The Kamo Springs.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43221, 29 August 1907, Page 2

The Kamo Springs.

Prior to their departuie f>r Auckland on Tuesday morning, Mr Donne end Dr Wphlmann were interviewed in regard to the Kamo Springs as a probable tourist resort: Mr Donie expiess r d general satisfaction with tho appearance of the place, and was .c mfident that the springs had immense possibilities, extensive advertising - r b ing cs ernial. As To Whangarei district generally, Mr Donne thought it of great value fi»m<tounsts point V of view. There'was a magnificent. * scenic route up the.Wairoa Elver far as the Wairoa Fa,lls. . Tourists leaving Auckland would first ytsit Helensville, and enjoy a course of hot , - baths there, which wore being developed with the assistance of the Tourist Department.i/They tfcen would have a delightful trip up the river to view . the Wairua Falls, which,were esper dally fine. From thero they w-mM drive into Whangarei ovor a picturesque route. He was. astonished that not more people had gone in for d air y-f arm in g.abqut- Whangarei. Dr. Wohlmann said'he had c ? me.to report on the value of the . rin K ß from a balneological aspect. Discuss* ing the merits of the'spftngs .he said ; they were unique as .far asNew; Zeal mu was conceraed. The-: whole colony was riddled with - hr, springs, but very few .* - cool springs of this' nature, and the Kamo ones'-tfvere -the best examples of their type/in the country, A special virtue of rhese wafers lay in the amount of carbmuic acid gas t ey contained. y