FURTHER MOVEMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 78, 2 April 1931, Page 9

FURTHER MOVEMENTS

NO NEWS TO-DAY,

(Received 2nd April, 2 p.m.> SYDNEY, This Day. There is no advice from. Lord How* as to Mr. Chichester's movements. Lord Howe Island is aituatea M 31deg 33min Slat., 159deg smin East long., 300 miles due east of Port Ma«quarie, New South Wales, and. 450 miles N.E. of Sydney. The nearest land eastward is Norfolk Island ■ (500 miles) and south-eastward New Zealand, 750 miles. Nearly seven miles long by an average' width of one, the main island has an area of 3220 acres. There are a s number of detached islets both to south and north, and ten miles to the southeast is Ball's Pyramid, which rises 1816 feet on a base only 60 by 25 chains. . , ( ' The island is crescent-shaped, consisting of three volcanic ridges, the highest of which attains in Mount Gower a height of 2840 feet. Lord Howe is the southern-most island, having coral reefs. Two good anchorages' exist, the N.E. roadstead, off Ned's Beach, in 16-18 fathoms, and S.W. roadstead outside the middle entrance to the lagoon in 15-18 fathoms. The prevailing winds in summer are from the south-east, and in. winter from the south-west. The island is richly vegetated with, a beautiful climate, not too 'warm in. summer and genial in_ winter. It has been toraed "the Madeira of the Pacific." The population is given as 112, and its chief industry is the gathering ot Kentia palm seed. '