MOUNT MAUNGANUI

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8616, 13 June 1924, Page 8 (Supplement)

MOUNT MAUNGANUI

Mount Mauugauui. a notable watering resort, is located c.i an isthmus on the eastern side of lau-

AN IDEAL PLEASURE RESORT AND WATERING PLACE

the district is linked, up with the railway system of New Zealand, Mount Maunganui is certain to he-

■ i ■nif ' in; i f ilr fin; 1 i.a; i, J n ; ] i; Deminum. It Inn; r: ■ n: tit 1 v been urged Unit a l-.wu i!isi iid nh ult! !'■ 1 1~. i iu; .1 in i|m local!iy ami a local lady rt tliis nature- is really v..- <( nii. 1 A ihc iMouin is to pn.grcns in accrnl nice with Iho ilch natural ntirarl-b ns with which it has l/.sn ‘•jiuoivc:!. For some year;, Mount iMannyaiiui lias I : n tin; silt.- of the Finnic Woiks 1 h ;;ai I uicnl work-s’:-C-ps, whuein a large number ; f woukuuM weir eiupdr.vd in cornu : • !m:i with bridge and oilier work a«-;;i-t'>J wiih (he re inn ruction of 1 isc .toast Ccasl Main Trunk Railway. IV, cent ly tile number of ;.m----pb -/k-vs >-f 11-.;- .Department have ieeii reduenb Tin re is a branch tail way of about three- miles from To Muuuga Junction to Mount Mamu'anui and of recent years sevtral vessels from Australian ports have- berthed at the- wharf at 'lie railway terminus and discharged material f ar tin; Public Works- Department. Amongst these vessels was the Cardiff-owned steamer. Maimly Court, commanded by Captain J. Donnelly, which visited the port in October, 1922. This vessel is 355 feet long, her gross tonnage being 7.150. She brought a cargo cf sleepers from: Australia and is -the largest vessel that, lias yet navigated Hie pert. When lire- Bay of Plenty and hinterland are fully developed. the port will be l capable- of great; development, and it gees without saving (hot whe-n trade- warrants it Hie necessary facilities for inter-colonial and overseas ships will be provided. When you have carefully studied the contents of this issue pass it on to your friend or post it to the Home Folks . Tauranga, lias a tri-weekly steamer service with Auckland by one of flic finest passenger boats on the New Zealand coast.