TOURIST RESORTS.
EXPENDITURE LAST YEAR. ADDITIONAL WORKS PROPOSED. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The net expenditure on tourist and health resorts by the Public Works Department for the year ended March 31 last was £12,880, as against £13,510 for the previous year. The main items of expenditure were the completion of the Blue Bath House at Rotorua, the sealing of paths and drives in the Rotorua Sanatorium grounds, the installation of a new water supply system at Milford Hostel (Milford Sound), and extensions to the Rotorua electric and water and drainage systems. This information was given by Mr. J. Bitchener, Minister of Public Works, in the statement which he presented to Parliament this afternoon.
During the current year, the Minister said, it was proposed to proceed with the erection of additions to the Te Anau Hotel, the erection of a reservoir at Rotorua to provide morep ressure in the water supply system, and the erection of staff quarters at Lake House, Waikaremoana and the Chateau Tongariro.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 235, 4 October 1935, Page 14
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