SHELLS FROM TUTAMOE
3307 FT. ABOVE SEA
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISPLAY
The publication yesterday of a message from Wellington relating to the discovery of fossilised shells at an altitude'of 2000 ft. in the Ruahine ranges has directed attention to the existence of bands of rock containing fossilised shells at much higher altitudes in Poverty Bay. At the Gisborne Central School there is an exhibit of such shells brought from near the summit of Tutamoe, 3307 ft., in the Waipaoa area, inland from Tolaga Bay. The exhibit was presented to the school by Mr. A. F. Rowley, who chipped it from a boulder on Tutamoc, the boulder weighing several tons. The late Mr. S. W. S. Strong, then resident in the district, designated the fossil as of the lower tertiary period, dating back many millions of years. The weight of the rock from which it was taken discounted completely any theory that human agency had placed it in its present position.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 6
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159SHELLS FROM TUTAMOE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 6
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