THE FAR NORTH

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1917, Page 3

THE FAR NORTH

/dvsr.if.inq tiie Counlry A Parliamentary Tour The North Auckland Executive and Development Board, which has its headquarters atKaitiii, hai arranged a delightful summer crip through those northern sub-trop cal cdi* tric e. It will be primarily a parliamentary tour, and forty menjbjm of Parliament havs deSoit’Uy aij-po 0.l (bo invitation, but there will b > ninetyseven o*her guests, and, in addition, visitors from other northern cities, making a total of about 200 in .he porty. The rendezvous is ‘ho Devonport Furry Company’s wharf at Auckland, and the time fix id for starting is 9 a,m. on January 17. fh ,? na tv wi<l be takou across tha harbour by a special ferry staauaor to D ’vonpmt, which will bo the starting point for & Song mot-cr-car tour through tunny different seem s. There wdl oe fhiity-

five Oil-8. They will go along tho east * coast via Albany, Watk worth, Meog&wai, Waipu, Whmgarei, Bay of Islands, M&ogouui, Kaitaia, Awanui and Ninety Mile Beach to the Far North, and will return to Auckland by the west coast, via Hereklno, Brood wood, Hokiango, Kaikoh« f Dargaville. Paparoa, Port Albert an i Hslensvilln. It ic hoped that, after travelling this route, the gues s vill get a grip of the pofcentiasitieu of tho district and will carry away with them a good idea of i's requirements. It

is believed that the guest?, after dirpereiog to ail pa'ts of the Dominion, will help to remove w; o g 'dene and to demonstrate that the Northern Peninsula has a largo area of good land. The territory is about 3,800000 acres in extent. It is more than 100 years since tke arrival of the first seulera there, and Recording to the latest census the population is only 45,500 people. A claim is male for the territory that in it there is a iaiga area of first-class land, and tint it possesses splendid haibjurs and a climate resembling that of the Dalian Riviera. The objaot of tha tour is to bring in a period of progreta and alertness, which will f-ee/v development in public works and private enterprises. Resirisutn comp aia that they have been neglected by politicians and aro not understood by people in other parts of the Dominion, aud now they are trying to dismiaa tho spirit of apathy and to reach the position they are entitled to fill.

The following members of Parliament fcavo accepted thß iav.tation to make the trip Hon W. Fraser, Minister of Publio Works, Hon A. L. Headman, Aitorney-G.nara!, Hon W. D. S. MacDonald, Miria-er of Agriculture, Hon A. Myers, Anting Minister of Finance, S.c E. W. Lam?, Hou D, Buddo, Dr Thacker &ud Messrs G. J. Anderson, R F. Bollard, J. M. Dickson, W. H. Fit Id, A. H. Hindmarsb, A. Harris, L. M. liitt, W. Nos wort hy, H. Ok?y, T. W. Rhodes, G. R. Sykei, W. A. Vcitcb, A, Walker, D. H. Guthiie, J. C. Thomson, R. Fletcher, J. T. M. Hornsby, J. A. Young, F. Minder, D. Buick. J. T. A. Field, A. E Glover, R. P. Hudson, W. T. Jennings, A. S. Malcolm, H. Poland, G. V. Pearce, R. Scott, R. WSmith, C. Statham, R- A. Wright, C. A. Wilkinron, G. H. Smith and O. J. Parr. Amongst others who have accepted are: —MessrsE, W. Ralph, J. A. Froitick, J. Jamieson, A. Boyle, A. G. Henderson (“Lyttelton Truss”) and W. H. Trigga (“Press”), Christchurch ; Captain Hammond and Messrs A. J. Eutricnn, G. Peacock, E. W. Alison, S. J. Haibutt, Blonifieid, E. Clifton, J. Bradney, G. E. Alderton and W. Beddo (Canadian Trade Commissioner), Auckland; Messrs G, Shirtcliffe, S, C. Johnson, R. W. Dalton and T, Wilson, Wellington ■; Messrs A. E, Cohen (“ Star ”) and J. Hutchison (“ Otago Daily Times ”), Dunedin ; Messrs D, M. Rons and A. E. Manning, Hamilton ; Messrs 11. Hili ana P. Hereford (“Hawke’s Bay Herald”), Nap-ier ; Mr E. Galpin, Marion ; Mr J. Studholme, Ruanui; Mr P. M’Connell, Papatoetoo ; Mr W, J. Reno (‘ Taranaki Herald ”), New Plymouth; Mr A. A. Ross, Te Kauwhata ; Mr J. Ball (“ Chronicle ”), Wanganui; Mr W. W. Hunt, Invercargill; Mr J. Allen, Dovonport; and Mr J, M’Kee, Nelson. The itinerary is as follows : January 16, arrive Warkwcrth; January 17, Whaugarei; January 19, Russell ; January 20, Whangaioa; January 21, Kaitaia; January 22, Ninety-Mile Beach and back to Kaitaia ; January 23, Hokianga; January 25, Kaikohe ; January 26, Dargaville ; January 27, Port Albert, January 29, visit Helsnsville show ; January 30, back in Auckland.