The New Tarawera Falls

Southland Times, Issue 19471, 26 November 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)

The New Tarawera Falls

» -rPECULIAR COINCIDENCES. The Rotorua correspondent of the Auckland Herald writes :— The latest information regarding the Tarawera Falls is to the effect that the yylumo of water going over the precipice has very much decreased, in accord with the corresponding drop in the lake, and as the 'only source of supply to the lake, beyond the actual fall of rain, ia the water from the Wairoa Fall, the supposition is that when the water has receded to its normal state, the falls will cease io exist beyond what has been there for many years. On Wednesday last Mr War brick, accompanied by Captain Turner, made a visit to the falls, the latter with the object of inspecting tRo best route for a road. Captain Turner places tho drop at not more than 200 ft., but considers the fall a .very tine one. What effect the continual overflow of water from tho lake will have is mere conjecture. Rather a strange coincidence in connection with the break away of the bank, which took place yesterday week, and the consequent lowering of the water in the lake, is that Waimangu has not' been active smce the Tuesday following ;. in o»,her words, it will be a fortnight tomorrow sincothe geyser played, and it is now as quiet and peaceful-look-ing as it was Some months ago, when it ceased to be active for a period of ten weeks. On the other hand, the cooking-pot at Whakarewarewa has been so active since Saturday that much difficulty lias been experienced by the wahines in keeping their pots and' cans in the water, and this morning they had a very busy time dancing around the pool rescuing their cooking utensils. Maggie, who knows the vagaries of all the pools at Whakarewarewa, assures me that she has never known the cooking-pot to be in so agitated a state. Occasionally it becomes more active than usual, but tliis generally precedes a storm, «nd only lasts for an hour or two, whoreas it has been in a state of more than ordinary agitation since Saturday. It may be that the boisterous weather we have experienced since Friday has something to do with the pool's activity, as it ;has been blowing a gale since then, making things generally disagreeable.