the Ifirt Unit some ol the t'lssil travellers of the world spoke so highly ol its scenery, nml recognised the wonders of its glaciers. The lakes of the (’mist were not taken into eoilsidetatinn. There wns hake Ilriintier. one of

the linest sheets of Witter ill New Zealand, and anotli'T, hake Kimieii. was. among the tifst. heautifnl lakes in the j world. As for l.ake Mahinapua, near Ilnkilika. if a road of a few miles were Imilt. the whole of the working people, of Hint town e-ml.I vi--.it it- Tle ie , seemed t,n he no elianee of getting any money lor that load while the present , Ministiy was in power, lie would like the Minister to make a statement as to what lie inleiuled to do towards opening up the scenery nt the "e -i Coast-