SEEING NEW ZEALAND.

Shannon News, 20 January 1925, Page 4

SEEING NEW ZEALAND.

BUSINESS MEN'S TOUR. , A proposal is on foot for some 25 Wellington business men, aecompanide by representatives of the Departments of Industries and Commerce Tourist Resorts, Railways, and Public Works,, to undertake an educative tour of the .southern half of the North Island, commencing early in March. When this project was put forward by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce a few weeks ago, it created considerable interest, and the chairman (Mr H. D. Bennett) was assured that the Government Departments would willingly co-operate to enable the tourists to see the various hydroelectric enterprises, railway development, harbour works, industries, and undeveloped resources. It is proposed to begin with a railway journey to Napier, via the Manawatu Gorge. During the seconu day agricultural, pastoral and fruitgrowing districts of Hawke's Bay would be traversed. Lake Waikaremoana would be the main objective on the third day. The fourth, fifth and sixth days would be spent principally in the Poverty Bay and Bay of Plenty districts, where the visitors would see interesting stages of railway and harbour works, maize and citrus fruit country, and the Kangitaiki swamp reclamation. On the seventh day the party would be in Rotorua, and would move on to Taupo during the afternoon. Next day the hydro-electric works at Arapuni would be . inspected, and the evening would be passed in Hamilton, The dairying industry of tile Waikato the Ruakura State Farm, and the Waitomo Caves would be the main attraction lor the ninth day members of the party could return to Wellington from Te Kuiti by the Main Trunk express, or go on to Taumarunui for a steamer trip down the Wanganui River-to Fipiriki, thence by a new toad via Raetihi to Wanganui, where they would catch a train for Wellington. This side-trip through the famous Wanganui country would take two days.