AN ENTERPRISING CITY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 78, 9 April 1913, Page 7

AN ENTERPRISING CITY.

BRISTOL, THE WESTERN GATE-

WAY OE ENGLAND

The port of Bristol, England, has become prominent in New Zealand eyes owing to the fact that it offers splendid facilities for the, handling of our frozen meat. That Bristol can give New Zealand a lead in the matter of enterprise, is clearly seen from the following letter sent to the Stratford Chamber of Commerce, and signed by the Lord Mayor of the ancient city, Mr C. J. Lowe:—

“On behalf of the citizens of Bristol, ns well as representing the Chamber of Commerce and Shipping, of whose council 1 am a member, 1 desire to direct your attention to the visit of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to this city during the first week of July next for the purpose of holding its annual Exhibition on the lovely Downs adjacent. In addition to its usual attrae tions it is desired to draw to tin Show,' exhibitors and visitors from the overseas Dominions of Great Britain as well as from other countries, and in. extending a cordial invitation to my kinsfolk and friends to exhibit the natural products and industries of the countries they represent, it is. hoped to render an imperial service of great value in bringing together in the bonds of comradeship the people now living under the British Flag and inducing sympathy and good fellowship amongst men of all nations. With this object an Overseas Committee has been formed and an Advance Programme is being issued by them, containing .particulars of arrangements of the Show, instructions to exhibitors and infdrma,ion for visitors which should ensure their comfort and enjoyment during their sojourn in our ancient city, which is full of historic interest and surroundings of unsurpassed beauty, ■whilst as a port it is absolutely up-to-date, a distributing centre second to rone, and for the expeditious handling of sea-borne commerce it holds a leading position as compared with others. This programme contains (31 pages and a quarter of a million copies are to be issued almost immediately. The Overseas Committee desire to avail themselves of the be'st methods of obtaining a wide circulation, and on my part i would ask my friends, the members of the Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade in various parts of the Empire at Home and Overseas, not forgetting those in the United States of America, to accord me then' hearty co-operation in securing a successful distribution in the area con.trolled by them.”