HANMER SPRINGS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 7

HANMER SPRINGS.

VISIT Br THE HON.' It. H. RHODES. ■' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) / Hanmer Sprimjs, February 18. \ ■■■.■■■■. The Hon. It. Heatou , Rhodes, ■ Minister in .charge of tourist and health, resorts, paiil; his first visit as Minister to Han--uicr, and received a deputition which ■ had ,a number of complaints regarding "til*-.condition of tho .pool 'and 'bath. Tub'/Minister denied the allegation that i tno pool was forty ami-, insanitary,"aihl; ..'stated that the'water'was'discoloured owiug.i. to tho old wooden pipes conveying :I thfl : ;,\vaterfroni' the springs to the pools •'■•■: leaking. •He said that the deputation al-1 vleg«l that.'tho reports detailed'by'thorn! . ..were'damagiog to Hannier, but the sana- ' ;''■ ■; torhiln had iiever been so lull as it, had besn;thisyear, and the takings showed an' .:''■' increase as compared with previous years. ,-.■• , U'tiD revenue in l!)) 8-9 was MM, and the '- Wloss/twai 31948; in 1909-10, tho revenue \vas ,£U3I, and the loss '.£1918; in- 1910, ■ ''••. -.''XISSS and U81477;. and the revenue for the ... .'current year up 1\ i February. l,<,wos X 1761, '■•'-.'a'considerable,'Jiprovenieh.t., The figures ■■' '• '10r'1912-13 .did.not show; that few.people ' had; availed themselves of Hanmer ; /Springs as a health'resort. A-i a < Canter-1 '.btlry man, ho. was interested in Hahnier ■■.■':'•.; it was' his intention to do , what ho could for it as a health resort, /..; but ..Hanmer Springs, was not going to.be J-.-.'/spoon-fed,:nor was any ; health resort go- '. ing.to be spoon-fed. But Hanmer Springs ;.- . would have its full share.