CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20958, 22 February 1930, Page 11

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

REPORT TO -HARBOUR BOARD; Mr W, J. Bardsley (secretary of the Utago Harbour Board), who, accompanied the Dunedin. Chamber o£ Commerce party on its recent tour of Otago, submitted the following report' to the Standing Committee. of the Harbour Board at its meet- • ing. liast evening:— \ . , ‘ With such a wealth of possibility lying at our very door, so to speak; for years/past. it seems almost-incredible that “9 recent tour of representative Dunedin ..business men, to the hinterland of the'province; was the second one over a period _of 19 years. The only regret, to s®* .I es P ec f Ip. the recent tout, was the fact -that-the .party,of discovery——for discovery it assuredly proved itself, to be —waa not' double the nurriber. Much could be 'penned, but doubtless you -have read the_ voluminous press reports, 'and,further, I do not wish to anticipate the report; of the president, of ./-the chamber, wmcn -will, I assume, be-made public. Would sum up the potentialities of pur province by repeating the opinion of the'Mayor of- Alexandra, . The avenues of development are endless.’ To this.] would say, putting the matter in another ; w a/. /a harbour-way, that, given' the required elements, within ' 2ff years our wharfage and shed accomiriodation will require to be very materially increased Eet ro® Kfve you two inatancei. We saw U) land that before irrigation was worth-to;da-y L : arriea five sheep to the acre, (2) a fruit farm—one, of many—of nve acres which- produced 40 tons of iruit tor the season. . b ? en . suggested, in various quarters,/that similar visits should bo made years - I venture to think that IniF I ’ ye f r S. wou l d ' b ® a commercial I. suggest that the next .trip {per,°A the Kurow.Lihdifi Pass portion) should be next year, and given a representation of 60 to 70, then two years wonW in , tcrvene ’- „ In tb is connection. ! would also specially urge that, at least six members of the board should accom’ pany the next party; That the people of the various districts visited, welcomed the appearance of the city representatives goes without saying almost, but I : Sr^ftelr l? iw? t0 k e “P baeis ®. tb the •J,r> “5 ei T especially keen and practical interest in -the visit. Their hosnitalitv w^L_ c fi ara cteristioally, unstinted. . liV Peculiarly fortunate in hav.B- Tennent, of the Department S ith - u /' wbo wealth of valuable , information. During made thl ?^, a lneeti PS at Rokburgh, f tb 9, following statement appertaining to railagle costs:. .if there were nn Duncan or Port Chalmers port, and all the inward -and outward cargo handled ■ thereat, required to be sent to and eeived.through tb e Bluff; by ralr catcurrent rates-lllowing for t-rates—the railage. for the £4,25^09b yea^S l^ O Bmg O *',^ r ’ag PP^?* mal ' e ?i’ , able and a