SECOND EDITION Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874] TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1894, A SANATORIUM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4810, 28 August 1894, Page 2

SECOND EDITION Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874] TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1894, A SANATORIUM.

Wij hear that tourists >vlio have travelled to tlio Wairarapa declare that one sweet spot, ono reiuoto glen in this district, is the real sanatorium of New Zealand, Whether the , health-giving charms of this retreat are due to salutary breezes, purling . streams, a balmy rainfall, or a perfect subsoil, is not known; the secret of the sanatorium not having as yet been investigated. But the Jiving testimonies to the vigorous climate i of this little Eden are abundantly in evidence. The name of the place if , dreadfully prosaic, and it is to he ' regrcttod that a better appellator than " Cross' Creek " could not hav< been found for a little settlemenl which is now becoming known tc , fame as the healthiest place in tin Colony. Tourists remark that, wliei the train slows down at Cross' Creek a larger number of healthier childrei aro to be seen clustered round tin cottages than in any other part o: New Zealand. Large families o little ones, in the most perfecthealtli put in an appcaranco whenever tin train comes along, and it is said tlia no similar sight is toboseen through out the North Island. The Rimutafc has ssually been regarded as a plac to live away from, and it is some what curious that when a number o men have been compelled, by th nature of their avocations, to take uj their abode there, that this ngl duckling, of a mountain, from : residential point of view, shouli turn out a real,swan, the neplus idiv of a vigorous existence. We ventur to affirm that the Rimutaka ought t be parcelled out into villa residence by the jaded inhabitants of th over-crowded city of Wellingtor Contrast many of the puny and pale faced youngsters of the Empire Oifr with the perfect posy of infant lifi at Cross' Creek, and it will be see: at a glance that what wo say is cm rcct, Few peoplo have wandered fa from the main road over the Rimu taka; but such as may have done sc and we are amongst the numboi have been astonished and delightei with the weird and picturesqu scenery of that mountain range. Ten of thousands of acres on this range which are Absolutely uninhabited [ are really a magnificent sanatoriun I which, some day, will kg duly appre ciatcd. The well-to-do people o tho Empire City should take up th mountain as a Special Settlement