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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 9 (January 1, 1930)

Empire Farmers on Tour

Empire Farmers on Tour

Already the Empire Farmers, who are making a world tour from the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, and Australia, are on the sea, converging towards New Zealand for a five weeks’ tour through this country.

The whole of the transport organisation of this important delegation is in the hands of the Railway Commercial Branch, which is working in close co-operation with the New Zealand Farmers’ Union.

The tour is of a most comprehensive nature, and should afford facilities for the visitors to note and understand farming conditions throughout the Dominion. The visitors, naturally, are not making farming their sole objective, opportunity being taken to view the principal scenic attractions which the Dominion has to offer.

After the South African party of nineteen, arriving at Auckland about the 18th or 19th of February, have made a preliminary run into the north, visiting Whangarei and Russell, they will join up with the British and Canadian parties arriving at Auckland on the 24th February. The combined group, totalling between eighty and ninety, a number of whom are ladies, will visit Hamilton, Morrinsville, Cambridge, Matangi, Ruakura, Rotorua, National Park, the Taupo area, the Waitomo Caves, New Plymouth, Stratford, Hawera, and Wanganui. They will then proceed to Palmerston North and through the Manawatu Gorge to Hawkes Bay, returning via the Wairarapa, after visiting the principal places in these districts, and reaching Wellington on Sunday, 9th March.

Their tour in the South Island will include Blenheim, Havelock, and a run down the East Coast to Christchurch, thence to Palmerston and Dunedin. The Southern Lake District will be visited, and then Invercargill, Mataura, and Gore. After visiting points of interest adjacent to Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, Methven, and Ashburton will be visited before returning to Wellington.

The party is due to leave New Zealand by the “Niagara” on Tuesday, 25th March.

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