TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 101, 26 October 1925, Page 8

TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND

ADVANCE IN AGRICULTURE.

Sir Ernest Rutherford said that during his present tour to New Zealand he had visited Auckland, Taranaki, and tho Waikuto. "I have been much struck," he said, "by the great advances which have been rnude in tho clearing pi the country, since I paid a short visit to this country just before the war. I have noticed a great improvement in ihe. farm lands of the provincial districts I have mentioned. That improvement is partially due to the clearing and draining, and particularly to tho use of various fertilisers which appear to have had a marked effect on the returns from the land.

"\Vhen I was here eleven years ago," continued Sir Ernest, "the milking .machine was just coming in, but I now find that it is universal; and in the great majority of cases there is also the loci! separator. The growth of towns like Auckland, New Plymouth, and Hamilton has been very obvious. In travelling through tho country one observes the great improvements in Die I main roads, although in a number of places there is still great room for improvement. During my motor journey from To Kuiti to New Plymouth 1 was much struck with (he line road that, lias been made from iVlukau to i\ew Plymouth. ARAPUNI POWER INSTALLATION "1 had the opportunity of visiting the proposed power installation at Arapuui, and saw it at a, most interesting stage of its development. 1 have seen some of the big .power-stations in Canada and the United States, and it is clear that this station at Arapuni when completed will rank in importance with some of the biggest power-stations in the world. H is a sign of the progress of the Dominion (bat such large works can be underlaken, even before it is possible to use the full supply of power from the station. No doubt this power scheme will ultimately prove of great value to New Zealand ; and, as I have said, it is interesting to see. that your Government ia ao progressive in providing clcc-

trie power both for the cities and for farming.