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Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1930, Page 4

A great pean of praise is being meted out again to the South Westland glaciers by the recent distinguished visitors to those parts. The Craigavons are uprld-travellors and along with Lady Bore .Until veil, state they saw the. finest scenery in all their travels in .South Westland. .Lord Craigavon placed South Westland mountain scenery ahead of Switzerland scenery These frequent eulogies of the southern asset should impress the Government with the need of paying more attention to the wonderland to be developed there. It is all natural scenery. There is nothing artificial, nor is there the need to magnify any of the special features. It is necessary, however, to do more in the way of improved access, bv facilitating traffic to interesting points of view. The glaciers are not the whole attraction of the locality, and if new routes were opened to points of van tnge, fresh scenes would be presented to entertain and interest the visitors Travellers are now coming in consider ! able number, but most of them see only the glaciers and depart. The other scenes m the locality should no' be missed. To many they are even more attractive, than the glaciers, hui so few know of the hidden tracks to reach the special beauty spots. There is talk of new tracks, but they are too long in materialising. The< present season is running its course, and verv little lias been done to add to-the attractions lor the average visitor who is content to see the. glacier, and then depart somewhat hurriedly. There is plentv to oecunv the attention of the visitor for some days if the various routes in and about the glaciers were opened up. The Government is again r need in rr very large sums in and about ■Rotorua for the attraction of visitors, but mooov for fkuitb Westland seeuic resorts is doled out yen* ?''•->ringly. The lie of distinguished visitors mi adit well he evtendcid in the south, soetne that there is the opportunity' of feasting their vision on the finest of world scenery Yet according to some accounts, these visitors are often hurried away to lo«s attractive parts, and they depart, perhaps, aeninsf their will, before they have had a feast of all the

good things nature lias provided in South Westland. It is time the Tourist Department gave South Westland more legitimate attention, and with ail the eulogies that beautiful territory is receiving there is every right to demand and expect better service from the Tourist Department.