NGAURUHOE'S ACTIVITY.

Mataura Ensign, 18 March 1909, Page 3

NGAURUHOE'S ACTIVITY.

A.M/nii;i: eku-ilo.\. ru; u:,-111:11 AS.JI.Ii.VHON. Al (,'vvi-ANi), March i s 1 he 'iaupo eorrespmuieiit. oi the 'istar u-vrgruidis as ItjLiou n "A t o-10 a-Hi-;iny another eruption occurred lit .\;;:-.ra-uhoe. A iovai quantity of asju;s '.vv:s ejected, which lei! on the Waimariuo CUT:.. A splendid view of the mouiit.iiii wn.-, obtained, there be-in^

;.i! almost cloudless sky. The. '-r 11ption was followed by a. diminution Jit ill.- amount of smoke eomin:; trom the i'l-atcr. ::

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I lif i nils Ol 1 it" a' eent of Ni';iui'itli''o made by n ropro-oiira l i<o* Hie 'New I /,i 11 i;ilt-1 Herald' oil Saturday are as

lollows: Walking along tile rilll of the outer crater we de.-eeUued to lite wellknown Oil the northern sid» and entered the i,;nin crater ittell. 'l'll.floor <0 the nortli and to the east liar! >vi been disturbed at all. e eX|)lovi''l it from etui to end and even reached the rim of the- vein itsell. V c were i',vice driven ii-ow H- bv the pungeui viipors and sli-iui sjione'-s .0' i;md, but being 011 the windward side we wee able io r"tltrtl 1" the rim. We wele tm-tunat'.' in having with us All' A\ 'l---011. ail emiiil'-er of the I'uMic Works llepartmeiit, who had climbed the niouutaiu and entered the crater on tin day hctorc tlm eruiitien. ,\tr Wtlsoit was in the crate;- on allil the dav Ifitie clear and i lie activity .slight !,.■ ti-hs able to thereieihlv examine it. Lb' could actually -"•.• tlic bntinni <d Jc main v'-et. wlm'-Ii is now the seeme activity. At the s<u:th-west corner 11;" ill.- i>#l til. re was a pni'titiLJ. steam ! I"t that wet e,:f abiitit every seeomt. ' ranh'-i- ruuitd to iiie westward there cis a ne'ie eev.crlul j>■ 1 "1> 1' steam p,oisouiiiaously and siill farther round : , ihe westward m iiie direction <>f - the castle tower" steam >vas issiiitv-' !"om the wall el the vein, wbielt oil thi.. side forms also the nniin crater wall, j'ihc v. alls 011 all sidts were i;evj->"ndieii-ji-ir. II- is thus apparent the vent oi i 1 !:e crater had bee'-e U ,. up. j superheatol sieani- e.enoriitei.l by tile Jt.l recks bel-jw. ae'-iuiiulated to suell ] ->ii .-stent as 10 e;ui,-c a blow-out- of a ; similar tmiitre --'eii e.it a vcr\ tnueh I •••..!>IW sfie —'l -> ihe Tarawera »-rupI'iou. producm;-. tor a tim'' a mnt'.uili-ie.-ut s-'le. 'lnly mud and scoria ■t; ;v.> !.:, eit- ■-I .1! 1 in the Hour of the ii-r'tu-r- Ti'e mod f-Tvte.j «as ant ef ' iiu.mt'iy and tee dust lliai w.-et inp whib- the evple-ioe. va- at its I was «bot ki:-d: |ft-> the air and carried ->ver tin- stiei' s el l{uapi-hu : sl | S ,| to a considerable distance beyond. IWe measured el' the lumps ■-! ! rct-ria ejected Iron; tie rem. The eire,es: piece v. as ii.n bv 'Jit. -t : v.as dark in eol-ir and pmens and stern: :! el i'orce-l iluxe.e-.1 1 o - 'lke iarc -t 'i-'fL'O.N <i'< li r f -' lin ; ~f lb- v,-,ii. lie.t «•< tyUlld 1 ;|l 111! •' 1' cillipjc- Ilr; |' 1 - V : i'-.u i|.iwi! a - iw-y or *thnv ■Mni.t tilt l S'lUlllMl