UNSPOILT NATURE, LTD.

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29234, 18 June 1960, Page 12

UNSPOILT NATURE, LTD.

(Bj/ WH/M WHAM I A new lighting system In me Waitoino Caves was officially switched on by the chairman of dnecturs of the Tourist Hotel Corporation, Mr R . Marshall, who expressed satisfaction with the natural effect achieved . . . the illumination of some very pure crystalline formation! is through a blue screen which gives a daylight effect to increase their whiteness . . . unobtrusive and no traces of wiring can be seen.—New! item We thought our Stalagmite were white, Until the Guide switched on the Light. That new, improved Illumination Was literally a Revelation; For the first Time we saw them clear, As Nature meant them to appear. Nature had done her simple Part But lacked the electrician’s Art; She failed (what Else would you expect?) To achieve that NATURAL Effect, Delightful to the Tourist’s View And revenue-producing, too. Thus human Genius reinforces Nature’s inadequate Resources, And, by this Intervention, saves The Reputation of our Caves. The fair Illusion more to shield, The Wires are cunningly concealed; Blue Filters, too, are placed around, Creating Daylight underground. ... It shows you, Sir! What DOES it show? 1 cannot really say I know, Unless it is that Limestone Oddities Are not unsaleable Commodities When scientifically lit. Yes, that’s about the Strength of it. MY Pulse performs no rapturous Jumps Illuminated Limestone Lumps In clammy Caverns do not please me— The Fascination fails to seize me. consen t to be cave-guided * Z "'ENTRAL HEATING is provided, •”in BAR, and All ' ■'m Wall to Wall.