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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 723, 26 December 1933, Page 8

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■hh i" — tw ■•■ th 1 i wr— *» jjj ._eiri i WtSS^PS^^SSfesasU--ITSsMETABLX Trains leave Rotorua for | Frankton 6.40 a.m. Arrive 12.16 p.m. $ Auck. (exp.) 10.0 Arrive 4.00 p.m. Auckland 4.30 p.m. Arrive 10.54 p.m. 1 VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ... | travel to napier by daylight and enjoy 160 miles of | varied and superb scenery. - j! Enquire at the R.M. Office (corner Tutanekai and Hinemoa Sts.) \ for complete information regarding all places of interest in the \ Thermal Regions. Make your visit to Rotorua worth while. The | Thermal Regions of New Zealand, the most extensive in the world | j and the only area of its kind accessible at all seasons of the year. j i Service cars leave daily for Napier, Whakatane, Opotiki, Gisborne, f j Tauranga. R.M. Travellers furnisfeed with map and descriptive | l booklet of district. 1 Pihones 19 and 165 Garage 194 j j 9 - l | \ /wl L Wheiher Visitors | l ^ A or ! C P Residents . I i— -■ f -7 -jyi y--.VT- . ,cV*fi— A >1 . • I ffiHpSH E ws are yOMr service ? \>A©^ o Study your appearance and have | i \[ £y, the latest treatment 1 PERMANENT WAVING A SPECIALTY 1 Marcelling Water-Waving Facials Hairdressing, etc. g HOLLYWOOD TOILET SALON 1 \ COMMERCE BUILDING ! • . Cr. Tutanekai and Pukuatua Streets Phone 184 | : - | | S. J. TISDALL and Co. j ^p/' . . _ /?bs^ ie 4 Sporting Goods Specialists I 0jgr Exclusively JPlj '1 Firearms, a~rid Ammunition, Fishing r | !+ IN Tackle, Tennis, Golf, Croquet, etc., 3. ' J Direct importations froni the ( j I1 leading British Factories. | INSPECTION INVITED Expert repairing in all branches | P.O. Box 134 Telephone 341 f J W iSJ -^utane^a^ (near Railway Station) | | I Eotorua 1 j with their new | economical far" j es, will take you | ^ 0n g^0r^0U^y €n" ^

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ITOURIST GUIDE ' SCENIC TRIPS There are a variety of short and long Scenic Trips which may be taken by visitors to the Thermal Region. WHAKAREWAREWA RESERVE \ I This is a mass of intense thermal activity, conS taining man'y geysers, fumaroles and mud pools. Admission is free but the employment of a guide i I is advised. Buses leave the Bank of New Zealand | corner, Fenton Street, every 15 minutes. A guide can be obtained at the destination. Official guiding fee is 1/- per person. The trip takes about two hours. TIKITERE (HELL'S GATE) This is one of the most active thermal areas in 1 the district and is notable for the awesome nature I of its sights. A feature is the curious nomenclature 1 of the varied pools. The Rotorua Bus Company jj makes this trip at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. Fare, 5/- return. Admission to the region is 2/-, and the trip occupies about two hours. ROUND LAKE ROTORUA This trip covers thirty-five miles and takes two and a half hours. It takes in Hamurana Spring, Hinemoa Caves and Okere Falls and a portion of Lake Rotoiti. The scenery from the road on the shores of Lake Rotorua is particularly fine. Fare, 7/6 return. A stop is made for tea if required. The Rotorua Bus Company makes this trip at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. WAIROA, GREEN AND BLUE LAKES This trip takes the famous Blue and Green Lalces and Lake Tarawera with Mount Tarawera in the background. Wairoa, the village buried in the great Tarawera eruption, is passed. The distance covered is 22 miles and the time occupied is two and a quarter hours. Fare, from 5/-. ! WAIOTAPU. Following improvements to the paths and bridges the Waiotapu Thermal Reserve has been I taken over by Capt. Walker, late of Tikitere, and is now open to visitors. The Waiotapu Reserve is one of the most interesting thermal areas and at the same time one of the least known in the locality and its opening provides another oustanding tourist attraction for the district. The following scale of charges is being made: Adults Is 6d and child- B ren 9d conducted) ; Is and 6d respectively (uncon- g ducted). Views of the Lady Knox Geyser and | mudflats, 6d. The Lady Knox is playing regularly g at 10 o'clock every morning and is undoubtedly one of the finest geysers in the district.. For particulars and services, apply Aard Offices. GOVERNMENT ROUND TRIP This is probably the most interesting all-day trip in the district. The route runs from Rotorua i to Earthqualce Flat and the woi'ld-renowned I Waimangu Geyser; afterwards a launch is taken | across Lake Rotomahana which is partially hot, a | walk across the foot of Mount Tarawera and | another launch trip across beautiful Lake Tarawera g whei'e cars are again taken and pass the scenes !referred to in the Blue and Green Lakes short trip. Fare, 15/-, plus 7/6 launch and guide fee. Cars depart daily at 9.30 a.m. SIX LAKES TRIP A splendid all-day trip which takes in Lakes Rotorua, Rotoiti, Rotoehu, Rotorua, Okataina and Rotokawa. The route traverses wonderful bush scenery including famous Hongi's Traek and the I Okataina Road. Tikitere is visited. Fare, £1, plus 2/- guide fee at Tikitere. Cars depart 9.30 a.m. | daily. WAIRAKEI-TAUPO This is one of the longest trips in the area. The mileage is approximately 120 miles. At Wairakei the tourist is conducted through the famous Geyser Valley, and other notable sights are the mighty Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls and Lake Taupo. Cars depart daily at 8.45 a.m. Fare, 25/-, plus | 5/- guide fee. j £ — i THE ROTORUA BATHS SUMMER TIMETABLE § NEW BLUE BATH Full-sized Mineral Water Swimming Bath. Mixed bathing. Open every day, 6.30 a.m. to | 11 p.m. 1 WARD BATHS | Duchess Swimming Pools for men and women. | Public Rachel Baths, soothing and refreshing. 1 Radium Spring, famous for its tonic properties | in cases of neurasthenia. § Priest Spring, beneficial in all forms of gout, g rheumatism and sciatica. | !Open weelc days, 6.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. . 1 Sundays, 7 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., 7.30 to 10 p.m. 1 MAIN BATH BUILDING l Fitted with every modern balneological I appliance for treatment of sickness. 1 Hours, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. g Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. S j MUD BATHS S S For skin and joint disorders. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Sat- . urday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. POSTMASTER BATHS § For chronic rheumatoid and rheumatic con- g ] ditions. .By appoinment at Main Bath Building. GOLF | Yisiting golfers may play at the Rotorua Golf g Club's Course - at Whakarewarewa, or at the | Motutara Public course. Green fees:— , I ROTORUA CLUB I Round 3/6, Day 5/-, Week 17/6, Fortnight I 30/-, -Month £2.

