NEW PLYMOUTH TO SYDNEY.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1922, Page 4

NEW PLYMOUTH TO SYDNEY.

AN EXCURSION ARRANGED. SYDNEY BUSINESS MEN TO VISIT TARANAKI. Arrangements have been made for an inter-colonial boat to call at New Plymouth next March to take an excursion party of Taranaki people to Sydney and back. In Sydney the party will be taken in hand by the Millions Club and the Director of Tourists, and a complete programme of sight-seeing, occupying three weeks, has been arranged, the whole trip taking a little over a month. The following year the Millions Club have arranged for a party of leading Sydney business men to return the visit, coming direct to New Plymouth, and seeing Taranaki an i other parts of the North Island.

This statement was made by the president of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce (Mr. T. C. List) at the luncheon tendered him yesterday. Mr. List said that for some time a direct trip to Sydney had been mooted, and he had been able whilst in Australia to make the necessary arrangements to give effect tp the suggestion. A minimum of 75 persons would be required by the Union Steamship Company. In Australia the party would be taken in hand by the Millions Club and the Director of Tourists, who had conjointly arranged an itinerary ensuring the seeing of the principal features of interest, and from his own experiences the speaker felt sure the party would have a particularly enjoyable and interesting time. In fact, they would never be able individually to see so much of Sydney and New South Wales in so short a time and so cheaply. The excursion would not be confined to New Plymouth people, but be open to any accredited person in Taranaki. The Sydney business men were keen on seeing Taranaki and the North Island, and were looking forward to making the trip, which would be direct to New Plymouth. The speaker expressed the hope that al! who could would take advantage of the opportunity of seeing New South Wales, and help in initiating what he trusted would later on be a permanent passenger service between New Plymouth and Sydney. (Applause.) “It was remarked by the Australian captain of the Soccer team at the reception given them on Tuesday that if a passenger service were commenced between New Plymouth and Sydney that something should be done to improve the train service between New Plymouth and Wellington,” continued Mr. List. “In this connection I may say that I saw the General Manager o.f Railways in Wellington last week, and he intimated that the service will be speeded up appreciably in the near future." (Applause.)