MUNICIPAL PICNIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 473, 6 March 1933, Page 5

MUNICIPAL PICNIC

\ HONGI'S TRACK ROUSES VISITORS. TO RAPTUiRES The chief function for th'e visiting municipal delegates on Saturday was a visit to Lakes Rotoiti, Rotoma and Okataina and a picnic at the eastern end of Hongi's track. Shortly after ten o'clock a long lind jOf cars left Rotorua and the first stop • was made at Tikitere where delegates had as Mr. D. G. Sullivan said, f'not their first taste of Hell, but proj baldy their narrowest escape from iih 1 They expressed their interest in the •wonders of the thermal regions aiid ►went into raptures over the beaUtieS of Lake Rotoiti. Passing thfough i Hongi's track a stop was made St } the Wisihing Tree where the .aceus- | tomed ceremony was duly pei'fofhied, ; the spectacle of sedate city fathers processing iaround the tree bfe^fihg s fern fronds being niost edifying. ' > Lunch was consumed at the ehstf erh end 6f the track and Messrs Behr nett (Christchurch), Sullivan (Christ- | church) and Roaeh (Nelson) tOok the 'opportunity of tendering the thailkS of the delegates to the Mayor artd Mayoress of Rotorua, the Entertainment Committee and their helpers tod the ToWn Clerk (Mr. W. A. MeLean) for the excellent manner in whicli the arrangements had been carried out. Lunch -and its concomitants wa s very popular and the party then made traeks for Lake Okataina where afternoon tea was served. Quite a number expressed disappointment at the shortness of - the time left at their disposal for sightseeing- aiid a very great niajofity, especially South Islahd delegates voiced their determination to make the trip as tourists on a future ocCas1011. With 'the exceptiori of a feW wbb are staying on the majority of tftte delegates left on Saturday and Sun* day. J .