HELENSVILLE FOR HEALTH

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 6

HELENSVILLE FOR HEALTH

Mr. Mayor Says —

HOT SPRING BATHS ATTRACT MANY TOURISTS PROSPEROUS NORTHERN TOWNSHIP The holiday .season is approaching and fnony Aucklanders who do not intend to travel far afield will be wondering which part of the province holds the most a (traction tor them. IV'o have invited the Mayors of the chief Boroughs out■de Auckland and t£s immediate environs to contribute articles setting forth the holiday attractions of tlicir towns. The Mayors fund, in some cases, chairmen of ton I boards) have responded cordially to TITE St’iV’S invitation. Each , in tui ivill advocate the charms of his town. No. 7. Illy the Chairman of the Ilclcnsvillc Town Board.) Tl-’ anybody tells you to so to Heleus- \ ille, stand not on the order of Jour going, but go at the first available opportunity for the advice is good. 11 eh *us v ille gives quick riddance to "that tired feeling.’’ Many citizens of Auckland know well that Helensville is a very pleasant place tor a holiday, particularly for folk who need such natural medication as the hot springs of Parakai can give, but the great majority of New Zealanders have still to learn and appreciate the truth of the phrase, “Helensville for Health.”

It is a quick and comfortable run by rail from Auckland to Helensville, and, in addition, several motor services are now running daily. Helensville is linked by good motor-car and bus services with Parakai (only two miles from the railway station), where the wonder-working mineral waters are drawn from Nature’s treasury. Modern methods of massage and other special treatments help Nature to put new life and vigour into jaded patients. Helensville and Parakai have all manner of facilities for pleasant exercise and sightseeing. The high standard of accommodation and amenities for a happy holiday have been warmly praised by innumerable visitors. To the hale and the "halfliale”—old or young—Helensville and Parakai, with their bright environment offer refreshing flays. This locality furnishes an ideal week-end tonic.

Helensville, on the Kaipara Diver, thirty-eight miles by rail from Auckland—a well-known "timber town" long ago—is now the centre of a prosperous farming district.

It is moderately rated, possesses a water supply, efficient drainage and electric light and power. There are suitable sites for factories available; also elevated sites for private residences with a fine outlook over cultivated farmlands and winding rivers (the Kaipara and the Wairoa); the Kaipara Heads being distinctly outlined in the distance.

As time goes on this progressive town v. ill have an increasing importance. not only for the medicinal hot springs of Parakai, but as a base for delightful holidays. The hot springs at Parakai are in a very fertile plain, which is one of the richest dairying areas in the Dominion. The spa has all the comforts and conveniences that most exacting visitors could desire. The Domain at Parakai is admirably laid out with flowerbeds, trees, shrubs and grassy spaces. There is provision also for the most popular kinds of summer sports, including bowling, croquet and tennis. A number of the boarding houses have their own tennis courts (lit by electricity), swimming baths, dance halls and oilliards tables.

A short distance from Helensville there is a golf course, where visiting golfers are welcomed. In Helensville itself there are tennis courts, a bowling green (one of the best in the Auckland Province), croquet lawns, cricket and football fields and other sources of open-air amusements. The climate is bracing and has a decided tonic effect upon those arriving in a more or less run-down condition.