Those One-Day Tourists!
pp. 23-24 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Noumea, Oct. 27.
NEW Caledonia is hoping that, after the war, quite a profitable tourist cruise traffic will develop between Australia and NZ and this Colony. But we do pray that future tourists will be given a longer stay on our rich, colourful island than formerly.
Usually, the cruise ships landed their passengers here just for one day. They saw little of the place and the question they asked mostly on landing was pre cisely the same as that asked by to-day’s Clipper arrivals: “Where can we get a drink?” At night, they would attend a ball at the Hotel de Ville (most of them were surprised when they found it was not a hotel!). And that was just about all they saw.
Mr. H. Humble, of Wau, TNG, has taken up a position at Madang as accountant with Colyer. Watson (NG) Limited.