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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 138, 23 January 1886, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE, Under no circumstance is the Editor responsible for the matter Contained in correspondence. ADVANCE TE AROHA.

(;i'O THE KUtTOII.) S[R.—-As a visitor hero, and one inbernistt'tl in the advancement of this rising health-i esort, I beg to make a suggestion through your columns. Let trie preface my remarks by Siting that Te Aroha has the reqiitation of being very pretty, til fact a plac« for pleasure, as well as for" health seekers to spen-l some leisure time at. So, in pursuit oi enjoyment, many people come here, and they go away-Well, if not disgusted^ certainly not enchanted ? Why? What objections do they advance? objections Which go far to retard the advance of a place that has already had so many retrogressions as to make it very undesirable that it should have any more I Well, the objections can be mainly summed up in the assertion, " We do not know what to do with ourselves, nor where to find shelter from the suri." And this is very easily understood, at least by those who (the writer among the number) have made a stay at I&urdbean mineral spring resoi'ts. Even at these places time sometimes drags veiy heavily,' although everything that can conduce to the comfort and pleasure of visitors is brought into requisition luxurious lounges and baria*. rs contiguous to the various springs, beautiful garden-parks and covered and seateM promenade^ where the tedium is faried by delight* fill music discoursed by skilled bands of musicians, a; stated intervals' during the ih\y time and ,and all this — fieu Then there are the Uau.d rounds of sight seeing j concert and ball going} loirely drive* or sailings ; and illuminations flild flrewoi'ks for the amusement of those who choose to pay for them. KoW, nobody expects that Te Aroha should po«ses& the urtificifd attractions ot' places e4tal>Krfhe.l probably for us aiftiiy yeara as it has seen weeks ; indeeJ,

I consider that the greater natural attractions of Te Aroha rentier these all iltf> lr-'<! cfiilrvl for. Still, niig 1^ no! our visitors lie i. (forded the nppmtu dt\ O' taking refuse under <i mafjinv in the Doiiwiii, from the tierce of the Mm, until the newly plant e>i trersj h.ivo luid time to grow niiil n pavilion has l» vn I'iiilt. 5 nh'l, would it Lv so very expensive an Undertaking to have instrumental music here in the evenings, aftei the pel-formers had finished the occupations of the day ? Then we might hope that a skilled doctor, who wonld make the study of the spunks hii speciality, would find it to his interest to re-id e near the baths, and then —well, who shall put a limit to the prosperity in store ior the " Honiburg of the {South." I am, etc., A YiisiToft» Te Aroha, January I4th> 1886.