WHERE TO SPEND A HOLIDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1966, 12 February 1885, Page 2

WHERE TO SPEND A HOLIDAY.

Ciikwtm vs and Now Year bring no holwLns foi thef.uiii'T.s. Much moie impoi taut considerations demand their thoughts .it tli it .saasou <if the yeai. The li.iy gum- ht {or the mower at the lattei end of -Decsmlur, whan the weathei is often bioken and wet, and home affaiis rngioss tins mind at tiie tiller of tlu -oil ; and v. hen the hay Yteks biNtfe bjen sifelv built and thatched, the com shows -•'•pl.'"p I .'" "* tin mug yellow, and the 1 caper and bindei ,M)on succeeds the mowing machine. It is only when the harvest is o\ er that tlie f.vituei — if .it all iv those dull times -can sii, itch a brief hoin fioni labuui, and seek iel,i\ation If any such, or indeed any othoisof the c nnmunity are cisting altoufc foi a place in which to "' sp,»nd .1 hippy day" (a,s they h.uo it .w Koshei \ llli*), we stiongly ad\i>e tliem to go to To Aioha. They wdl get there nou-j of the delights of the city, no shops, and no opera ; but theie is plenty of fre>h pure an, piituicsquu .suoiieiy, gold mine-., and la.it, and peihaps most important, some of tho in ist delightful laths iv the world. Te Avolu i.s already famed for its medicinal th"mi.d Bluings, which are giateful not only to the halt and the lame, the rlioumitic, and those who are out of s*>its but don't know exactly what is tin* 111 ittei with themselves, but to the phjsicilly sound, no less. The namu of those whom Use of the wateirt has cured or iinpioM'd i> legion, and a vast number of healthy moi tnls have testihed in the htrongc-t tenm to tho delights of the hot w.itci bathing. The domain reserve, with itXol. and No 2. public baths and its No 3. 01 piivate bath, will some day to be a bu-.y •>])i)t — is just eiaergingfioui its rough state under the fostering care of the Board and its engineer, Mr Crnmp, and promiht 1 -, to blossom out into a veiypietty spot. Natum has do lici pait in locating the he, ding spi ings at the foot of one of the grandest mountain* in the colony. Where natuie stoiw the bond cm take up the w«.rk. (travelled pathway -t, shady groves, flowei, beds, tenui.s lawna, hummer houses and pavilions are conveiuencPs which human intelligence and enterpii'-e uni-fc contubute. But m the meantime, while the umbrageous trees arc growing, and while tiieoiiental Kiosks, and even the tennis 1 ivy n are "in futuio'", the baths are theie, and they are after all the " piece de resistance." There is, moreover, the wooded mount tin to climb, the glorious land-cape to con, the nvei to row on, and inmuu n r.tble places of interest with e.isy distance to ride or drive to. The means provided for i caching Te Aroh.v from Waikato are of the best. To Moil his ville there is the railway, and thence to the goldfield 'the visitor cm take a so it on Bradley 'a coach, behind four suro-fo ited spuiktnjf hor-ia*, iind in the company of one of the most genial dnven a tiaveller could wish for. Few know mine about the country than Nat Ferguson, and none can impait the infounation he lias to give in better style. A iid« on the bo* se.it of Bradley** coach is not by any mean- the least enjoyable pait of a trip to the Aroho. But Bradley and Co"s. operations do not end at Moninsvillu or Te Aroha. Fr.nn the former place Mr OBrien, tli« obliging agent of the firm, tiavels daily to and fioni Waikato by tiaiu, and during tho railway journey, and after, is entirely at the sei vice of those going to thctLioha or letmning. From Te Aioha Biadley and (!o. m lintain regular communication with Waiorongomai and the Thame-s. (lood buggies and hordes are always ioar!v foi the visitor. Let us but add that the e\.p3ii>es (locitunite of coui-e) connected with the tup aie veiv small, and we have, we think, said enough to induce tho^e Waikato folks, on holiday making in Hent, to urn auo--- to the \ioha.