VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH.
ASCENT OF NGARUHOE. rUNiTED Pit Ess Association.] , WELLINGTON, Sat. 1 The ' Tourist Department has received a ielegram that Mr McDonald and Mr Cowan ascended Ngaruhoe on Wednesday, this being the first occasion on which the mountain has been ascended in winter. The ascent was most difficult, snow being encountered from the base to the summit. A great iclume of sulphurous steam was met wiih and occasionally the atmosphere was so dense that objects only a few feet distant were obscured. Tha climbers found evidences cf a great blow-out or a series of esplosirn.: and th:;t the crater, which now exhibits great activity, has considerably changed since previous visits. The telegram adds that the proposed ascent of Ruapehu has beer/ abandoned.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 May 1907, Page 3
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125VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 May 1907, Page 3
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