TOURIST RESORTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 362, 25 October 1932, Page 4

TOURIST RESORTS

MEMBBR FOR GISBORNE ■ OPPOSES COMMISSIQN'S M PRUNING. M In his Budget speech, Mr. ColefflaB, M memher for Gisborne, said he w°u * be very sorry to see the Governm® 9| adopt the proposals of the Nation ■ Expenditure Commission in relatioag to tourist resorts. . M "The Commiss'ion," said Mr. man, "recommends the closing of the hostel at Waikaremoana. , B think that that would he a pity. karemoana is a splendid scenic resodiH and, afAer all, I do not think that ^ ■ should look at these matters sq ®u°' B from an £ s. d. point of view. roS'g sibly that resort has heen to a tain extent an expense; hut I he)ief B that, if certain fapilities were giv® H it could he made a paying propositio^ H "Then there are the Morere W B Springs," continned Mr. Colewa11- B "Certainly, the annual loss at is only £174; hut I helieve could he made self-supporting " H swimming pqol were constructed; ® ^ could "be done at very little cost. W a| pools at present, though small, ffijg very well patronise4; and, if a slV^B piing pool of fair size were constrnct^ ed, I have no douht that the sjna^.%lB ficiency of £174 could he easily vip?1? 9 out. As for Rotorua, whilst E°t°^ 9 may .be rather expensive to th'e « yernment, it is one of thp places tha. H go to inake New Zealgnd, apd I a|® sure that, if the Commission's i'eP°|H were put into operation in this regawM it would he a national loss. j9