Correspondence.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43213, 10 August 1907, Page 2

Correspondence.

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[to the editor]. Sir, —I was very much struck with the improvement in your town since my last visit some two years ago, among which I notice many new buildings of a very substantial nature ; and the shops in Whitaker-street, which are now undergoing the process of extension and renovating, with their plateglass windows, have quite a city appearance. This is a true sign of the faith of the business people at least in the permanent stability of tho town. Yes, your town has a prosperous appearance, and why should it not bj so? You have everything to make Te Aroha one of the most noted and discussed towns in the colony, being a natural health resort, rich in itß hot and cold mineral baths and drinking waters, which are becoming known all over the world for their wonderful curative properties ; and endowed as Te Aroha is with her fine surroundings of first-class dairying land, it is no wonder that your town is advancing. But why not help progress more ? Do your business people not think it is their duty and worth while to help the growth which nature has so long nourished and sustained ? what have they done to make the town what it should he ? you appear to be all dormant. Why, tahelaway the attraction that nature gave Te Aroha, and, excepting the Domain, you have nothing of interest for visitors. I read to-night in your contemporary that the bowling-green would not he tit to play on this season, and I also understand that there is not a brass band within twelve or fourteen miles of Te Aroha; then, again, you have a splendid river, admirably suited for boating, but if you want that luxury each visitor must bring hiß own boat with him, as their appears no one energetic enough to advocate its usefulness in the attion of visitors to your town. Remember that the more attractions provided in a health resort the more visitors you will have who will come from many lands, and on returning will he so elated at the miraculous cures effected by the Te Aroha waters that in theirs general conversation will be living wituesse to proclaim the glad tidings. —I am, etc., Visitor.