ALPINE GUIDES

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1930, Page 3

ALPINE GUIDES

BENEFITS OF LICENSING. WELLINGTON, October 1. ' Commenting on the alpine guides' conference, Mr A. P. Harper, president of Zealand, Alpiiie Club, said-, that' the licensing of guides could not ; affect'the employers’ interests in any way, ~lt. .gave , the guides a definite standing, and,, what was more important, it 'gave the climbing public the protection they ought ( to have by in-,: sisting that ho person should be employee as a guide in high alpine coun- i try , unless he had been passed as qualified by an expert board. , Qn.beha.lf of .the Alpine Club and the Federation of. Mountain Clubs and all climbers, Mr Harper expressed a ppreciatjoh. of: the,interest taken by the Minister (the Hon P. A. de la Perrelle in ijaying authorised the holding of the conference. Mr Beter Graham said the guides had always,:felt that they wanted a recog-nised-standing and the proposal put forward : at the conference would . give it to them,. , -As an employer, of guided on the West Coast he would, welcome legislation which would safeguard the employer ,as well as the guides. He pointed, out.that the guides would have to graduate to get their position and better results would be ensured. Good work would have to be done by the guides, otherwise they would not get their certificates. ~,.