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New Zealand Herald, 12 March 1901, Page 5

Messrs. Henderson and Maufarlane has* received .intimation rpf their appointment as - average connaisdoneiis for the JXnssian Com- ! pany for Sea., Kirrir. and Land Insurances,' ? v. etc., of St, Petersburg. I .'flie Hot Lakes Gkroiuule las;the follow:* . j lag relative to the recently reported geyser ■: .■ eruption at : Echo .Lake, near I^ioniahanaf : ; j " Mr. .Alltiopp and a friend left ftptorua .'■ -on Sunday fox tie purpose of seeing for themj selves the reported geyser eruption at JSeho -. : Lake, near KotoHMiaiia, They went by ; P&reheni, and strati: through the fern for ~ about four milts, »;Ven, they, fame on a pooj., of hot water , about: two chains long ' and a■" chain wide, where they sat for a white rest-' •■.- r ing, and then proceeded in the direction of ■ ! Hutomahmiii. 'While crossing pftfl of .the numerous gullies they r»otit;ed * stream of water coming from tire direction they had . kit. Finding the : :l water. to he hot, , they .':. .ynijiured to. investigate, and after sowero.ygl. ! .'■'/• • travelling, winch was necessary to evftdc the stream, which had by this fcinie b.ewMue ■. rowing tqrrent, found . thenyjeives at tat (jiiiiit-looking pool where they had ; Mated. VDining their aWnce an eruption had jftksn ■■■ ■place.'. Tim whop) pool was ;in a state-of ebullition, tin: water rising at times to the height of. 23ft, and then subsiding with .-a gurgling whirlpool ■' action., lifter waiting for about haU-ap-iwp another eruption took ' place, winch ejected the contents of the cauldron, consisting of stones, iimd, aud water, to the height of fiOft oi''ipfl. Tbe sight was ntogniikeui, though t<-»»id\M»S'" " as the whole place wuf.'iij. ft t.Uucyf -$JS#P.te . j.', ivxiog the, .eruption,"' <." , '!. ' ■• .h " * '■ ' ■■:■:'■■.■. . : :'^'.-.; : :.: -: ';■%::■; *. T :.-■-,?-=-■■- *r ,-i : pi?i , >^% , -i :^"sV-=*iv|l., is---3