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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5305, 18 January 1947, Page 8

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Royal Hotel . Criterion Hotel AUCKLAND NEW PLYMOUTH Telegrams - - - Royal, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymouth • Central Hotel Gisborne Hotel AUCKLAND GISBORNE Telegrams - - Central, Auckland Telegrams Gisborne Hotel, tt tt j. 1 ' Gisborne Hotel yn -A. , i tt^i xqr a tvttt totst Ocuidentcil Hotel WELLINGTON Telegrams - - - Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams - - - - Occidental, Hamilton Wellington AND OTHER HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH ISLAND. THE FAMOUS CHAIN OF W'AITEMATA HOTELS ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVXCE R R E NT S The Holiday Hotel ROTORUA CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLED Next to Government Gardens and Baths. Handy for all sports.

J-J O T E L AUCKLAND (Fully Licensed.) Corner Queen and Customs Streets, Auckland. LARGEST HOTEL IN THE CITY. 200 Bedrooms. CENTRALLY SITUATED IN THE HUB OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Telegrams: "Hotel Auckland," Auckland. gTATION JJOTEL AUCKLAND. Opposite Central Railway Station. KEAUTIFUL HARB.OUR VIEW. New Building, Tastefully Decorated and Furnished. TELEPHONE AND HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM. Moderate Tariff. COURTESY — EFFICIENCY — ATTENTION. Telegrams: "Station Hotel," Auckland. TANIWHA j SPRINGS THE TRADITIONAL HOME OF A MAN-EATING WATER MONSTER Big, bubbling springs and the greatest volume of spring water in'the North Island. It is the actual source of the Awahou River and contains Trout galore. Here you will find Nature at ber loveliest. 7 MILES FROM ROTORUA P.O. ON THE HAMURANA ROAD. LAUNCH MERLTN FOR HIRE , MOKOIA ISLAND PASSENGER SERVICE WED., SAT., SUNDAY. Departs: 9.30 a.m., 2.15 p.m. Returns: 12 noon, 4.30 p.m. 3/- RETURN. Fishing Parties catered for, rods an licenses on Launch — i^^per daj £2/10/ - half-day. Moonlight Excursions Sundays 8 p.m Picnic Parties hy arrangement. D. W. MUIR, Prop-, 6 Union St. Rotorua, or enquire at Wharf. ROTORUA'S LEADING JEWELLERY & SOUVENIR DEPO' Unbreakahle Watch Glasses, any siz FITTED AT SHORTEST NOTICE. 9 ct., 18 ct. and PLATINUM WEDDING RINGS Beautif ully Chased. JEWELLERY AND SPECTACB REPAIRS of any description unde: taken. ENGRAVING All Work Carried Out- on Premise — At — A. H0BBSJ ewellers, i TUTANEKAI STREET.

WHAKAREWAREWA i A Remarkable Area l Busca depart regularly from Po!»t Office Z FARE 6d EACH WAY \ WHAKAREWAREWA ls an engrossing centre of thermal , t activity and Maori life, just a few minutes by bus from / the town. Here you will see mud pools forming and ]j reformlng "lilies" and "cat's eyes" or unceasingly sondlng s their restless "frogs" leaping through the steam; hissing ! steam vents, awe-inspiring geysers shooting superheated ] and sclntillating water high into . the aif. You will see J multi-coloured and glistening terraces forming under the action of the mineralised waters, sizzling "frying pans" and other remarkable sights. In and around it all may be seen the picturesque Maori guides conducting parties of visitors; hrown-skinned children leaping or divlng for pennies, and the more phlegmatlc wahines husy around the steam vents that provide free cooking facllitiea for the village. OKERE FALLS Motor and Launch OKERE FALLS, HINEMOA STEPS AND CAVE and an hour's cruise on Lake Rotoiti. FARE: 8/- RETURN — Guide Fee 6d On this fascinating and picturesque trlp you skirt the shores of Lake Rotorua, pass through the Maorl village of Mourea and cross the Ohau Channel to Okere. A short walk takes you down the Hinemoa Steps to the Okere Falls and Hinemoa Cave. Returning to the wharf you join the launch which takes you for an hour's cruise across the placid waters of Lake Rotoiti and to the many beautiful fern-covered bays. Car# depart 2.00 p.m. daily from the Road 8ervlcea Office, Tutanakai Street. Mor'ning and Afternoon Teas available. — — ■ ' — *

9N and AROUND ROTORUA Where to Visit when you have | j time to make Short Trip* SEr^^^HE AIR For the modest sum of ten shillings we offer you a flight over Rotorua. The sights which impress you so much from the ground' are infinitely more wonderful from the air. The baths, gardens^ and playgrounds are spread heneath like an intricate relief map. Lake Tarawera and surrounding Lakes, 30/-. THE WAIKATO AVIATION CO., LTD. AIRPORT — ROTORUA. S. J. BLACKMORE - - - - Pilot. Privat® Address: Wairoa Rd., Phone 350K house; 866 Aerodrome. Or all Hotels and Booking Offices.

AMTIwr I IWQDTPTWr.f WHEN the Tarawera eruption blew the famous Pink and White Terraces tojj JLfll-'OArij I I rN vs . 1 n J F 1 lv I IV . VV Jt wa3 ^nsjfjered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way of res^ ~ ' the halance. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been re t w ^ ^ terraces as great in extent as the lost ones and presenting every coneeivaWej* A IZUl A tion from glittering white to deepest jade. The Orakei-Korako trip, how » I 1 rC W% p I H* bA I 1 r% r\ iV I I he considered in two sections. Firstly, the absorbmg interest of scenery on w i JLj Jl. JL llVv/ out where the heavily-timbered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws . , . back scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its rke Place of Adormng evergreen glades of the pine plantations of Forests' Products, Ltd. ; a t ^ — - " - phantasy during a pause at the sacred Witch s Rock ; Pohaturoa Peak, tru 7 g . in the world; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Pomt and Thp Deli^htful TriD to Amazins: Aladdm s rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh pomts of interest. Seconj V tir i i, /-* x , % - 1 is the4 unequalled area of Orakei-Korako ltself. Refreshment may hehad the J World S Greatest Cave , pleasantly situated tea-room, and competent guides ferry visitors .across the ^ m m i t> * River in a steel-cabled ferry and conduct them around the valley of enc , Terraces * Trernendous Riiver where the great river provides a gentle undertone to the beautiful, N 's •n tt j i "PonirlQ fascinating orchestration of Nature that is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of ^ Fearsome Underground Xtapias, etc.; with its Cj.agllin2 crescendo of colour, beauty and the fine fairy-like loveiw C* nvrcnvo Q/? D"f crnnrl rnaH * Aladdin's Cave. It can fairly he claimed that Orakei-Korako has every l Geysers ~ OO nilies OI &OOQ roaa. thermal activity existent in the world and much that is found nowhere else. fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on tiet & ,Jjj K rn *T *7 r» r>A b r\ CCDV/Tprc terraces crowned hy the solid silica buttress known as the Golden Fleece, . BOOK AT N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES, piied on coiour. „ > JliTANEKAI STREET ° 9.15 a.m. FARE 15/- . Guide Fee^