POHUTU. WHAKAREWAREWA, MAKES A SPECIALLY GOOD SHOT.—When eminent people were being shown the sights it was customary to put a sugar-bagful of cut-up soap down Pohutu's gullet, artificially causing an eruption, but the authorities came to the conclusion it harmed his interna! economy, and ordered that he be no longer soaped, no matter how eminent the visitor.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1927, Page 11
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57POHUTU. WHAKAREWAREWA, MAKES A SPECIALLY GOOD SHOT.—When eminent people were being shown the sights it was customary to put a sugar-bagful of cut-up soap down Pohutu's gullet, artificially causing an eruption, but the authorities came to the conclusion it harmed his interna! economy, and ordered that he be no longer soaped, no matter how eminent the visitor. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1927, Page 11
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