A Visit to Tatapouri.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 671, 13 October 1891, Page 3

A Visit to Tatapouri.

MR R. FINLAY’S NEW HOTEL. Among the many pretty ride's about Gisborne that to Tatapouri cannot be equalled. It has all tbe variety which gives attractiveness to a ride or drive—seaside, bush, and pastoral views are each included in this Outing, and tbe distance from town is most suitable. Mr Richard Finlay has now got a fine inn erected on the favorite picnic ground, and special attention has been given to tbe wants of those who go out for holiday purposes. The private apartments of tbe establishment are eo arranged that families or individuals desiring to spend a quiet holiday by the seaside may be accommodated in the most desirable way. The bar portion of the premises is quite distinct from the private part of the house, the latter having its special sitting-rooms and being in every way like a oosy country bouse, and possessing a nice balcony giving a very pretty view of the rural and marine surroundings. The grounds are gradually being laid under cultivation, a tennis plot has been 'prepared, And swings and other conveniences for picnic parties are being fixed among the native trees which greatly increase the beauty of the acene. Then there are fishing, swimming, rambling on tbe rooks, fern gathering, sightlieing from tbe hills, and many other Ways of enjoyment that are available. The locality is exceptionally favored by having one of the few boat entrances that exist between Gisborne and Tologa Bay, and either deep sea fiehing or crayfishing can be indulged tn. Mr Finlay, with an eye to the fut ure, has become the proprietor of a Bite that will become the favorite resort of holiday makers during the summer time, and beads of families who wish to obtain all the pleasnres of picnicking without any of those discomforts which are all very well to subsequently relate at the fireside, but are not desirable in tbe experience, can hardly have a better choice than giving Mr Finlay's new premises a turn. Indeed, in the summer time the demand for accommodation for families will probably make it necessary for arrangements to be made beforehand. For a Saturday afternoon ride that to Tatapouri cannot be surpassed. One gets clear away from the dusty roads on the plain, and there are some fine stretches of beach which permit of an exhilarating canter that the yonng spark who mopes his time away around billiard tables can have no idea of. Mr Finlay’s hotel of course is of Jiod service to travellers or tbo-e taking stock up or down the Coast, and Arrangements have accordingly been made to meet these purposes, One paddock adjoining the bouse has a stream that has not been known to run dry in the warmest summer, and from this stream it is intended to have an additional water supply laid on about the house and grounds.