ABOVE the glistening crowns of the Snow-Kings of the Southern Alps, Aorangi, the Emperor, standing alone and apart from the rest, raises his triple-peaked tiara in supreme, silent majesty. In ice- armoured dignity he reaches to the Heavens, while the Gods, in recognition of his Imperial degree, oft-times drape his shoulders with filmy clouds, softer and whiter than any ermine. At the base of Cook is born a turbulent stream, which later becomes the slighty Waitaki. IF you have seen the view of Elie de Beaumont from the West Coast, then there is no need to tell you what the illustration on the right is. You must instantly recognise it, for surely the view of this mountain from south of Wataroa must be one of the unforgettable views in all New Zealand. Symmetrical, silent, and lonely, it rises above those miles of bush-clad hills, like the glistening dome of some far-off Eastern cathedral.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 72, 17 December 1937, Page 22 (Supplement)

ABOVE the glistening crowns of the Snow-Kings of the Southern Alps, Aorangi, the Emperor, standing alone and apart from the rest, raises his triple-peaked tiara in supreme, silent majesty. In icearmoured dignity he reaches to the Heavens, while the Gods, in recognition of his Imperial degree, oft-times drape his shoulders with filmy clouds, softer and whiter than any ermine. At the base of Cook is born a turbulent stream, which later becomes the slighty Waitaki. IF you have seen the view of Elie de Beaumont from the West Coast, then there is no need to tell you what the illustration on the right is. You must instantly recognise it, for surely the view of this mountain from south of Wataroa must be one of the unforgettable views in all New Zealand. Symmetrical, silent, and lonely, it rises above those miles of bush-clad hills, like the glistening dome of some far-off Eastern cathedral.