BAY OF PLENTY TRADE.
PROPOSED-LINE'OF STEAMERS,. (BY TISI.EUUAPU— Sl'liClAj;. C6BUEBI'ONDJSNI.I > ' Auckland, March 20. : •■ '*A certaini amount of intcrest, ?, i says tho " Stai , ,":,";wns rousod recently iu lacal-ship- , ping., circles bJ'Vthc. news'; that a -lino'"of: :Steamcrs"is ;; to'' bo 'put'on by. a—'Wellington firm to run. between Tauranga and Welling-; ton, and to. divert; a portipn of tho Bay o? Plenty trade to'tlio South.'. So far as tlio dovolojimeht of the Hay of. Plenty .and. tho oxpahsioii' of.. its', trado; aro "concerned,', jve. welcomo any 'and' : every attempt "to facilitate communication! andprbvide better, 'me.nis.'of "transit*- between' tlio isolated portibii bf'Auck-; •lond'aftd-'thpv-li^ofiinarkofcand/c^tees'i'pf, population in' tlio 0 south, ; but there : is v r one {• romarkablb featuro about this schonio that deserves . a-jittlp ,moreattention than- 'it ", seems fo'havo received. 'Judging from: tho'." opinions . expressed' by. members' of\the ; . Taurauga . Borough .Council wheiv discussmg . •'.tliis'' pl'oject, : avvbry strong - feeling - of■van- - '.tagomsm'' to Auckland appears to prevail 'in .tho- toivn aiicl "district justuiou-.' Apparently •. 'tho general.' impression 'ambus tho good folk of\-Tauraiiga is that/ they ' hayo beoii ; neg-, • lected' by-'-AiicklandV, awl ' that":they' hiivo heVer- enjoyed ;tho , facilities for irndo and transport that, to liavo be'en .extended : . to-'them'by the northern m'Ptrb|K)lis.As to tlio comparativo lack of communication bctwo'eit 'Tauranga and - Auckland, {tho'ro is oho very.bljvioiis coiiiinent' t'o boj'.mado'; and-it was) nladp promptly and decisively,'!as( soon . as: ever tho hew shipping, lino began to be 'tallied abbut \hero.''alio'manager of' tho Northern'' SteanisMp'; Companies would',;'be. : very l pleased 1 to put-on extra-boats to moot n'genuine dbrtiand. It-se6ms:to us ; that ; thia l is ah'unanswerable roply to. tho complaiiito •'»• -of./CMiiraiigiii" '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 2
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256BAY OF PLENTY TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 2
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