WONDERFUL WEST COAST

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1926, Page 2

WONDERFUL WEST COAST

DR. TEIOHELMANN’S MISSION

(“Otago Daily Times”.) One of the noted visitors the Exhibition has attracted to Dunedin is Dr E. Teichelmnnn, of Hokitika. It is 29 years since Dr Teichelmnnn was appointed medical superintendent at the Westland Hospital. For two years he served with the Allied Forces in Salonika and in his own words “was one of - those unfortunates who were kep* drowning on the ‘Marquette’ whew" she was torpedoed in 1916.” With the ' exception of those two years abroad, he has spent the last quarter of a c-en-tury on the West Coast of the South Island. Being an enthusiastic mountaineer and an ardent lover of “untrammelled Nature, past all loveliness” he spent his sojourn on the beautiful West Coast in exploring every rock and cranny of a district abounding in scenic beauty and awe-inspring grandeur, of which comparatively few New Zealanders know anything, His object in coming to the from his personal interest-'in DuiWdin’sV great undertaking, is to place before' the public something of the glory of ■ Westland from Arthur’s I’ass over the top and through the (Him Gorge, down the old coach road to Hokitika, and the unsurpassable glaciers and lakes Kanieri, Inutile, and Mapaurika, of Southern Westland, where some of the finest .scenery New Zealand lias to offer can be viewed from (be upholstered seats of a service motor car. Few ol New Zealand’s population have revelled in the scenic wonders that. 1),- Teiclielaiami has spent the last three decades exploring, and with such an abundant knowledge of the district be is well fitted to the task which he has undertaken in conjunction with the Tourist Department. Since his retirement from active practice live years ago Dr leichehuaim ias devoted his time to the marvels of scenery and beauty which the West Coast has to offer to tourists. Dr reichelmann will deliver a series ol lectures at the Exhibition Kincma Hall this week.

LURE OF WESTLAND. DR TEICHELMANN TO SPEAK. (“Dunedin Star.”) Retired from a crowded life as a medical practitioner, one incident of which, after serving with the forces at Salonika, was that of being wrecked on the Marquette, Dr E. Teichelmnnn, mte superintendent of the Westland Hospital at Hokitika, has dedicated his time to the study of the splendid fastnesses of Westland.

"Several causes have conspired to prevent Westland from obtaining the mine to which the natural beauties entitle it. and from ranking as one of die foremost alpine countries of the world,” remarks Dr Teichelmaiin, in a tooklet in whose production, under the auspices of the Westland Committee of the Canterbury Progress League, he ,\as associated—‘A Holiday in • West,and.’ He mentions as one the isolation and neglect that followed the Iwilulling of the comparatively large population that was attracted “in a relatively small space of time, mosty made up of persons whose only desire ,:is to acquire wealth aiuT then to leave die province.” But, convinced, and gradually con-,-incing others, that W’estJaml is one jf the most desirable of all the dolectible provinces of New Zealand, Dr reichelmann lias laboured unceasingly in the task of fostering interest in the western territory. His visit to the Exhibition .is to somo extent part of this mission to which lie ias dedicated himself. Beginning on Wednesday, he will show in the Cinema Hall hosts of slides that, amazing and enthralling spectators who can have no idea of Westland's beauty, will give some indication of the attractiveness if this heaven of Nature. His first lecture will deal with the trip from Arthur’s Pass rignt down to the Franz .Joseph Glacier—perhaps the most glorious motor tour in New Zealand. He will describe the contrast between the simtery of Canterbury—with its oaks and elms so reminiscent Kent—and the suggestion of a ■ hemisphere that one finds the Otirn tunnel, where the characteristics of soil, verdure, landscape, and atmosphere arc of the iyp-a peculiar to New Zealand.

On the mountain scenery, the Inish, Hie lakes, the romantic evidences (of the old goldfields, and finally iifo glacier itself. I)r Teichelmaiin is hotter qualified than anyone to discourse, and his remarks on Wednesday are sure to uo followed with interest. Possibly he will give other illustrated addresses on the variety of scenery to be found in other part's of this richly endowed province—including that round Greymouth, which few realise as a reposttary of scenic splendour. For those interested in the natural beauty of New Zealand—and really Scott’s inspiring linos on ‘Patriotism,’ whose soul is s*> dead as not to be interested? —Dr Teiehelmann’s lectures will no doubt prove to l>o one of tlie bright features of the Government Pavilion’s many activities*