AS OTHERS SEE US

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 439, 25 January 1933, Page 4

AS OTHERS SEE US

VISITORS' COMMM PITHY REMARKS ftlADul TOURISTS OR J ROTORUA 1 WAIL OF AN ABERDEBN J Varied and interesting are tli I ten comment of visitors to HJ as recorded in the Visitors' BoJ by the Tourist Department, an| are not all of a favourable J whilst undouhtedly some coLi from the heart. I From the Far North 1 For instance there is 0Jle 1 reads as follows: — "Verra exnl not coming again until I a/| ed." London? No. Farther nortl that? Yes. Verra far north?! reader you have guessed arij came fra' Aherdeen anc] was -J by a Scots lassie. 1 However there is the countel this time written by a visitor! Albury, New South Wales. DiJ from the' Hielan' lassie he 1 "Worth every penny you spend I That is perhaps a bit more flati to us all. . . . Then there isthel from Newbury, England, whol inscrihes "Not what I expectedl wonders what he really but a couple of lines furtherl comes this reassuring remaitl the pen of a Brisbane residenj ceeds all expectations." So thoa counter-balancej one another. fl Perhaps there is also somecoi tion for the Scots lassie's waill one reads that from Invercargill! this tribute-"Great. The place is! the money." "When Scot meetl .... etc." 1 Rotorua's Reputation Biasl! But perhaps the most sadi comments, one which casts a M the manhood of Rotorua, one! for ever hlasts the reputations! sons, which will go down to H as th'e last despairing cry of ! in torment, comes from a Nen mouth visitor, a lassie of some ■ tations. 9 In fair round script she writesl damning words "Boys too Slow,B wise O.K." What disappointmej behind those terrible words,* longing unfulfilled, what blastedl and futile prayers, what artn veiglings, what dropped handkeii what sidelong glances, and fl winks, wh'at marchings and col marchings, what bitter tears fl over the heach pyjamas whicfl to turn the heads of the local fl what midnight musings andfl sleepless wonderings. Why, andfl why, and yet -again why? Thfl on our Rotorua manhood . . . wifl we going to do about it? n the reason for this neglect M visitors — -fair and Taranalrian?fl was the representative of thefl terfat Province" singled out ffl slight? No matter what the fl j the slur remains. This blot fl I escutcheon. . . . what can be dfl i soothe this single-minded soulfl algony of disappointment? ifl going to do it? What has thfl licity and Amusement Committfl doing, or rather, what has it nfl doing? Here is a job for mefl he-men, are they the men to mfl town popular? We shall see,fl us hope that never again will afl fair — or from Taranaki — have tfl those damning words in our fl "The Boys are too Slow; otfl O.K." 9 Well Done, Tourist Deptfl But a truce to this unpleasfl ticism. There are others. For ifl a lady from Sydney writes 'fl every minute of my stayfl days." Apparently in her cfl committee was equal to the ojfl This is backed up by a tourifl Rochdale, also of the weaker fl pays this tribute "Perfect servifl the Tourist Department." fl Says Wellington fl A Parisian visitor says "trefl and this view is confirmed byfl lingtonian who records "My fl visit and I am coming againfl lingtonians seem to like Eofl their comments be any criteriofl are a few, "Jolly fine," "Weafl too good," whilst one is pfl eulogistic writing in a fair roufl (again it is a lady). "Absolufl best pdace in the world for a ifl Petone Holds Its Nosejfl But not all the comment isfl able, some of it is positively fl but one wonld hardly have ex]fl visitor from Petone. . • • ^ifl place with several soap-workfl works, and a gas-works— fl written "Smells rotten; ofl O.K." fl That was unkind for tliafl should have known that a Jfl any other name smells just afl — even to a Petoneite. ^fl Tlie smell, that salubnoufl which has moved so many P^fl words — and sniffs — has dravP^fl comment from a W anganui Jfl who writes "Stinks of Sulphufl an Aucklander says _ HeU fl supplementing this with n°fl Christchurch is more kina. Afl confesses to this being 1ns sijfl and describes the place as fl (whatever that may meanj jfl visitor from Cork descri e jfl as "greatly impressed. U»fl lians the place seems to M|fl happy effect and they are 0 l|fl praises. From Toowoombafl land) a tourist describes Wfl "Weird but wonderful ano afl ite "Have had a most enjoyjfl day." Melbourne says Oonn— loved the golf and baths, {^^fl wich (Queensland) says *fl derful." M Even America jj Even San Francisco adnnfl there is something big 011 ^fl rica and describes Rotoruajfl Wonderful sights m the flH joyed myself." flB Taken all in all the con flH mostly good though on . flfl one might note there are fl gruntled ones. There alwayflj but someone ought to p^fl about that girl from New