WEST COAST ATTRACTIONS
DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER. MAGNIFICENT SCENERY. (Per United Press Association.) lIOKITIKA, March 21. The Wostland' Mining League sent a representative to explore "tiro Toaroha lliver, near Holcitika, with a view to reporting in regard to the locality for power purposes. The report received amply confirms the Government Geologist's investigations, as disclosed in the annual Mines Report, ami speaks ,of the great natural asset, which must be turned to Die advantage of the district. If it is desired to develop electric power, a splendid sitefor a dam, with a pood flow of water and ample power, is available. There is a splendid hot spring in the same locality, with a fine natural site for a sanatorium, at a height of about 1500 ft above sea level and surrounded by magnificent bush scenery. Toaroha Canyon is said to outvie the Otira Gorge in magnificence, and if the district is opened up it should become a great tourist resort. Lake Kanieri and other scenic attractions' vare in the same loenlitv.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13858, 22 March 1907, Page 3
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