THERMAL DISPLAY
MUD THROWN 50 FEET HIGH
THE “NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS.
ROTORUA, January 2.
■ Visitors, at Whakayewarewa, on Frida.y were fortunate ~in ..witnessing an exceptionally - good display of. .thermal activity. - About, mid-day . a mud-hole, in the vicinity of tile Spout Baths blew. ,put.- and,, a column, of. steam ..and:,mud wage thrown up a height of 1 a t least ,50ft. The activity continued- for at
least ■ half an hour. <r A'peculiarity of this particular mudhole .is that- it became active only once-'-a'-year and generally of- about this pedddv- The / rilder Maoris 'keep .wfi'tch fo'f the activity and they have named it the “New Year’s Greeting.” Tim Fetter-known geysers' at Whakarowarewu have not shdWn any unusual 'activity during the holiday season.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1933, Page 3
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