STATION HOTEL AUCKLAND I New Building Tastefully Decorated | and Furnished > Telephone and Hot and Cold Water in every Room Bedroom only, 6/-; Breakfast, 2/6; Lunch, 2/-; Dinner, 2/6 COURTESY, EFFICIENCY, HARBOUR VIEWS 1 1 Telegrams: — STATION HOTEL, AUCKLAND | Beautiful Waikaremoana 1 The latest and most beautiful Tourist Road in ■ | New Zealand | | When in Rotorua do not miss this trip. | J Cars leave Rotorua every Monday, Wednesday ! | and Friday. ^ Full particulars from: i ROTORUA BUS CO. LTD. I Royal Mail Contractors Telephone 291 ' | HOTEL FERNLEIGH | 28 SYMONDS STREET, AUCKLAND $ First-class accommodation, central, excellent I cuisine, moderate tariff. | Three minutes city and Railway Station. Trams 1 pass door '{ PHONE 41-319 PERSONAL S'UPERVISION I Reserve Accommodation by telcgram or letter MISS L. SMITH, Proprietress HOTEL AUCKLAND (Corner Queen and Customs Streets) ij Largest Hotel in Town j ' P I B I TARIFF: g I 1 Bedroom only, 5/- and 6/-; Bed and Breakfast, I * | 7/- and 8/-; Breakfast, 2/6; Lunch, 1/6; | Dinner, 2/6 ea CENTRALLY SITUATED IN THE HUB OF CITY OF AUCKLAND 1 | TELEGRAMS: — "Hotel Auckland," Auckland j| Your visit to Wellington will be one to remember I" s if, you make ' i "THE ROYAL OAK" 1 your headquart^rs. Wellington's most comfortable hotel. Beautifuily appointed. Excellent cuisine; convenient location — right in centre of shopping area. Large Dining Room and Grill. Table d'hote and a'la carte services. !P.O. BOX 229 TELEGRAMS: g WELLINGTON "ROYAL OAK 1 WELLINGTON" MOTUTARA COURSE Nine holes 1/-, Eighteen holes 1/6. TENNIS 1 Fourteen public tennis courts are available in i the Government Grounds. Tickets may be Jaought m and racquets hired at the Blue Bath Buildings. B Charge 6d. per player per half-hour. n BOWLS AND CROQUET 1 Public bowling and croquet greens in the Government Gardens are available to all visitors. For charges and information apply ticket office, Blue Bath pavilion.