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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 101, 23 January 1920, Page 3

An interesting sisylit was witnessed from the North Egmont hostelry on Sunday wlion two climbers wno were descending from the summit made an unbroken glissade for a distance of some hundreds of yards (savs tile "Taranaki Herald"). During the; earlier part of the day mist had obscured the upper slopes of tho mountain, but at this lime the clouds lifted and the while sunlit peak appeared clear cut against the bine sky Tho tiny hlack suecks which were the climbers glided ono behind the other down the snowy slope far aTjove, and their track anDcared liko a darlc-roloured ropo being unwound in a straight lino upon the wliito expanse. Tho two men who thu'enmo so mominently under the notice of tho larxe assembly of visitors at the hostelry completed the ascent and descent in just over live hours. Tho area under indigo in Madras for 1919-20 is estimated at G5,!500 acre*, against 111,700 acres last year, and lh« jield at about 500 tons.