NEEDS OF MARLBOROUGH
• WELLINGTON BUSINESS MEN'S TOUR,
The party of Wellington business men who are touring Marlborouprh were entertained by the Mayor and councillors of Blenheim on Saturday night. Mr. C. M. Luke, Colonel Mitchell, M.P., and Mr. M Carr emphasised the need of a larger and faster steamer on the Wellingtou-Picton run, and .the pushing on of the railway to span the 80-mile gap separating- tho railheads of the South Island Main Trunk lino on the Kaikoura. coast. It was to tho interest of Wellington as much as Marlborough for a closer communication to be established and the fertile province of Marlborough developed, both as regards the produce which Wellington needed and the tourist viewpoint, .Just across the Strait Wellington had a holiday resort that was unrivalled.
Mr. W J. Girling, president of tho Marlborough Chamber of Commerce, askthe visitors to keep an open mind until they had seen what they would be shown in the succeeding four days, and to express candidly their opinions at a special meeting of the Chamber, which would be held, on Monday night.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1920, Page 9
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180NEEDS OF MARLBOROUGH Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1920, Page 9
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