Show the Wal mangu geyser geyer the famous extinct geyser of 0 wal marim now zealand near which a volcanic eruption was reported recently as having commenced was for or a few ew years the most powerful geyser on record the activity ot of this geyser in 1303 1903 and 1904 created such anxiety in the north island of 0 new zealand that an auckland paper attributing its act activity iviry to the great increase in the size ot of the adjacent lake notoma rotoroa liana hana proposed that tho the lake should be drained la in order to allow the freer outlet from the hot springs of the locality no action was taken and the langer was removed by the bursting of the lake dam the water of lake Rot was discharged to lake Ro and Wal mangu ceased its eruptions it v will III bo be interesting to learn from the now new zealand geologists whether the renewal 0 of the vol canic activity along the tarawera Tara wera rift Is connected with tho cessation of Wal mangu nature |