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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5307, 21 January 1947, Page 8

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• / Royal Hotel Criterion Hotei . auckland new PLYMOUTH Telegrams Royal, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymouth Gisborne Hotel AUCKLAND GISBORNE Telegrams - - Central, Auckland Telegrams - - - Gisborne Hotel, Hamilton Hotel „ Gisiorae hamilton Occidental Hotel wellington ! Telegrams - - - Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams - - - - Occidental, Hamilton Wellington AND OTHER HOTELS THRQUGHGUT THE NORTH ISLAND. the famous chain of WAITEMATA HOTELS.. j ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE BRENTS j r I " | f j 1 he Holiday Hotel I ROTORUA I » j CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLED i Next to Government Gardens and Baths, Handy for all sports.

JJOTEL AUCKLAND (Fully .Licensed.) Corner Queen and Customs Streets, Auckland. LARGEST HO.TEL IN THE CITY. 200 Bedrooms. CENTRALLY SITUATED IN THE HUB OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND - Telegrams: "Hotel Auckland," Auckland. gTATION J-J OTEL AUCKLAND. Opposite Central Railway Station. BEAUTIFUL HARB.OUR VIEW. New Building, Tastefully Decorated and Furnisbed. TELEPHONE AND HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM. Moderate Tariff. COURTESY — EFFICIENCY — ATTENTTON. Telegrams: "Station Hotel," Auckland. TANIWHA 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. Ilere you will find Nature at her loveliest. 7 MILES FROM ROTORUA P.O. ON THE HAMURANA ROAD. LAUNCH ~ MERLIN for hire MOKOIA ISLAND PASSENGER SERVICE WED., SAT., SUNDAY. Departs: 9.3(1 a.m., 2.15 p.m. Returns: 12 noon, 4.30 p.m. 3/- RETURN Fishing Parties catered for, rods and licenses on Launch — £4 per day, £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 DEPOT Unhreakahle Watch Glasses, any size FITTED AT SHORTEST NOTICE. 9 ct., 18 ct. and PLATINUM WEDDING RINGS Beautifully Chased. JEWELLERY AND SPECTACBE REPAIRS of any description undertaken. ENGRA.VING All Work Carried Out on. Premises — At — A. H0BBSJewellers, TUTANEKAI STREET.

WHAKAREWAREWA j A Remarkable Area i Bts«es depart regularly from Post OSic* ) FARE Sd EACH WAY j WHAKAREWAREWA is an ongrossing centre of thermal ! activity and Maorl Iife, jUst a few minutes by bus from ) tbe town. Here you will see mud pools forming and j reforming "lilies" and "cat's eyes" or unceasingly sending their restless "frogs" Ieaplng through the steam; hlssing 1 steam vents, awe-lnspiring geysers shooting superheated J and sclntlllating water high Into the air. You will see > 1 multi-coloured and glistenlng terraces forming under the ' actlon of the mineralised waters, sizzllng "frylng pans" and other remarkable sights. In and around lt all may be seen the picturesque Maori guides conducting parties of visitors; brown-skinned children Ieaplng or divlng for pennies, and the more phlegmatic wahlnes busy around the steam vents that provide free cooking facilities for the vlllage. OKERE FALLS Motor and LauncK OKERE FALLS, HINEMOA STEPS AND CAVE and an hour's cruice ora Lake Rotoiti. FARE: 8/- RETURN — Guide Fee 6d On this fasclnatlng and picturesque trip you skirt the shores of Lake Rotorua, pass through the Maorl vlllage of Mourea and cross the . Ohau Channel to Okere. A short walk takes you down the Hinemoh Steps to the Okere Falls and Hinemoa Cave. Returning to the wharf you Joln the launch which takes you for an hour's crulse across the placid waters of Lake Rotoiti and to the many beautiful fern-covered bays. Cars depart 2.00 p.m. daily from tha Road Service* Office, Tutanokal Stroet. Mor'nino and Afternoon Teas avallable.

I IN and AROUnFI i ROTORUA | ; : Where to Visit when you have | : time to make Short Trips ; 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 beneath like an intricate relief map. Lake Tarawera and surrounding Lakes, 30/-. THE WAIKATO AVIATION CO., LTD. AIRPORT — ROTORUA. S. J. BLACKMORE - - - - Pilot. Private Address: Wairoa Rd., Phone 350K house; 866 Aerodrome. Or all Hotels and Booking Offices.

ENCH ANTING ! — INSPIRING! ORAKEI-KORAKO The Placd of Adoming The Delightful Trip" to Amazing Aladdin's the World's Greateist Cave Terraces Tremendous River Fearsome Underground Rapids, etc. Geysers 36 miles of good road BOOK AT N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES, TUTANEKAI STREET

UyHEN the Tarawera eruption blew the famous Pink and White Terraces to pjjf it was considered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way of restg the balance. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been rw terraces as great in extent as the lost ones and presenting every conceivable tion from glittering white to deepest jade. The Orakei-Korako trip, however, J be considered iri two sections. Firstly, the absorbing interest of scenery on 'ti% out where the heavily-timbered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws a back scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its f °°H , evergreen glades of the pine plantations of Forests' Products, Ltd.; a phantasy during a pause at the sacfed "Witch's Rock"; Pohaturoa Peak, truly ^ in the world; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Point and Whaka ^ rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh points of interest. Secondl?i , . is the unequalled area of Orakei-Korako itself. Refreshment may be hao pleasantly situated tea-room, and competent guides ferry visitors across the : wjj River in a steel-cabled ferry and conduct them around the valley of encMJ where the great river provides a gentle undertone to the beautiful, fascinating orchestration of Nature tbat is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of Adow ( with its crashing crescendo of colour, beauty and the fine fairy-like love2i Aladdin's Cave. It can fairly be claimed that Orakei-Korako has every thermal activity existent in the world and much that is found nowhere else. fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on tier of terraces crowned hy the solid silica buttress known. as the "Golden Fleece, piled on colour. ,d 9.15 a.m. FARE 15/- Guide FeeJ)