COMMERCIAL DELEGATES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 632, 8 October 1909, Page 10

COMMERCIAL DELEGATES.

THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. PROPOSED/LOCAL ABRIDGEMENTS.,''. ■ The main- body of- the Chambers of Commerce part}- which is to visit New Zealand is expected to reach, Wellington Ivoni the south on Sunday, October 1". The .programme suggested lor their.visit by the locnl Chamber in-,, chides harbour and motor excursions onSmi- | day afternoon. Monday's events may comprise a; train trip to Mastertou ami,luncheon there, and motor excursions in'lho vicinity of" Wellington, including, a visit'to the frceEing works, lho delegates are. to be entertained by the Government at a banquet in the evening. They will leave for the north by train on the following morning, .Tho Chamhers of Commerce at i almerston and Feildiiig havo intimated a desire that some at least or''the-visiter* will leave Wellington by the' New. l'lymouth express so as to spend a few,hours in the Manaivatu. Luncheon!) and motor trips aro promised' fo:- those who decide to do this. This suggested \\anganui ltivcr trip is abandoned. The party, which .will comprise about, 55 persons, including a number of ladies, will land at lho Muff on Monday, October 11, and" will spend about two h'ouri|at Invcrcargill, -where they will bo accorded a mayoral reception. They will go on immediately to tho Lakes. , Dunedin will bo reached ou tho 13th, and Christchiirch on tho 15th. After leaving Wellington on Tuesday, October 19, the party wilt spend tho night at Taumarunui,- and go on to Rotorua next day. After spending. two days in the thermal dis-' tiict they will return to Auckland on the. Saturday, and will sail for Sydney on Monday, October 25. ' _ The itinerary has been arranged by tho Tourist Department, whose agents will meet the visitors at the* Muff, Qneenstown, and Rotorua. Local Chambersof Commerce' will care for them in tho cities. In addition to those whoso names have already been published, the following are .expected to make the New Zealand trip:—Mr. T. O. Pattinson (Kendal),' Mr. Cordinglcy, Misses Brett and Walker, Mrs. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Davidson-Warniford, Messrs. Jas. Pender and R. H. Alexandor. (Bristol), Mr. C. J. Lewis (Nottingham), and Mr. L. P.- Headley (Ashford). Two others, Messrs.' A. G. Moffatt aua.K. B. Richards, expect to arrive-at Auckland on October 17 and join the main party, in Wellington. The English press representatives' —Messrs. Lovatt Fraser, of "Tho Times," "and A. Nicol, of the "Daily Chronicle"—will not : accompany the delegates, but'intend'to visit Now Zealand later. .....