MORERE BATHS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11829, 10 January 1933, Page 7

MORERE BATHS

S UGGESTED EN TENS IO N

OPENING FOR UNEMPLOYED WORK.

One of lire admitted problems of the present day is the difficulty of '’finding profitable work for tile army of unemployed work that will show some return for the money expended. In this connection a possible avenue appears fairly close at hand, in the Morere bush and bathhouses ami the improvements that could be effected would undoubtedly be returned to the Government with interest and in addition. would add to the popularity and the attractions of the East Coast. During the recent holidays Morero was the Mecca of hundreds, of tourists and motorists from all parts «! the Dominion. Time and lime again visitors had to await their turn at the bath?, which proved hopelessly inadequate to deal with the visitors. As is well-known the. supply of mineral waters at Morere is practically unlimited, but there are only three bathhouses. The first is subdivided into two baths, the second into three, and the third is known as the hot pool. There appears to he no reason why this, accommodation should not he doubled or,.even trebled. The expenditure would not he large, being only for concrete arid piping.

At the present. time there is . practically only one walk into the hush,, apart from the mam natii. Visitors were enthusiastic oil the beauties of this walk, and there appears ample space for further inroads • into even denser portions of this wonderland of Nature. Ihe cutting of additional walks would still further enhance the attractions of the resort, and would also give profitable work to the unemployed. Visitors complained of the absence of noticeboards giving the Location and numbers of the baths ; ill laefc, more than one occasion, tourists visited the first bath and were quite unaware of the others. Travellers with experience of other resorts suggested that noticeboards should lie erected at intervals, giving information as to the qualities and the temperature of tho water at the different baths. The viewpoint was generallv held that the Government’s policy is to concentrate cn Rotorua as the thermal attraction of the Dominion. The Mo re re waters are said, however, to he entirely different in their effect on certain cases of muscular disease, and this opinion, was supported by several sufferers who visited Mqrere during the holidays. These tourists, some of whom were making their first visit to More re, were loud in. their praise of tho springs, and hold that they are unrivalled ill.,New Zealand. The extension of the bathhouses and the additional; attractions of the bush by new walks should prove a valuable asset to both Gisborne and Wairoa, and, this matter, it is felt, might well he discussed at a combined meeting of the Chambers of Commerce of Gisborne and W airoa, with the idea, of enlisting the sympathy of Mr. J. S. Jessop, deputy-chairman of the Unemployment Board, and also furnishing a new field for the unemployed in.- both districs. ,