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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 18 December 1914, Page 5

Some excitement has teen caused-at Lismore, New South .Wales, by -a 'discovery made at the top of-fche Nightcap Mountain, in a range abouk'2s mildsfrdm Lismore and dividing the, 'Richmond and Tweed watersheds. The summit of the i^oiintainvis,difficult.«f.access, and very fe wpeople visit lit. Recently two men mado the ascent, and were surprised to find that an - area of about one and 1 -& half acres of dense • scrub had been cut down and cleared away. A largo tree hear the highest point of the mountain had beon cut off at a height of about, 30ft from the ground. Holes -were bored in this huge stump and iron spikes driven into them, providing steps by whifch the top of the stump, which formed a platform, was reached. This perplexed tho discoverers, because the land was owned by no one, and the top of the mountain was rarely visited. It was found, too, that a block and tackle was'attached to. the top of the stump, with one of the blocks resting on tho ground. There was nothing whatever to indicate what tho tackle was used for. Tho top of tliCs mountain is inaccessible to timbcr-g#4-ters, and in any case the timber was valuoless for milling purposes. One- of the discoverers ascended tho stump by means of the iron steps, and from thel>o an extraordinary fine view of tho wholo ocean from Tweed Heads ,south # could be obtained, and also a clear view 6E •Lismore . Speculation is rife as to what, led to the cleaving, the presence of-lift-ing power, and the natural .platforjra which provided such a commanding OJitlook. Some people concluded that the position had been occupied by a . wireless station, while others concluded that the place iiad been prepared by ors, but .no locaA surveyors know ' anything about it. Others go further, and associate it with the mysterious lights which have been so frequently seen _at night in different parts'Of the district. Tlio discoverers reported tho matter to the police, who, it is said, informed the military authorities.