By The Seaside

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 12027, 20 May 1936, Page 4

By The Seaside

l-'ew towns throughout the Dominion can rank with Tauranga as a : t-atkin resort, and it is safe to assert that of recent years that fact bait been more and nunc recognised a.'? evidenced by the growing number (o' visitors at practically all seasons of the year. Much more can claimed for Tauranga than that ii takes foremost tank among .Tew Zealand's most favoured spots. We can go much further afield limn New Zealand and at;!' fail to find many places that the same attractiveness as ilo**r. Tauranga. There is first its natural setting which gives the place a charm found - nowhere else. All that on*, can look for —except, the l,ai(is in a seaside I'csorl is here ** ilji abundance of sunshine and one oi the most equable climates in the v. orld. That may seem a big claim, I,n(, if in never! li'dess (rue, as the interesting table given beiow, taken IT om latest available .statistics, will demonstrate

TauranKa’s Favoured Position Among New Zealand’s Seaside Resorts. HEALTH AND SUNSHINE

POST A COPY OF THIS PAP MR TO YOUR FRIENDS SO ’IT lAT THEY MAY SEE FOB THEMSELVES HOW MAVOUIIABLY TAURANGA’S CLIMATE COMPARES WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.

As will be seen the towns and cities given are scattered all over the globe, and the temperatures are the mean of the three hottest months and die mean of the three coldest in eacli instance. A careful perusal of the list will show how favourably Tauranga compares- with all other spots for which the information is available. It is but natural, therefore, that where such favourable climatic conditions are to be found that there too should be found an ever-growing stream of holiday and health seekers who, looking for that congenial spot where a holiday can best be enjoyed and jaded nerves and tired bodies restored to normal activity, find in Tauranga the ideal resort. Here is the list to which we refer: Much has been done in recent years to make the most of the opportunity that nature has afforded to make the town one of the most attractive imaginable, and the accompanying illustration shows what has been done to beautify the Redoubt.

I The reading at Caracas is taken at 3420 feet above sea level, and at Johannesburg 5750 feet up.

Summer Winter Tiiuransii 05.0 50.0 Amsterdam 61.8 37.4 Auckland .. 65.8 52.3 Athena 79.2 43.1 Berlin . . . .„-.. 64.8 33.0 Uorrn! .. . G2.;t 30.1 TJrt'sIaii 64.2 30.9 Jirusflels .. .. (12.6 36.0 Buenoa Ajtuh - 72.7 50.0 Capetown 68.1 54.7 Caracay ... . .. . US.8 65.3 Chrlstchurch . .. 00.8 43.5 Christiana (Oslo* . .. lil.O 25.5 CjmBtanttnopk' .. 74.0 43.5 Copenhagen .. i;o.y 32.7 Dresden . ...• <S4.fi 33 2 Dublin r.o.i 42'.8 Omie'lin . . . .. 5 7. '■> 43.5 .tour bun ... 75.6 64.4 Cifneva 64.(5 33.4 fJotioa 73.8 46.8 Johannesburg .. .. . 65.4 54.4 l-oipzig 03.t» 31.6

Lisbon 70.0 52.9 London 60.8 39.9 Marseilles 70.4 45.5 Moscow 63.4 14.7 Naples 73.6 48.0 71.4 31.8 Paris 63.5 37.9 63.4 12.6 74.3 46.0 San Francisco 68.8 50.5 Tokio 74.8 39.2 Washington 74.7 34.5 Wellington 61.9 48.7 68.0 43.8 Perth 73.0 56.0 72.9 53.1 Brisbane 76.7 59.8 Sydney .... 71.0 54.3 Melbourne 66.6 50.0 I-Iobart 61.5 46.9