OLD LANDMARK

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 364, 27 October 1932, Page 4

OLD LANDMARK

ORIGINAL BLUE BATf demolition commenced after 40 years' service HISTORIC OPENING J - H After over 40 years of useful vice ,the old Blue Bath buildi/ the Government Gardens, now nj ed by a more modern and Ijj building, is' in course pf demo| and before long the site will cupied hy greens and garden | fringed by a beautiful minia hlue lake at present obscured bj! old building and ti-tree. ^ The passing of an other of town's landmarks recalls the fact} the building was first- opened public nse about the year 1886, $ Judge Johnston- was the residen} vernment agent in the town. 1 actual - opening ceremon'y was i formed by Mr. George Auguj Sala, who had heen sent to New } land by the London Times to sec information about the wonders of colony, and who .was the author "The Land of the Golden Fleece.' It is believed that the first att dant of the Blue Bath was the Mr. Johri Liston, who- was '•» known in Rotorua until his de some years ago. During Mr. Sala's visit to Rotoi the first tennis club was opened him, the court then oceupying present site of the lower hdwl greens in the Government Groui Among those present on that oi sion, were Mr. D. Griffiths, Mr. J. Webber, and Mrs. Norman, pres residents . of Rotorua, the j Mr. A. W. Williams and Miss Jori of Tauranga.