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i Royal Hotel Criterion Hotel auckland new plymouth Telegrams Royal, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymouth Gisborne Hotel auckland gisborne Telegrams - - Central, Auckland Telegrams Gisborne Hotel, Hamilton Hotel ~ Glsborne hamilton Occidental Hotel wellington Telegrams Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams - - - - Occidental, Hamilton Wellington AND OTHER HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH ISLAND. the famous chain of WAITEMATA HOTELS " always at your service BRENTS~ | | The Holiday Hotel ROTORUA | sx CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLED ! Next to Government Gardens and Baths. Handy for all sports. I

fJOTEL AUCKLAND (Fully Licensed.) Corner Queen and Customs Streets, Auckland. LARGEST HOTEL IN THE GITY. 200 Redrooms. GENTRALLY SITUATED IN THE HUB OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Telegrams: "Hotel Auckland," Auckland. g T A T I O N pjOTEL , 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 — ATTENTTON. Telegrams: "Station Hotel," Auckland. TANIWHA SPRINGS 1 THE TRADITIONAL HOME OF A MAN-EATING WATER MONSTER Big, bubbling springs and the s greatest vo-lume of spring water in the North Island. It is the ac-tual source of tbe 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 9FRVir"F 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 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. ENGRAVING All Work Carried Out on Premises ■ — At — A. hobbs, 2 •TPWPHptcj - TUTANEKAI STREET.

WAIOTAPU THERMAL GOVERNMENT ROUND TRIP I T„e A^AP„.diSe IN and AROUND . .uT— „| . , - . . ,. _ , S ! It is impossible to conceive any more diveise ■ such congloineratioii of ^colours z 3^), kbpb ra B ^ | and enthralling scenery and phenomena than is met ■ 1 U/ w t idiosynerasies of the f airies, | Cj | (|j| | 9^ | with on this famous trip. Leaving Rotorua, travel- I exp essed by wavins their magic wands over the | RW I W8 S,W« , Wtraverse Earthquake Plat and on to the site of 1 hYW; ° /f5"'',1 ml'"m concePt10"- I | the famous Waimangu Geyser eruption. The k- ■ T i -L . unngs 111 amazing panoramic i i , 1 , 1 vastation left in the trail of this upheaval is still I ^ -.r> ! Where to VlSlt When you have ? iainl t0 be Seen and .the boiling water lake is s ■ 1 P craters with preci- 5 tlmp In matfl Slinrt Trim \ most awe-inspiring sight. Then commences a walt ■ PdSiJ lvi,',WMeBal 0±t.s°!0m? nan a". fwe" t maKe Sftort 1 "p® | with a guide through a series of remarkable thermal ■ ?. 5fi,°r af *- f rn'i.u jijjjj. uji iinin i, tnrrrnrn.rr and volcanic aetivities. Next the traveller* emb.ik 9 , Yisf tl\1deKt 01 » on a launeh which, under the guidance of an experi- 1 an artist — tne coioui'iul gem m the Rotorua j ± ■ T i t» o. an ■ Thermal Belt. The Lady Knox Geyser entertains ?nced ov,el: ^.ake Rotomahana, an | ovowmavn;no.oMneGU j immense sheet of hot and boihng water under wmcn ■ y/fi. » ro ,/ the titanic forces of Nature fitfully slumber. C» ■ R ' c g, ' J .* ° v /fi ' landing, a short walk brings the party to the shade I Return fare by sery.ce c»r= 7/6. «1 Mount Tarawera, a voicano of formidable » I " v 7 pearance whose lava-scorched sides vividly recall , ■ RAINBOW SPRINOS the terriblo eruption of. the mountain on June lOtn, ■ 1886, when many lives were lost and the famous | Hourly service ^y Ngong^^hn bus from Road ROTORUA FROM THE AIR Pink and White Terraces were smashed to atoms ■ FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee %/-, Again a launch is requisitioned and this timo a The Rainbow Springs rapldly achleved fame as one of Take a flight over Mt. Tarawera's Craters, the the pai'ty is conveyed across beautiful Lake Tara- H Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three pools, set Coloured Lakes and Thermal Areas — Fare 30/-. weta, a majestic stl'etcll of Cl'ystal "water. ThecatS I ln an environment of bush and fern, contain large num- \ nwnit the -nncsprKrprc on the nthen cidp snd on the ■ bers Of trout, including many of conslderable size. The If you are not satisfied that this is the best trip jw »t the passengeis on 1 the ot fa"h buiied I graceful movements of the flsh, the flns servihg varlousiy Rotorua has to offer, you will not be asked to pay. r?*d bac^ to Rotorua pass fii st the site of the Dun | as oars and balancers, can bevlewedtoadvantage. When shorter T - s ' Thermal areas Lakes and 'T3 ro d I shafts of sunlight play on the water the effect ls beautiful. bhorter I nps over 1 hermal LaK s jia the temble eruption of 1886. A sweep m the roM ■ The rainbow trout is then revealed as one of Nature's ownship trom iu/-. brings into view the far-famed Green, or koto- ■ flnished works of art. it has an incomparabie deiicacy of cjpTrpTAT tftpq p.v APP antgf mfnt kakahi Lake, and immediately afterwards the Blue'). ■ iona with markings that show an extraordlnary range oi or Tikitapu Lake, two linipid gems of Ullique COloUV- ■ tints and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs region con- WAIKATO AVIATION COMPANY ing. A run past gloi'ious forestry plantations to ■ b,;yubsl"'hter"8;. 11 ' t KTArKMORE Pilot Rotorua compietes whai is undoubtedly one »f the | ^ItOTSive Bbrul,1,!,ry « toourh whio* S. J. BLACKMOEE, Pi ot. ontstanding trips of the world. I snaay patns are law. , Aerodrome Phone 866 — Residence 3S0K. ■

