"SMOKING FROM TWO CONES."
A GLIMPSE OF N6AUMHOE. (Dl IBIEOIIAin.— SMtUt. CimliriP'lMlKNl.l • TaumaVunul, April 27, Smouldering and smokinp, Neattruhoo con. tunics t<s be the sight of tlio district. Seen \ to-day trom Mmiunui, the mountain* vras vorv much Jiko ft deflating balloon which had bDc'omo inverted. Smoko was pouring, out fiercely in long spiral volumes, union drifted away northwards in a murky haze. At times tho donso black clouds would issiio out thicker and faster as if the Titanio stoker iras putting on a spurt. Tho snowy slopes „ of Tongnriro, nhd Nganruhoo itself, hsvo boon polluted by i'ftlluiß sshes and cinders, and changed into a great black waste, and it seems as if tho underground coiiflagra- ■ ■tion wore spreading. Manumii rcsidonta who have nßccndod the mountain stato tlist there- is no doubt that tho . sides of, t)w mountain are falling in,,and tho firo is ton> ing down tho mountain. Geysers aro notf in operation at t,ho foot of tho slopes, ami near tho crator tho earth crust shivors, and is hot umlorioot. To-day Toneanro was smoking from two of its cones. As to many of tho illustrations oE Ngauruhoo which have appeared, thoro is no doubt Hint they havo pictured Wrings of tho nrlists 1 imaginiition, and they havo been regarded with much derision, by the Natives in tho vicinity. '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 6
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