LOST TERRACES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 18

LOST TERRACES.

SUGGESTED INVESTIGATION.

NO GOVERNMENT ACTION.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

ROTORUA, Friday,

No action is to be taken by the Government in regard to a suggestion made by Mr. A. E. Smith, of Rotorua, that tlie level of Lake Rotomaliana should be lowered with the object of ascertaining the fate of the Pink and White Terraces, which disappeared during the Mount Tarawera eruption of June 10, 1680.

In a letter received by Mr. Smith the Minister in charge of Tourist and Health Resorts, the Hon. F. Langstone, states: "The secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, to whom the matter was referred, states that the Geological Survey branch is of the opinion that these terraces were probably broken up, and that it is not likely to unearth them again, particularly as it is unlikely that siliceous water would be available to preserve them in good condition and in their original colours. I feel with you that there is a very large element of doubt as to whether the terraces were entirely destroyed or merely covered up with pumice deposits." In view of this report Mr. Langstone indicated that it is not proposed to take any further action in the matter at present.