At .ho of the Auckland 1* BtUiiic. io bo hoM in ?t. Andrew , ? HaU tl,i ? evPiiinc. Mr W. R. B. Oliver «rffl d£ liver a Wm-f illustrative of a «*« "* Whitr Wand, the active volcano in t»« Boy of V.rnw. As White Island is = c ' ,low visile 1. in account dTatrn v| .by an eyp-wim-ss of iw many ■ ank- ornl plir«i«l features should pro« to be both interesting and instructive. The durability of torara as a building timber was exemplified the other lay io Wairarapa, when the owners pwnea down a.! old whare that has been a tattway -house, which was erected ai»uo thirty years aso. and on taking np tne piles' it ms foluid that they were absolute!-.- sound, there being about aalf an inch 'of decay only near the surface, ine wharp -toorf nn heavy damp Anion" the relics unearthed was a ladga silk stocking nnd a. sugar-bag apmn. 1M carvings on the table would ha-re a ' lor "™ a museum, being names of the travelling fraternity from all over the globe. For Chronic Chest CompTjtiacs, ? Woods' Sifi»i EepjgPißafcCßr^
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 6
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