TOURIST MONOPOLY?
MOUNT COOK COMPANY QUESTION IN THE HOUSE (THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Having' read in the Press that the Mount Cook Motor Company intended running a string of hostels and motor services throughout New Zealand, Mr. J. O'Brien (Westland) inquired in the House of Representatives today of the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon Sir Joseph Ward,, whether steps would oe taken to prevent the arising ?f a monopoly of the tourist traffic. Sir Joseph Ward said that he had noticed the paragraph, but the company was a private concern, and the Government had no control over any enterprise in that direction. If the company wanted to risk its money in that, direction it could.
The company at present was the lessee of one Government establishment, the Hermitage, Mount Cook, which was leased for a period of 15 years from October 1, 1927. The only motor service run by the company was from Timaru to the Hermitage and from the Hermitage to Queenstown.
No private company would be allowed to have a monopoly of the tourist traffic of New Zealand. If such a scheme were proposed, those responsible would be well advised to reconsider their proposals before taking any definite steps.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 717, 17 July 1929, Page 10
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203TOURIST MONOPOLY? Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 717, 17 July 1929, Page 10
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