Progressive Timaru
\THE GARDENS— The Timaru Gardens arc famous as a beauty spot. They are attractive from a scenic point of view and contain tennis courts, cricket grounds, bowling greens, and a playground, 'fitted with apparatus, for children. Timaru attracts tourists and visitors from all parts of the Australasian States. The climate » Ptos? invigorating and is rich in sunshine. Good trout-fishing is within !W»W 12 miles, and a few hours' motor ride reaches Mount Cook. "1 ■ '!/ LAKES OHAU, TEKAPO, AND PUKAKI are all within 55 miles of Timaru, having a total capacity of 1,000,000 h.p.. and it only requires enterprise and confidence to make the district, with its fine port, a leading centre of hydro-electric power and manufacturing industries. CAROLINE BAY is, without exception, the most popular sea-bath* 1 ing place in the Dominion, and one of the safest in the world.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18571, 22 December 1925, Page 4
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