TE PUIA HOT SPRINGS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 30 July 1907, Page 2

TE PUIA HOT SPRINGS.

...'."'• •»',,'" :' (From our Parliamentary Reporter:) WELLINGTON, tliis day. Residents of- the East Coast will be glad to know that the Government, who have at last taken over the Te Puia Hot' Springs, with a view to maktog this one of the health resorts of the colony, intend to' proceed with their development.- In-" terviewed tliis morning on the subject, Mr Donne, Superintendent ofi the Tourist Department, informed me tliat the springs had been taken over just a: fortnight. He said he recognised that the Gordons >vere pioneers of the locality, y and ; the only charitable course was to purchase the unexpired portion of their lease. Tlie amount asked for this by the Gordons was £1750, but a deal was. effected at £700. Questioned concerning' the policy of the Deparlment with regard to the : springs, he said itr was intended to devote a good deal of attention to: these jspringis. The: first" work would be- to put the house and ■ baths m order, to afford; a measure od comfort. -An., officer of . the • Department liad beett: up there the, past few weeks, and Mr and Mrs Beere, -of Nelson, had been appointed! to take. charge. He riientioned that £100 would be put ori tho estimates as ayfir^t;i^tplmentj towards- tlio work of developirieritry which wdfuld be undertaken immediately the money was passed by Parliament. He added that Te Puia had been inspected by Dr. Woblmann, . tue Government balnealogist, whilst Mr Matthews, chief forester, had submitted a report for laying out the grounds. . Asked if therej was. ; anything special regarding other resortsybf^fie district, Mr Donne 6aid tliere was ..not,, but. he . was very anxious to see the GisborneWaikaremoana road "operied up '^nd-cen-nection with Rotorua completed,'' 1 The tatter was m the hands of the Roads Department, who liad a gang of Natives working on the. *uric6mpleted section last summer. ... • .' .:-■-■_ '