GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 24 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

MT. COOK. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. The need for a new hostelry at Mt. Cook was well proved during the late holiday season, the present accommodation having been overtaxed. More young New Zealanders visited the glacier centre than ever before. Not a few tourists were deterred from going there by reports that the Hermitage was full, but the crush has now eased, partly on that account. A new and large building more advantageously situated is in hand, but is scarcely likely to be ready for next season, 'important additons have been made to facilities for reaching Mt. Cook from the south or vice versa by the extension of the motor-car service Jto Queenstown. BLUFF HARBOR. Invercargill, Last Night. In view of the doubt which at one' time prevailed as to whether the s.s. Delphic would -come to the Bluff with her record cargo for that port of 3400 tons, the Bluff Press interviewed Captain English, master of the vessel, who brought her safelv in. English said he was pleased to'flnd that everything he had heard about th« unsafetv of the port was more or less exaggerated. He said he found nothing difficult in the approach to the Bluff harbor, and it was in no way difficult of navigation, excepting perhaps,, that at-timeVin these latitudes one might expect boisterous weather. He described the soundings which be had personally made, and suggested detail improvement bv which the Bluff harbor, being so handily, situated, could be made one of the finest harbors in New Zealand. NEW METHODTST COLLEGE. ' ' Auckland, Last Night. It is proposed to erect a new Methodist Theological College at Epsom at an early date. A probable, site has been selected, but until the Methodist conference, meets rm February 29 nothing definite can be done. Mr. A. C. Caughey's residence at Remuera has been leased for two years to be utilised until the college has been built. The probable cost of construction will be between £12,000 and £15,000. —■