Another Commerce Train Tour.

Well pleased with the results of its combined business and pleasure tour by Commerce train last year, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce have again arranged a tour by train through portions of the Auckland province to commence on the 15th of November and finish on the 24th November.

The route chosen will take the party by train from Auckland to Pokeno, thence by motor across the route of the projected Pokeno-Paeroa railway, via the Hauraki Plains. There the train will be joined for Te Aroha. The Commerce train will then set off for the Northern Peninsula, arriving at Kirikopuni on the 18th November. From here the Public Works train, and then motors, will be used for travel to Dargaville, Ruawai, Kaihu, and Kaikohe, via the Waipoua Forest, Waimamuku, Opononi and Rawene.

The tour includes a visit to the Bay of Islands annual A. and P. Show at Waimate North.

Other places to be visited are Kaitaia and surrounding district, and Kawakawa, via Mangonui, Whangaroa and Keri Keri. From Totara North, on Whangaroa Harbour, a launch cruise will be made, before leaving via Waiomio Caves (near Kawakawa) for Okaihau, where the train will be rejoined.

Having travelled by train from Kawakawa to Whangarei and inspected places of interest there, a visit will be paid to Waipu, the party returning from Whangarei to Auckland on the morning of the 24th November.

The condensed itinerary mentioned indicates the comprehensive nature of the trip to be undertaken, a tour which has been made possible chiefly through the active interest taken in the project by the settlers and local bodies in the districts to be visited.

The General Manager of Railways, Mr. H. H. Sterling, intends to accompany the party.

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