ROTORUA NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7799, 19 November 1886, Page 6

ROTORUA NEWS.

Rotokua, Thuriday. Peom nnmeroua Inquiries aa to the existing state of the Tiketere bathe, I was induced to pay them a visit. The hot springs are al! right, being muoh more aotive and vigorous than formerly. The Devil's Cauldron boils most furiously, requiring considerable •mount of courage to venture near it. The water from this feeds the most celebrated bath la this quarter. Its colour is inky blaok, and ft has the effeot of shrivelling up the Bkln and darkening it. A comfortable raupo whare oovers this bath, and adjacent are two or three wharei of accommodation, where all requirement* and attendance are supplied by the veritable Pat Moßory himself. At a convenient distance is the hot water fall, which flows over the natural solid rock from • height of twelve feet. It is divided into three streams, varying in volume, ail of which can be regulated at pleMure. The fall foroe of this ia sufficient to alleviate the moßt acute pain, and several oases are known of complete cures being effected. Above the falls are natural baths on gradation, aoquuing great heat as you ascend the stream, and muoh enjoyment can be obtained here. Mud springe and hideous-looking fameroles abound, and splutter in all direcions, making the ground quake and tremble. The baths are the most curative in the Lake dUtriot, and by exeroising a little patience and perseverance the remit u certain euoThis season i> commencing very badly, and tourists come but few and far between. A public meeting ie being held to-night, for the purpose of agitating a start of the Kotorua railway at this end, as a good deal of distress and paucity gf work at prcseat «xls ta in our locality.