ENCHANTING! ■ TNSPIRING ! ^HEN the Tarawera eruption blew the famous Pink and White Terraces to pi«e' I — — — "■ it was considered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way of restonng ■ the balance. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been reveaiea ■ A TT 7^ "IT"! Y ^ Y X" V-V A *wr y /->. terraces as great in extent as the lost ones and presenting every conceivable colours" O I B /% ij/ |«4 I IZ S g /\ aS a ^ „ tion from glittering white to deepest jade. The Orakei-Korako trip, however, ■ A A %. /% M I ■■ g \ 3 be considered in two sections. Firstly, the absorbing, interest of scenery on the wa ■ a A. A. out where the heavily-timbered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws a 8 fL pi _ r A back' scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its .j 1 I Iie Jriace OI AQOrning . evergreen glades of the pine plantations of Forests' Products, Ltd.; a toueh 8 phantasy -during a pause at 'the sacred "Witch's Rock"; Pohaturoa Peak, truly nnjq ■ rrn t l i p n m * ~ i , * • A , t , . , in the world ; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Point and Whaka h ■ X il6 Dellgntful X rip to AiTlSZing Als.dclin. s rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh points of interest. Secondly» ® # I flnn Pv/aof o yt/y is the unequalled area of Orakei-Korako itself. Refreshment may be had at i | 1/XiU »Y U11U. b \JTI CdttJbb wdVC pleasantly situated tea-room, and competeiit guides ferry visitors across the Wais ■ nnp-ppDCPa » Tvi/arvY^varlrkna River in a steel-cahled ferry hnd conduct them around the valley of enchantffl ■ XtJXIdLtJS iremenaous Kiver whf$e the great river provides a gentle undertone to the beautiful, bizarre and I TTpppc'omo TTnrloro'vmTnrl RaDlds Stc fascinating orchestration of Nature that is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of Aaornm*' ■ r earsome unaergrouna XVdpiUb, Utu ^ itg *Tashinsi crescend0 of colour, beauty and the fine fairy-like lovelmesi oi I Geysers 36 miles of good toad Aladdin's Cave. It can fairly be claimed that Orakei-Korako has every foiro I thermal activity existent in the world and much that is found nowhere else. w®y® j I I fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on tier of ®01®, ^ I BOOK AT N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES, terraces crowned by the solid silica buttress known as the "Golden Fleece," 311(1 c I TUTANEKAI STREET 9. 15° A.m." FARE 15/-. Guide Fee 4/6^ t>- ;