BEAUTIFUL NEW PLYMOUTH

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1914, Page 2

BEAUTIFUL NEW PLYMOUTH

AX AMERICAN yiSITOII'S VIJiW.S'. j That a projthct has 110 honor in I>is own country is a allying as old ad the hills and as true and as wise as the .sayings of Solomon. Similarly the residents of New Plymouth are not al- { ways as much alive as they might be U> the attractions which the town pos- > scsaes. ; i Kor this reason it is gratifying to know that, the opinion of tii.- en.;nisiasts of the Tourist League and oilier ,-kindred bodies concerning tlie poieiitialitics of New Plymouth as a holiday and tourist resort is fully and .-imciely ■borne out hy a visitor from America who has spent over a week in tiie I own and whose opinion, as that of a travelled man and a native, of hustling "Yankee Land" is worth taking. , Mr. Van ICpps, the American oil expert, in conversation with a Daily News representative yesterday, was enthusiastic in his tone of sincere admiration for the town of New Plymouth. When lie first arrived here the town had struck him merely as a quint little place, but since he had had an opportunity to see something of its beauty, he had been much struck with its attractions as a tourist anil holiday resort. ONLY ONE FAULT.

Mr. Van lipps lias seen I'ukckura Park, lie lias also see other parks in his own country and elsewhere. "There is only one fault to find with it," lie said, "ami tliali is that it is not in bos Angeles, where 1 live. It is the finest place of its kind I ever saw." The natural beauty of the park, continued Mr. Van Epps, was especially appealing. Such a valuable asset should not be neglected.

THE BEACH. • Mr. Van Epps lias not seen a great deal of tlio bathing and picnicking spots which abound on Wie New Plymouth ■beaches, but lie lias seen enough of tke waterfront generally to make kirn enthusiastic in the opinion that New Plymouth as e. seaside resort leaves little to lie desired. Speaking of the proposal to form a carriage drive and promenade for live miles along the waterfront, ill'. Van Epps remarked that the completion of this work should '"boost the town some." The coming of trams, •too, should make a big difference and attract more people to the town. MOUNT EG MONT. Mr. Vail Epps lias made the trip to Jit. Egmont, and cannot say enougn for its beauty. , He has not yet attempted the climb, but has stayed at the mountain hostelry and bus seen something of its surroundings. The .class of scenic 'beauty which liie mountain presented was worth coming even as far as he had come to see, and the more widely its attractions were made known the greater would the number of visitors to the mountain be. NEW PLYMOUTH AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE. • Speaking generally of New Plymouth and the surrounding district, Mr. Van Epps remarked that what be had seen •led him to a decision to stay in New •Plymouth should the business on wliieli 'he is engaged lead to his residence in Taranaki. At all events ne iroula I make a big bid to see more than lie lias done of the place. At first he had felt more than anything the feelings which assail a stranger in a strangu laud, ''but," concluded Mr. Van Epps, '■when one gets acquainted with in* people.it makes all the difference, and New Plymouth is certainly i; charming place to liv« in."