A MINIATURE WHAKAREWAREWA

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17632, 8 December 1922, Page 13

A MINIATURE WHAKAREWAREWA

_4 GBYSER PLAYING IN LONDON. (FROII OTTB OWN COREESTOKDENT.) LONDON, Octobcf 19. In the Strand to-day the pedestrian public are crowding round' one of the show windows of tho High Commissioner's Office, absorbed in a miniature WhakaretfafeWSr While the geyser plays the peopld are three and fdur deep, but no one as yet has been warned by the authoiities for creating an obstruction. Dr. A. S. Herbert and Captain Peafee the War artist, have combined •to reproduce a very realistic scene. Captain Pearce has painted a background altogether charming in its portrayal of lake, bush, and Maori village scenefV. Although executed specially for th'is display, it- 1 has none of the roughness Of Stage scenery. It has been done as a work of aft to stand alone when itl--pfe-Sent pufpese has been served. The front portion of the picture portrays hithinff in hot pools and cooking over Roiling springs. BeVohd hfd wMfei and food houses on the shorts.Jf 4 lake and bush-povored hills rise frdm the 'further beaches. In f t dht of this appropriate sce&e Dr, ftefbert has built Up an excellent inddel 'presenting the various thermal activities On the left is a mud volcano, the mud being actually from RotOrua, aiid such as is used for the famed mud Whs Steam issues from this volcano Tn realistic fashion Then there, art boiling springs, and on the right a geyser, which actually plays every few fprWs at certain tidies duhhg the hour and e*eflines It has been found that too rhuch throughout the day results in the An" clouding the windows. The mm «Aflel has beeh built with rock SmuOrdUght from the thermal distriStSd father realism is lent to the scene by the scanty growth of \ Srtnb It & «* Admirable piece of »»7eW *** the ? übli6 are thot °^ hl y appreciating it-.