The announcement of the formation of •the Independent of Ararat" will trrosh away the fallacy which regards Ararat as jost a mountain instead of a country, aJbfrft the very mountain on ■whJch the ark rested -when the waters of the Deluge began to abate. Genesis is erpllc-it enonffh tr> have pre7ented the distinctly: "The ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat." In its day Ararat was a great power, hoMinj? sv a j far to the east and to the west. Birt to Western Enrope Ararat has long been known as the place -where the dove first plucked the olive leaf and returned with measace of hope to the ark.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 280, 23 November 1918, Page 15
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