IMPERIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2599, 6 September 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

THE DELEGATES’ TOUR THROUGH NEW ZEALAND. I'Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Sept. 5. The representatives of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, who will visit New Zealand after the completion of the conference in Sydney, are likely to have a most interesting tour through the Dominion. Yesterday a deputation from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Messrs W. G. Duthie (president), J. McLellan, H. E. Tewsley, and S. Carroll (secretary) waited upon the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Industries and Commerce, with reference to the hospitality to be afforded the visiting business men. The Minister promised that, if his duties would permit, he would be in Auckland when the commercial tourists arrived, so as to give them a hearty welcome to New Zealand. They will be provided with free passes over the railways, and will visit Rotorua, where free baths will be at their disposal. They will come on to Wellington, via the Main Trunk line. There will he attached to' the party in Auckland a member of the 'Wellington Chamber, and here a member of the Christchurch Chamber will meet them, handing over the party in Christchurch to a representative of the Dunedin Chamber. Visits will be paid to Lake Wakatipu and other scenic districts of the South Island, and a Government official will personally conduct the party from Auckland to the Bluff, whence they will take their departure for Melbourne. In Wellington the party will visit the Gear Meat Company’s works, and the inspection of the New Zealand woollen mills will he reserved for the South Island tour. It has been left to the individual chambers whose localities will be visited to make their own arrangements for entertaining the visitors.