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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5315, 30 January 1947, Page 8

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j Royal Hotel Criterion Hotel auckland new plymouth Telegrams - - - Royal, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymouth ^eP™Si Gisborne Hotel auckland gisborne Telegrams - - Central, Auckland Telegrams Gisborne Hotel, Hamilton Hotel - Gisborne , hamilton Oeeidental Hotel wellington Telegrams Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams - - - - Oeeidental, Hamilton Wellington AND OTHER HOTELS TEROUGEOUT THE NORTK ISLAND. the famous chain of . WAITEMATA HOTELS always at your service r — — — — — — - — — I ^ j| ^ j The Holiday Holel | ROTORUA XX CENTRAE HEATING INSTALLED | l j Next to Government Gardensv and Eaths. Handy for all sports. >

|_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 OP THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Telegrams: "Hotel Auckland," Auckland. gTATION J-JOTEL AUCKLAND. Opposite Central Railway Station. 'BEAUTIFUL 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 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 her loveliest. CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE LAUNCH" MERLIN for hire MOKOIA ISLAND PASSENGER -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 and licenses on Launch — £4 per day, £2/10/- half-day. Moonlight Excursions Sundays 8 p.m. Picnic Parties by 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 SPECTACKE REPAIRS of any description undertaken. . ENGRAVING All Work Carried Out on Premises — At — A. H 0 B B sJewellers, TUTANEKAI STREET. ,

WAIOTAPU THERMAL AREA ij The Artists' Paradise :• A display of such conglomeration of colours — • || I which vary with the idiosyncrasies of the fairies, ? expressed by waving their magic wands over the J» area — as to be beyond human conception. Multi- • |> tudinous tints and coloufings in amazing panoramic v displays; remarkahle terrace fc-rmations wonder- t fully and variedly coloured ; deep craters with preci- Z pitous sides; a galaxy of colours and an awe- | inspiring exhibition of beautiful sulphur crystals ; a ■ picture of colours that would be the delight of an artist — the colourful gem in the .Rotorua Thermal Belt. The Lady Knox Geyser entertains every morning at 10 o'clock. Admission: To Sights, 2/6; to Geyser, 1/-. Return fare by service car: 7/6. OKERE FALLS Motor and Launch OKERE FALLS, HINEMOA STEPS AND CAVE nnd an hour's cruise on Lake Rotoiti. FARE: 8/- RETURN.— Guide Fee 6d ' On thls fasclnating and plcturesque trip you skirt the Bhores of Lake Rotorua, pass through. the Maorl village ' of Mourea and cross the Ohau Channel to Okere. A ahort walk takes you down the Hinemoa Steps to the Okere Falls and Hinemoa Cave. Returnlng to the wharf you joln the launch whlch takes you for an hour's cruise across the placld waters of Lake Rotoiti and to the many beautiful fern-covered bays. Car* depart 2.00 p.m. daily from the Road Service* Ofilee, Tutanekai Street. Mor'ninfl and Afternoon Teae available. '

IN and AROUND j ROTORUA | Where to Visit when you have time to make Short Trips i Take a flight over Mt. Tarawera's Craters, the Coloured Lakes and Thermal Areas — Fare 30/-. If you are not satisfied that this is the best trip Rotorua has to offer, you will not be asked to pay. Shorter Trips over Thermal areas, Lakes and Township from 10/-. SPECIAL TRIPS BY ARRANGEMENT. waikato aviation company S. J. BLACKMORE, Pilot. Aerodrome Phone 866 — Residence 350K.

ENCHANTINGI INSPIRING! ORAKEI -KOKAKO JThe Place of Adorning The Delightful Trip' to" Amazing Aladdin's the World's Greatest Cave • Terraces .Tremendous River; " Fearsome Underground Rapids, etc.: Geysers 36 miles of good road BOOK AT N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES, TUTANEKAI STREET 1 .

■^yHEN tbe Tarawera eruption blew the famous Pink and White Terraces toP^H it was considered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way of ■ the balance. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been reV® ■ terraces as great in e^ctent as the lost ones and presenting every conceivable c°' Jj B tion from glittering white to deepest jade. The Orakei-Korako trip, howeveit ji be considered in two sections. Firstly, the absorbing interest of scenery on ^ I out where the heavily-timbered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws a ^7^ H back scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its f°°/, /B evergreen glades of the pine plantations of Forests' Products, Ltd.; a . adi:® phantasy during a pause at the sacred "Witch's Rock"; Pohaturoa Peak, truly in the world; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Point and Wbsk* rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh points of interegt. Secondiyi , is the unequalled area of Orakei-Korako itself. Refreshment may be had Sj,™ pleasantly situated tea-room, and competent guides ferry visitors across the » River in a steel-cabled ferry and conduct them around the valley of en.c ^. where the great river provides a gentle undertone to the beautiful, fascinating orchestration of Nature that is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of with its crashing crescendo of colour, beauty and the fine fairy-like lovel^ j* Aladdin's Cav6. It can fairly he claimed that Orakei-Korako has every thermal activity existent in the world and much that is found nowher© else. fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on tier of terraces crowned by the solid silica buttress known as the "Golden Fleece," ^ ■ piled on colour. ; « 9.15 a.m. FARE 15/- Guide Feejj*