Domain Board.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 434, 4 January 1890, Page 2

Domain Board.

The adjourned special meeting of the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Board was held on Monday evening. Present: Messrs T. Gavin (chairman), G Lipsey, J. Ilott, and C. Ahier. Advertising : The . first question discussed'was the proposal to advertise the Hot Springs at Dunedin during; the Exhibition there. Mr Ahier, in accordance with notice given, moved that the sum of £lO be voted by the Board for advertising at Dunedin. The motion was not seconded. • Mr Ilott said there could be no doubt it was highly desirable to advertise the baths, etc., as much possible ; pro* videdj there were funds available for that purpose ; which was the first question to be settled.' If the Board decided to expend £lO, or £2O, or any sum in advertising, ■ however, he would be strongly in favour of afc least half that amount being devoted to advertising in Sydney and Melbourne papers, which he thought would give a better return than Dunedin papers. It was invalids they wanted to attract the notice of more than mere tourists or excursionists ; and he had been quite recently spoken to by people from the other side, who asserted most confi. *B 'y that if the virtues of the Te Aroha Thermal Springs were only more widely known in Australia, many invalids from there would.quickly resort to them. There could be no better advertisement for the .springs than the restoration to health, of the sick ; besides, as far as Dunedin was concerned, the baths were already advertised in Hayr’s special Exhibition edition of the Tourist Guide.

- The Chairman paid he quite recognised the good advertising would do, and would be very pleased, to see the Board doiing ail they could to make more widely known the value of the Te Aroha bathy, but they must first attend to matters in connection with the development of the springs, and in his opinion they had not any funds to spare for advertising at present. The Alinister of Lands had impressed on jthefp, on the occasion of his visit to Te Arolia, that the Board had no right to/ borrow money, even for developing the springs, etc. ( Mr Lipsey coincided in the views expressed by the Chauman. Mr Ilott remarked that even now, No. 5 bath house was not available for use, nor the reservoir “in witfeNd. 6 bath house finished, owing to lack of funds to complete the improvements; commenced, and, quite agreed, with the Chairman’s remarks that these matters demanded first attention at the hands of the Board. ■ . • ’ Mr Ilott asked Mr Abier how he pro* poped that the £JO bo expended, if it

were voted. Mr Aider replied : By posting up notices, etc., in the Exhib’tion buildings and about Dunedin. Mr Holt said be did not think it was ’ikely notices could be posted up ; n theExbibition, if no space had been secured for the purpose, or at least without paying for it; and even if the money were available and voted for expenditure at Dunedin, it would be far better spent in bis opinion by advertising'in the leading Dunedin papers, than by means of posters, which would probably be past'd over with other posters after a day'or two. He thought the hotel proprietors at To Aroha might with advantage to themselves co-operate with the Board in the matter of advertising ; as they derive 1 the chief monetary benefit, from visitors and invalids ; and if they would club together and raise a certain amount, to he expended, in advertising, he wool 1 certainly be in favour of the Board making every effort to subsidise the amount raised by them, £ for £.

Tiie Chairman said he had been spoken to some time back by a private party, who was of the same way of thinking, and in reply he told the party be referred to, that lie would be in favour of it, and felt sure the Board, were such a proposal laid before them, would seethe hdvisabrlityof its adoption, and assist all they could o The same party, however, told him a little later on he had spoken to the proprietors of the hotels, but only received any encouragement from one of them, therefore the matter had fallen through. The Chairman remarked Mr Aider’s motion had lapsed through not having been‘seconded.’ Mr Ahier said : He would have to give a definite answer himself in a few days to a party who had spoken to him on the subject, whether he would go to the Dunedin Exhibition or not. He (Mr Ahier) had proposed to himself to go down to Dunedin about the middle of January.

The Right to Advertise on Bath Tickets : The next matter discussed was the advisability of inviting tenders for the sole right to advertise on the back of the bath tiekets, as suggested by Mr Iloti at the preceding meeting. The Chairman explained to MrLipsey what had transpired at the previons meeting with respect thereto. It was of course an experiment, which however would cost very li tie to test, and he believed it would succeed, as there cou’d be no doubt many would recognise th value of such a mode of advertising, whether local tradespeople, hotel proprietors, or those at a distance. Resolved on the motion of Mr Ilott, seconded by Mr Lipsey, That tenders be invited for the sole right to advertise on the back of the tickets issued by tiie Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Board for meyar ending December 3 Gt, 1890. The advertisement to be such ns can be reasonably printed within by 2-mch space. The Board to provide and print the tickets at their own expense, arid reserve the right to approve of the advt submitted. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders addressed to the Chairman’ to be received up to 6 p.m., Tuesday, January 14th. In reply to Mr Ilott the Clerk stated the returns kept recorded the number of baths for the two, years ending March 3Jst, 18897 exceeded 50,000. It was resolved that this fact be included in the advertisement inviting tenders. Resolved on the motion-of the Chair-, man, secon led by Mr Lipsey, the advertisement be inserted twice in each of the following papers : Auckland Star and Herald, and the Tk Aroha and Uhinemuri News. Rand Subsidy: A letter wa3 read from the Secretary of the Te Aroha Brass Rand, asking on behalf of the Band, if the sum of £7 10s, promised by the Board last year to the late Band, would hold good with the newly formed Band. Also, stating that at present their supply of music was so limited that the Band could ndt play in public as often as they would like to, etc. The Chairman, Messrs Ilott and Lipsey, all spoke infavour of subsiding the Baud to play in the Domain, it being an attraction much appreciated by visitors as well at local residents.

Resolved on the motion of Mr Ilott, seconded by Mr Lipsey, Tout the offer of L"7 IDs subsidy made by the Board to the Te Aroha Brass Band last year, and not claimed, be now. renewed for tuis year (subject to such conditions as may be approved) provided-the Band play m the Domain during certain evenings during the summer months ; and that the matter be left in the hands ,of the Chairman to make all arrangements on behalf of the Board. 1 ";jv.r ; , This was all the business.