HANMER SPRINGS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8358, 19 February 1913, Page 8

HANMER SPRINGS.

Press Association. HANMER SPRINGS, February 18. Tho Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, Minis' ter in charge of Tourist and Health Resorts, paid his first visit as Minister to Hanmer and received a deputation which had a number of complaints regarding the condition of tho jioola and bath. Tho Minister denied an allegation that the pools were dirty and, insanitary, and stated that the water was discoloured owing to the old wooden pipes conveying water from tha springs to the pools leaking. He said the deputation alleged that the reports detailed by them were damaging to Hanmer, but- the sanatorium had never been so full as it had, been this year, and the takings showed an increase as compared with previous years. The revenue in 1908-9 was £1474, and the loss was £1948; in 1909-10 the revenue was £1434, and the loss £l9lß j in 1910 the figures were £1565 and £1477 respectively, and tho revenue for the current year up to February Ist was £l76l—a considerable improvement. The figures for 1912-13 did non •how that fewer people had availed themselves of Hanmer Springs as a health resort. As a Canterbury man he was interested in Hanmer Springs, and it was his intention to do what ho could for it as a health resort; but Hanmer Springs was not going to bo spoonfed nor was any health resort going to be spoonfed. Hanmer Springs,, however, would have its full share.