Tourist Traffic In Taranaki

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 245, 14 November 1903, Page 3

Tourist Traffic In Taranaki

The meeting of t'he united committees from the Borough Council, Chamber ol Commerce, and Scenery Preservation Society was held last evening in the Municipal Chambers. Present : Messrs Tisch, Carter, Dockrill, Burgess, Collis, S. PercySmith, Fraser, Bewley, Govett, and J. C. George. Apologies were received for the absence of His Worship the Mayor, and Messrs McDiarmid and W. L. Newman.

Mr Tisch was voted to the chair, Correspondence was read—

From Mr George H. Stubbs, proprietor oi the Mangapapa-Mokau colliery, to the effect that there had been very little inducement to dater for tourists; he could not run a steamer to time-table from either Waitara or the breakwater ; that he would be agreeable to place a steam launch at the disposal of passengers on the river if running' expenses were guaranteed ; that there was a boandinghouse at the mine From Mr A. W. Ogle, manager of the Mokau Steamship Company, that they were anxious to encourage passenger and tourist traffic to the Mokau, but could not run steamers L a | tI L"t t 't At P'' eS(mt their vessels had to leave Waitara for the Mokau according to tides, running m^n«, Week i y - There are two ™°™- lnodation houses at Mokau From the constable at Mokau, •giving the information that the boardinghouses there would accommodate date about thirty boa.deis Zt It

Mr Carter „, o vod and Mr Collis seceded, that Sir J ose p w"£ S the ,»;n, a vlew of subsWisi _5 ,l serv 'ce to tho Mokaii m order to enable the mail ° c ~l Carried 0 ™ * C ° ach f ° r tourist Ga^nrt^asked'to^'T 1^ Government fw' ami that the the serviced '? ,llre who has a s e. of the whX tTt e th^r W,edse; of. the Tourist C '™ copies of the above resolution ,* lorwarded to Messrs t? be Smith, Symes Major V" Nab, M.li.lj.'s. J ' Ml a ' l( * JMcMr Collis 'moved, and AT- rc , bonded, that Mr T tt n ayly ■■etary o( the Tourist if"""?' Sec " >« requested to c«XVfth mittee.—Carried co,n~cS' t u,"'Ti l f Wi ( ? fl ' D »ekr.H H^^boV.? n :s , iS , t c r , 7 tfounat on re nn r, r ■ " rt ' J '»■•

portance of proceeding with the erection of a Central Hotel at Mt. Egmont as soon as possible.—Carried. A vote ol thanks to the chair terminated the business.