TASMANIAN FARMERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 7

TASMANIAN FARMERS

TOUR OF DOMINION PARTY ARRIVES ON SUNDAY A party of 27 Tasmanian farmers which will include two women, is t< visit the Dominion this month. The; will arrive at Bluff on Sunday ant travel through New Zealand, sailing for Sydney from Auckland on Novem ber 1. The various farmers’ organic ations are co-operating with Mr. C. L Gillies, chief agronomist of the TaF manian Department of Agriculture, ii ensuring that the visitors w T ill havi an opportunity of examining farmin; methods here and, at the same time of having an enjoyable holiday. The following itinerary has bee: arranged:— Sunday, October 13, Arrive at Bluff leave by train for Invercargill; Octp ber 14, at Invercargill, visit to tb l farming districts; October 15, leavi for Gore by 4 p.m. train, sight-seeing p district and experimental area; Octo ber 16, leave Gore 12.45 p.m. fp Queenstown; October 17, leave Queens town by motor 6.30 a.m. for Croiu well, thence by train to Dunedin October IS, at Dunedin, visit Taier Plains and Bushev Park; October 19 leave Dunedin 11.35 a.m. (express) fo: Ashburton; October 20, at Ashburton visit farming area; October 21, leav< Ashburton by 8.15 a.m. train fgi Christchurch, visit Lincoln Agricultural College in afternoon; Octobe: 22, at Christchurch, visit farming dis trict; October 23, at Christchurch, visi Addington stock sales, leave for Wei ington by ferry steamer: October 24 at Wellington, bus sight-seeing trii in morning, leave by 2 p.m. express fo Palmerston North; October 25, ai Palmerston North, sight-seeing visi Massey College and farming areas, als< freezing works; October 26, leave b: 10.46 a.m. daylight limited express fo Frankton Junction, thence to lin mil ton: October 27, at Hamilton, visi Waikato dairying district; October 2$ motor to Ruakura Government Farn in morning, leave Hamilton by rail 1. p.m. express train for Rotorua: Octo ber 29. motor trip at Rotorua, viev plantations. nurseries and pumici area : October 30, leave Rotorua fp: Auckland by 9 a.m. express; Octobe; 31, bus sight-seeing trip in Aucklam in morning, afternoon free; Novembe 1. morning free in Auckland, sail ii afternoon for Sydney.