A SCENIC PARADISE.
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W ' WELLINGTON, this day. Dating his recent travels in Westland Dr. Bell, director of the Geological Survey, came upon some scenery which he describes as the prettiest that he has seen in his life, and he has travelled in many lands. He went through the Fitzgerald Pass, and down the Coueiand Biver to Scottrs accommodation'house in South Westland This he says is absolutely a terra incognita, and is full fef gorgeous views—mountains, bush with the flowering rata conspicuous, streams that flow from glaciers, all combine to make a unique panorama. One of the most interesting sights is a very hot spring, which deposats reddish sinta on a plateau, making an area of abont a quarter acre with hot water bubbling np in various places. Dr. Bell states ihat the district could be made accessible for tourists at a small expenditure by . the'•So'nnfceonTjtf'*. track tbrtrngh-tIM ■ Wisb. ''---"•--►'-- .-T^T-T
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 April 1906, Page 2
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153A SCENIC PARADISE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 April 1906, Page 2
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