SPRINGS HOTEL, KAMO.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1289, 7 January 1915, Page 41

SPRINGS HOTEL, KAMO.

To the busy merchant seeking rest from the stress of business, or to the invalid in quest of Nature’s life-giving springs, the Kamo Springs Hotel offers many advantages. Easy of access, the visitor embarks by the s.s. Manaia for a pleasant six hours’ journey to Whangarei; on arrival there a drive of four miles by coach through interesting country lands him at Kamo. The Springs Hotel is beautiful for situation, standing in picturesque grounds, surrounded by trees and foliage of every description. The grounds are beautifully laid out in tennis, croquet, bowls, and quoit courts, thus enabl.ng visitors to pass many a pleasant hour in recreative sports. Adjacent, and forming part of the Springs Hotel property, are the famous Kamo springs, the waters of which are of great value in cases of rheumatism, gout, liver complaints and dyspepsia in all forms, besides all skin diseases. The invalids’ ba,th is very powerful and most beneficial in cases of gout or rheumatism. The analysis of the Kamo waters undoubtedly proves the medicinal qualities necessary for the treatment of alkaline complaints, and far and wide the Kamo waters have been distributed through the waters being bottled for export. The Springs Hotel is under the personal management of the proprietor, Mr. J. H. Stallard, special attention being given to the cuisine, while the liquors are of the best procurable. Mr. Stallard will be pleased to reply to any enquiries being made regarding the facilities of Kamo and the advantages of the Kamo Baths. The Champagne Bath is particularly refreshing, and we strongly advise our readers who may be in need of a quiet, restful holiday to pay a visit to Kamo, where Mr. Stallard will take every pains to make the visitor’s stay a pleasure.

Passengers by the steamer Ophir, which has just reached Sydney, were privileged to witness two of the greatest sights of the century. One day 40 odd steamships were passed, carrying the first Australian Expeditionary Force to the front. On another occasion over 80 ships went by, laden with the second contingent from India. This latter force, numbering over 80,000 men of all arms, has now landed in France, and is in the field in support of the Allies.