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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 138, 7 March 1929, Page 17

The volcanic cones in and around Auckland were visited recently by members of the Town Planning Association, which recently prepared ft report on the quesfion of cone preservation,. with recommendations for future action. Mr. G M. Fowlds, president of the New Zealand Tourist League, and Mr, Preston Chambers, president of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, accompanied the party (states the “Star”). Mount Albert, where quarrying by the Railway Departmi t was recently discontinued after. oO years, has been surveyed with a view to the formation of a scenic drive. Great interest was shown in the Big King at Three Kings, which is claimed to be the only volcanic hill on the isthmus proper which has not been quarried. It is now preserved from any mutilation by the action of the Wesley College Board, who have presented it as a public reserve. “The northern hill is a private quajry, and is damaged so severely that we recognise it cannot be saved, states the re nort “and we are afraid the south-east-ern hiß being worked by the local authority is also past salvation. Smart is another cone which is too badly damaged to be saved. ,