CAVES AND WARM SPRINGS.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) SYLINEY, Feb. 11. When timber-getters felled a tree at the foot of Adamson’s Peak, in the south of Tasmania, in 1917, they discovered a limestone cave of remarkable beauty. Thermal springs cicee to the r.'iA'O had been found a few' .years before. The cave—one of several in the district—and a swimming pool built at the springs were officially opened for tourists in January. The cave has been electrically lighted. One wonderful chamber has been named Titania’e Palace. The floor of this was so delmately crystallised that the men who discovered it had to remove their boots to prevent damage. Effective lighting makes the chamber more glamorous. The cave abounds with stalactites and stalagmites of varying hues, shapes .and sizes. The springs have a temperature of 85 degrees. A concrete pool has been built, and is surrounded by a picnic ground in a setting of ferns and shrubs.
The IOO.OOOtii passenger of Air France was given a special reception on her arrival at Le Bourget from London. Together with the Air France officials assembled to meet here were the company’s first pilot and its first passenger.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 70, 20 February 1939, Page 5
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