PROGRESS OF ROTORUA.
Tee report of the Government Balneologist is another testimony to the administrative neglect of Rotorua and to its remarkable progress in spite of all impediments. There are no suitable baths, as we have over and over again pointed out, yet the bathing receipts were close upon three thousand* pounds for the past year. The bath revenue will undoubtedly double itself immediately satisfactory accommodation is provided, yet the new baths were only recently commenced, after they had been authorised for years.' Dr. Wolhmann's statement that "as a spa" Rotorua lias "outgrown its equipment" is an exceedingly mild way of putting the case. It is not an exaggeration to say that Rotorua has received very little from the Government excepting some extensive advertising, and has been left to justify its fame upon its natural resources only. This would be all very well if it were not that health and pleasure seekers expect to find at Rotorua some of those preparations for their comfort and convenience so plentifully provided by all the great spas of Europe and America, As they are prepared to pay for this provision it is marvellous that the Government has so sedulously neglected to f.irmly it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12956, 28 August 1905, Page 4
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