TAURANGA TRADE.
CO"M"MI»MCAJ!IONii'AVITI-I'. WELLINGTON WELCOMED ■ '-••Mr. i; j.j Reitl, T-.ivho-.i iias been : visitiiig•Taurangn, ■•ini'jcorinectiion-. witlr tho gasworks 'Concession 'lie'.and'J'Mr.';iß.ichard Keeno havd ;sM^jfcd;-firoM.'iMTatfanga Borough Council; ,li^:r£3t/rnM,';^;,^lingtom' On. tliisVddca-, by. way. Expresses himself...as.:surprised; "nt;the quality of tho' find ;tliiiV : jTo ■ Pnko Vand Tati;P^a^^S^^&'^^oigh<wn;'jmilcs.. "It is land," says', Mr. '•Raid,; jJj.as-.fins 'soil. .Capable of., the. .'hfghest : , onltivatiori.''i«V(.Ho was 'informed- by dairy!.faraiersT:iiw<tfte®o -Puko district 'that 1 tlio iiiillciyieltl cows diffcrotl- little, ■^o : rich- #as;rtho'-::grassral.l ■ tlie. ;year: ro'iind. •Ho'j'stronglyi-advisud'i'tho people of. To Puke to -set ;iu|3:,cbmniuiiicatibn- with Tauranga, bymdans of;al'steam-"tramway 'that, could follow 'tltfuirivcr.tfho- wholofway along,' so that , they 'could: shiiiithcir-produco from Tauranga wi-tii ■KCtAiiumunil of inboiiveiiicnce.'' Tho County 'Cou'nfcil;hatl.ilid;powo'L' to enter upon such a gchoinc;-'!aiid : ;it"-ifjisirto' bo given consideration.,' .Mni"Reid-.fbxind-/lho settlers delighted. ; !the!pro'spect.. of' opening, up trndo eom,hi]inicatibn: between' Tauranga' and 'Wellington,; and'rl-dpkdcl.-foL'ward: eagerly to'.the timo ,iwhen!;,--Mc-S3is>>;TlDid,»,ind .-Kceno's steamers would ;.Üb;.t)l3fmgljoguliirly between , tho tivo Jiprfcs; r,,r-.i--;; j-?;!' ■ - • ■ Tau'ranga : i-two; or. thrco sites iworb jselccttil for .tlio;, gasworks, but jio deci.sioji ivill „bo ; cbmd:i t-o' until the sites havo , Jjpcjn ;inspqqtcd< r by tho'/firju's engineer. Tho plaiisi.rand> 'specifications: of '-the. works avo ,ilow .weoks of comnle-JioliVjaiul-!nst.B<ion-.as tjiey- aro-ready tendora will' bbrcttllwl.'fonithe work of cojistructioii "a'iid' prcctiore.';i'MKs!i»-..'anticipated■ that.-most ''of ',tlip .'ardnwdrk- : will--.be -manufactured in -New jZealandv--tho-:contractor only going to 'England; for what is accessary.-.: ,j r 'Mefesrsrr;K-s-Snd,.--and-. J 'Roid leave' for Eng.ljnid liy.tho-Arawaton Thursday, to purchase it?poiiplp;:-of fSOp.-of.;flQo-;ton steiimors for the .tj-ado.' Tlio rosult of g(isworks will bo cabled Homo to tnein, - and their decision' will bo cabled back.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 4
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243TAURANGA TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 4
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