LONG MOTOR DRIVE
NORTHERN TOURISTS INSPECT FARM LANDS KAIKOHE TO KAITAIA j * Special to THE SUN KAIKOHE, Thursday. Still journeying- north, the Commerce Train tourists left Kaikohe at ten o’clock this morning in continuation of the trip for education in the agricultural industries of the North Auckland Peninsula, l The Commerce Special arrived at i Okaihau from Kaikohe in the middle • of the forenoon, and settlers met the train and drove the party through the Waihou Valley, one of the most ferI tile areas in the Far North. Construction work on the new Okaihau-Rangiahua line was viewed with interest. The latter point, which lies on an arm of Hokianga Harbour, will be the highest rail terminal of the North Main Trunk line. A short stop was made for morning tea. arid then the road was taken through the beautiful Mangamuka Gorge, at the entrance to Victoria Valley, another productive piece of land. Cars from Kaitaia then took over the transport for the balance of the 65-milo trip.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 827, 22 November 1929, Page 16
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167LONG MOTOR DRIVE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 827, 22 November 1929, Page 16
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