THE TAURANGA TOWN AND COUNTY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2362, 23 November 1888, Page 2

THE TAURANGA TOWN AND COUNTY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE.

1 A meeting of the Advertising Com- ' mittee, and others desirous of pro* t moting the prosperity of our district, * was b?ld ait seven o'clock l^st night » in Victoria Chambers, "Willow Street. 3 The attendance was not large, con? " sidering the purpose of the meeting. : Mr Q-eorge Gardiner was appointed rto the chair. The minutes of the fc previous meeting of the Advertising 5 Committee were read as follows and 1 confirmed {—October 24. -—" Present. " — J. Chad wick (in the chair), J. Gal--1 braitb, C. Spencer, G, Gardiner, T. • Watts, and Turnhull.— Minntes of 5 previous meeting read and confirmed. " — Mr G-albraith reported the result of 9 his visit to the N.S.S.Co. when he was sin Auckland, Tbp Manager's letter } was read .--Bavidson'p \2s aoooun^, passed, Mr Crosby's account was passed to the extend of £1. — The meeting * discussed the hotel rates in Tauranga, . prioe of provisions &c. — Mr Gardiner was inetructed U) make the best ar- , rangement possible with M? 0r r Crosby re his account. — The meeting; j adjourned till 11 a.ar. to-morrow to [ aXlow the other hotel proprietors to be i - asked to attend." The collector re- ■ ported that he had that 4&7 called on | the subscribers for their subscriptions, t and that they had promised to pay | within a week. ! 9 A letter was read from Mr B. P. | Griffin, Tauranga tourist agent in r Auckland, asking for large posters, to advertise, in Auckland, a cheap trip to I Tauranga in connection with the ap- • p*oachiog Regatta there* Mr Galbraith reported that the " posters had been forwarded that 4*y. Xt tm wpor W that Mr Orosbv

had agreed to pay the expenses of the Tourist Agent during the current month, including three months' rent $f an office there next the General Post office. Resolved that the thanks of the Committee were due to |£r Crosby for his public spirited conduct in contributing towards the subsidy of the Tauranga Tourist Agency, and that the Tauranga public be requested to contribute towards the agent's expenses during the ensuing two months. Besolved that the thanks of the Committee were due to Mr Griffin for his efforts in counteracting the false and damaging reports about the district circulated by interested Auckland ers, and for his action in endeavouring to induce desirable tettlers to come to Tauranga. After much discussion it was resolved unanimously that the sphere of the Committee's operations ought to be extended under new auspices and with a new and more comprehensive name. v Resolved that the name of the Committee be changed from "The Tauranga Advertising Committee," to "The Tauranga Town and County Advancement League," that the patrons of the Association be Capt. Morris, MiL.C, and Wm Kelly, Esq., M.H.R., that the ex officio President and/ Vice-President be respectively His Worship the Mayor and the Chairman of the County of Tauranga ; and that the following gentlemen be tho mating Committee, vis :— Colonel Bowell, Messrs B. J. Gill, John Snodgrass, jun., E. B Alexander, James G-albraith, % liundon,; "^T. M. Commons, A C. Turner, Capt. Bennett, Messrs G. V. Stewart, Jonathan Brown, 'Thomas Balzell, Thomas Proude, A. C. Allan, C. Spencer, H. B. Johnston — and . Captain Johnson with power to add to their number j and that Mr Geo. Gardiner b^ honorary and Secretary/ The appointment of these gentlemen to be Bufa§6|t to th&jr consent. , f Th§ Chairman ihen indicated the ,scop# of mS Leaf oiii objects. Its operations were to comprise everything calculated to promote the prosperity of the district such as the opening np and settlement of the unoccupied lands of the district, the encouraging' of 16cal industries such as mining, the improvement of the harbor, bringing effective pressure to bear on Government for getting the transport facilities of the district improved whether by canal or railway, advertising the merits of the district, placing reliable information as to the district before the public and possible settlers, and publishing such information in an interesting form. Resolved that the league request the Marine Department to lend a dredge for improving the navigation of Tauranga harbour. The Chairman read the following extract from, a letter received by him from a tourist agent in San Francisco, dated 19th October last: —'Tour kind letter of September 7th, came to hand by the "Zealandia." Will keep my weather eye open for any tourists going to your part of the world, and will give them your address* and talk up jour country the best I can." .Resolved that the letter be forwarded to Mr Griffin for bis information. Another letter from Frisco was read with reference to the approaching visit of the American base ball team and tourists to New Zealand. Besolved that this letter be ale <t sent to Mr Griffin with private in* structions, and that the Mayor be asked to invite these tourists to visit the Hot Lakes via Tauranga. Besolved that as soon as practicable illustrated cards and pamphlets of the Tauranga 4ißtri<s iboulq 1 be gent to foreign correspondents fqv population in the most judicious manner. Jfcsolvet} thai; the San Francisco S.B. Cp., an 4 the Union 8,8, Co, ihould be asked to arrange a transfer system under which tourists could stay a week in New Zealand, and then con* tinue their journey to Australia. Eeaolveel irliat the tiexfc -meeting of the League be held in the same place (Victoria Chambers) on Wednesday, December 4th, at J§Q p.jn f| aq4 tljat in tfce ipterjm th,e meinb.eys of the League induce as many settlers aa poisibleto join the League. This concluded the business,