THERMAL REGION.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1924, Page 3

THERMAL REGION.

- ex: eptional activity. At'UK LAND. September Detail- of tin* eiupli Waimangu show- that the guide, Mr A. W nrbrick. was making a tour ol in-pei-timi on Saturday w!ji*ii he discovered that a big outburst must have taken jd.ne sinnewlu'ii' on Eriday night on Eryiiig flat (now a lake) some U. 0.) yards Irma the old Waimaiigu crater. Evidences show that stone- and heavy ejecta had been scattered over an area el .-,(11) yard-, and that portion of the e I ill' had been blown in. Debris had been hurled over the track taken by round trippers Islllt up- l " ( ' ,u ' k ‘ ;1 m I lie eii'i-ta was a peculiar red pigmented material. During Saturday all was ni-.iel, hut there l ave been evident dis- , the hike SignilicaJit iuirhaiues ut tin i.im • - the fact that Rotonndiana Lake inis |, „en stcadilv rising during the two months. After rising UHt H halted, and after a week's steadiness eninmenceil again. It i- »uw lilt ovoi normal and still rising. Two successive limit landings have been -uhnwieed and now tin* boat shed under The'hill is threatened. Rotomahaiia s surface level is some RiOft above that of Tarawern. Mr Darhrii-k, who knows every toot of the ground, ('(insiders that theie is not the Slightest danger of any break through. Alarm was caused some months ago when the water t-mml its wav through underground passages to Rotomahaiia. A raupo bed 10 years m , ha- now a depth of OOUft of water, "should Waimtmgu again awake to its former activity, if would provide the greatest sight in the world, aweinspiring anil magnifieient. "When last it was in eruption, roads were hloekcil with visiting motoritsts trout all P a,t? of the Dominion. Mr W arhrick ikeeping a s|>eeial watch upon the situation. During the past few weeks the geysers at Whakarewarcwa have been exceptionally active. Poliutu has given some of the finest displays that liave been seen from that geyser, and there are indications of activity elsewhere,