PUBLICITY FOR TAURANGA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18324, 14 February 1923, Page 10

PUBLICITY FOR TAURANGA.

TOURIST LEAGUE'S WORK. [BE TELEGRAPH. — CORRESPONDENT,] '■'" • '■ TAURANQA, Tuesday. The annual ; - meeting of the Tauraiga ' Tourist Traffic League was held last night, Mr. R. King presiding. ■ The annual report dealt with the . ac- '"\ tivities of the league in giving publicity by photographs and otherwise to the : scenic and natural attractions of the trict. The financial statement showed a credit balance 0f.£36 9a 3d. The report - was adopted. .' .. ,„ «' f <' The following officers were V elected;— Chairman. Mr, R. King; executive com- :; mittee, Messrs. A. J* Mirrielees, W. H. ? Gifford, B. P. Andrews, C. Lowe, B. Qr.'\ Robbins, P. F. Carter, &,' 0. Guinness, '-; J. Pringle; secretary and treasurer, Mr. C Lowe. > ■'■■■. .v--. : r-- : v '^>' ; '-,b'i'* A sub-committee was v appointed to col- -,; lect historical data concerning the whole %Wi district, # with a view to publishing the , ; ,; information in book form. ,V -¥$ A motion was carried asking the Rotorua County and Borough Councils and the y< Bay of Plenty % . Development League to ' move in the direction of supporting'the, ." laying of a metalled road, between Koto- '&M rua and Harbour, and that they im be asked to make representations on the - : subject to the Government. . , The chairman moved that the Minister ;,(- r for Public Works be asked to obtain an authorisation for the construction of t » ". railway line connecting the East Coast * with Rotorua as a work of national \ importance in the development of the Bay of Plenty and its hinterland. The. motion was carried. ■'■ " : . •'/ ■ ».-•; ■■■'■'■■'iiw% •■■■■■' v -■• ■ "'■• ■- : ?.i <m