TITANIC FORCES AT WORK

NZ Truth, Issue 1303, 4 December 1930, Page 12

TITANIC FORCES AT WORK

ROTORUA'S THERMAL MANIFESTATIONS OLD LEGENDS TN no other country m the world are 1 : there so many thermal wonders as are to be found at Rotorua, land of steaming geysers, boiling lakes and hot mud pools. Visitorsto the district get some idea of the titanic forces- that are at work beneath the earth's.; surface. ■ ■■ • „■•■-'.■ ■•...-■■ .:.'■ . , . • Rotorua is not a barren land, and for the most part it , comprises virgin forest and native bush. Through these highways and" tourist 'tracks wind from one, locality to another, while > weird 'and wonderful manifestations are to be seen of upheavals and subsidences of bygone days. In the midst of this-region is.the spa of Rotorua, which takes its f name from, one of the lakes m the district. Holiday trippers from Auckland, more . especially the motorist, make this district a yearly '"port of call," and the Girand Hotel their headquarters. This modern hotel, with all the comforts inseparable from an up-to-date tourist resort, attracts the. traveller. Motdrists, top, look , forward to the comfort of the Grand Hotel: The 'mineral baths; of. Rotorua are world-famed for their curative properties, and to thenvis made a yearly pilgrimage by sufferers from rheuma>.ism and kindred ailments. - s -