Cheap travel arrangements and mountain thrills for the public are now supplied through the co-operation of the Railway Department with the Mount Cook Motor Company Ltd., and the Tongariro Park Tourist Company, Ltd. In a booklet prepared by the Railway Publicity Branch the following interesting particulars are included.

Many distinguished visitors to New Zealand have expressed great astonishment at the people's slowness to take advantage of the wonderful facilities for exhilarating winter sports at Mount Cook and the Tongariro National Park.

That well-known mountaineer, the Rt. Hon. L. S. Amery, formerly Secretary of State for the Dominions, said that he spent some of the most pleasant days of his life in the Mount Cook region.

“The wonderful opportunity which the whole of this alpine country offers to New Zealanders,” Mr. Amery remarked, “seems to me to have been hardly realised… . . But, after all, the attracting of tourists from outside is only a secondary matter to what the mountains can offer to New Zealanders themselves.

“I see no reason why, like the Swiss, the New Zealanders should not find their main recreation and training in mind, limb, and courage in their own beautiful mountains,” concluded Mr. Amery. “There is an unlimited scope there for holidays of infinite variety and interest, well within the means of every class.”

Similar remarks could apply to the Tongariro Park, which is now equipped with a fine modern Chateau.