"AS OTHERS SEE US." [To the Editor of the Te Aroha and Ohinemuri News.] CORRESPONDENCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 371, 25 May 1889, Page 2

"AS OTHERS SEE US." [ To the Editor of the Te Aroha and Ohinemuri News.]

CORRESPONDENCE.

by Mr Howell, as I"' understand from what I have heard, and from personal observation, that not alone the future pf this district, but to a certain extent the future of gold-mining in Australasia generally, is largely dependent upon the success of these remarkable works. I have to say of yqjjj^Jrd'teis, what cannot always be said in 6'ther places, that they are comfortable, well managed, and well worthy of the town and district. I cannot leave your town without acknowledging the hospitality and courtesy I have received, specially from yourself, and generally from the people of Te Aroha. — Yours, &c , J.A.H. Te Aroha, May 23rd, 1889, "

Sir, — Permit one who has made a short stay — much shoiter than inclination would dictate — in yonr midst, to record through your columns the pleasure he experienced while in Te Aroha. I have looked at your town from all points of view, and taken, in a quiet way, some note of your townsfolk, and have nothing but agreeable impressions to record. Over in Sydney, where I come from, visitors are sometimes asked — at least there is a pleasant fiction in the other colonies that they are asked — " What do you think of our beautiful harbour,?" Your hot springs and mineral baths are your "beautiful harbour", Mr. Editon. That is to say, they are a possession to be proud of, and as a conscientious man I can say that I have been asked, more than once, what I think of them. '.I'Tne' answer has been, what, indeed, it must be from nl! to whom the same question is put, a highly favourable one. Nature has richly endowed Te Aroha in these springs, and, as a health resort the place only requires to known to rival the famous medicinal springs of France, Bohemia, and Nassau, and bring to Te Aroiih 1 -crowds of visitors, in health as well as in search of health, from all parts of the world. But the priceless waters, precious though they be, are not the only endowments Te Aroha has received from bounteous nature. The universal wealth that underlies the great mount is 'already proved to be consider* able; but. as you have as yet, to use a current phras,e, " only scratched the surface," there is every reason tcrbelieve that vast riches in gold, silver, and other metals, will yet be unearthed from the hill fiom which your town takes its name. I shall watch with interest the result of the extensive works for the treatment of 01 c, carried on for the Te Aroha Silver and Gold Mining Co,, at Waiorongoraai,