"TOURIST IN TAKAKA"
Sir-tThe article "Tourist in Takaka," by Lawrence Constable, was most interesting. However, he made one mistake. The springs he speaks of are the Bubu Springs, and very .woncerful they are. He also forgot to mention the fact that one of the first railway lines in New Zealand once’ ran between Takaka and Waitapu, the sea port, a distance of about three miles, I remember driving from Takaka up the road on the western side of the river. I was surprised to see the river flowing up the valley. That was over 40 years ago. It was only in recent years that I found the secret-the river at one place, so I was told, goes out of sight through a subterranean passage, It emerges, flows up the valley, and then through another Passage, and then flows down the valley. It is rather a large.
river.
NELSONIAN
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 814, 4 March 1955, Page 5
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149"TOURIST IN TAKAKA" New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 814, 4 March 1955, Page 5
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