MOTORING NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 183, 12 January 1915, Page 7

MOTORING NOTES.

rams Tin;on;:i tai;a,xaki. The, current number of Wheeling contains a particularly interesting and well illustrated article on the attractions of Tiiranaki for motorists. ".Motorists, motor-cyclists or tired business men. who seek a renewal of spirit from the humdrum of city life, could not." says t.lie writer of the article, "do better than spend their holidays at New Plymouth. . . . The town itself offers a splendid inducement as an ideal holiday and tourist resort. In and around its great estate, beauty breaks in everywhere. Extravagantly displayed natural treasures of sea and landscape open i out to the visitor at every turn, whit' tin: primeval grandeur of mountain, forest and river—all easy of access—await to awe and enchant the more enterprising sightseer.-'' Reference is iinido to the trip to Aft:. Fgmont, over excellent roads, the perfectly eipiippcd hostelry, and the weird and interesting nature of various mountain trackn, to'gelher with the extensive panorama presented to the visitor on reaching ilio summit. The attractions of the Mokau river are also adequately s''fc forth, and ihe places of interest en route mentioned, In referring to the tour round the mountain—full of historic attractions a:i;l interest—some details are given of 'the world's largest prized road race over that route, it being the only long distance road race where th<> rider starts :nni finishes at the same place. The num- < rous attractions in and around New "Ply mouth a re elso mentioned, and special attention is drawn to the fact that toursts will Hud a specially appointed toiHst bureau in the town where information is gladly niven relative to pleasnr' trips, in or about the district. Am* o;article deals with the trips from Auckland or Welli»»tmi In Taranaki. and pointing oat the many ddlVrent routes that can he taken so sis to include tii" most famous umrvels of ?he Domi'iion. It is gratifying to find that Stratford is specially 1;;: 11iioned. both in regard to the mountain and a- an alternative vv.v e for the return journey to Ancl<h-nd. There are many of her useful and i-'.f"!':*• ting aitiv!e.\ making' the nmaUer «>!' {he ?M---'»test service to whe.dmeii. and xh-itinu touvi<l •. The printer-; are Messrs. Ms a':: 1 Sh'h\ he latleV r- v. hoM is v. "-Mi'Ujwn in Xew Plv?>i(*Utlj.