COMMERCE TOUR

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 11

COMMERCE TOUR

INTERESTING TRAIN TRIP TO BE MADE ITINERARY ANNOUNCED THE SUS'S Parliamentary Reporter PARLIAMENT BLDGS . Todaa Well pleased with the results of tho combined business and pleasure tour by the Chamber of Commerce train last year, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce has again arranged a tour by train through portions of the Auckland Province, to commence on November 15 and finish on November 24. says the Railway Magazine. Tie route chosen will take the party by train from Auckland to Pokenu. thence by motor across the route of the projected Pokeno-Paeroa railway, via Hauraki Plains. There the train will l>e joined by the Te A rob a Chamber of Commerce. The train will then set. off for the Northern Peninsula, arriving at Kirikopuni on November IS. From here a Public Works train aud then motors will be used for travel to Dargaville, Ruawai, Kaihu and Kaihoho, via Waipoua Forest, W aimamauku. Opononi and Rawenc The tour includes a visit to the Bay of lslauds, the annual A. and P. Show at Waimate North. Other places to be visited are Kaitaia and the surrounding district and Kawakawa. via Mangonui, Whangaroa and Keri Keri, from Totara North. On Whangaroa Harbour a launch cruise will be made before leaving, via Wiomio Caves (near Kawakawa), for Okaihau, where the train will be rejoined. travelled by train from Kawakawa to Whangarei and inspected places of interest there, a i isit will be paid to Waipu, the party returning from Whangarei to Auckland on the morning of November 24. The condensed itinerary mentioned indicates the comprehensive nature of the trip to be undertaken by tho tour, which has been made possible chiefly through the active interest taken in the project by the settlers and local bodies in the districts to be visited. The general manager of railways, Mr. H. H. Sterling, intends to accompany the party.