COUNTESS RIAZ AT ROTORUA.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 49, 31 January 1902, Page 4

COUNTESS RIAZ AT ROTORUA.

Am;>ng the t eirists at present visiting R otorua (telegraphs the New Zea 1 ind Times e>r ••- pondent) is a wealthy foreign lady, woo subscribes herself Countess R az. .She is attracting cons'derable im."-P-o. Her costumes are marvels—th.: Inf; . t Parisian creations. Sho eh-c'-.rifie . f ,>e globe-trotie sat the Grai d H el !..y f cquently wearing at dinne.- a dj.-on >nd snakelike neck-l.i.-e, tlie je\v,s-k of wh"ch are as large as j.o seberr' s nid are valued hytreir fair owner M. £250,000. The day after her arrival here she visited \Vhakarewai-*w:i. During tl at afterno on -he thr-w int > the diving pool beneath the bridge, silver.and gold amounr,:ng to first, lia-f-sove'.c g.n the stream was a ft ngir'ing mass of terra-cotta, b >dies. The Whaka natives have not had such a windfall since the Duke's visit. The whole village population lined the fen-<-s opposite the Grand Hotel in an iicipation of ni<>ie backsheesl from the female Croesit<. . who that evening, wearing her famous jewels, and protected by a.;mounted, escort, again visited Whaka,. where a haka was given in her honour.. During the past two days, a party. ,c .nsisting of the lady's husband and daughter, and Mr -TV---"!?. I'»nne, Superintendent of. tie Tourist Department, .have, been visiting Waiotapu. ,;-,;,;.,..