THE WATERFALL-WHO FOUND IT?

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1618, 9 December 1912, Page 6

THE WATERFALL-WHO FOUND IT?

4>CLERGYMAN'S : LETTER. (By Teleßranh.—Press Assoolation.l . Dunedin, December 7. Referring to the new waterfall discovered in the Tangarakau district, the Rev. C. Bush King, curate of St. Matthew's, says:— "In 1907 I was there on mission duty. While at Maungarod I went ov«r Loveday Saddle, and hearing a subdued roar of water each time 1 asked the settlers about it, but they ascribed it to the wind in the gorge.' He was not satisfied, so he started out from Tatu in search, leaving his horse on account of the roughness of the country. He proceeded afoot and discerned the head of the falls, which are 500 ft. high, in cascade form. In his opinion the water iB that of the Tangarakau River. He reported the discovery to Sir William Hall-Jones, who replied that, as far as Cabinet knew, Mr. Bush King was the first white man to traverse, that part of the country.

An interesting scenic discovery was made a few days ago by Mr. Larkm, surveyor, and his party (writes the Tauniarunui correspondent of tho Auckland "Star"). They were surveying in the Waitaanga Valley, about ten miles in n direct line from Mangaroa, Ohiira, and, hearing falling water, made their way, through the bush until they reached a waterfall measuring 30 feet wide and with a clean, straight drop of 300 feet. ■ Rumours that such a fall existed had been ourrent, but previously no white man had located it. The roar of the water as it poured over the fall is described as deafening, and tho sight of a most awe-inspiring character. As the Public Works Department is making roads in tho district it ought not to be difficult to arrange for a road direct to the falls, and, with an accommodation house erected, another popular tourist resort would be available.