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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1 (April 2, 1934.)

Kilmarnock Fall

Kilmarnock Fall.

Falling into the White Valley from the cliffs of Mt. Davie is the water of the Kilmarnock Fall. The stream has sprung from a glaciated basin on the mountain, from which it makes a five hundred foot leap, an unbroken column of living white marble. In the winter and the spring there is always an accumulation of ice at its foot, brought down from the glacier basin above.

Mr. Jas. O'Malley, of the Bealey Glacier Hotel, who once used to take parties up the White River to see the glaciers, hid a bottle of brandy at the foot of the fall to meet cases of emergency. He referred to the fall thereupon as Kilmarnock after the brand of the liquor. This was about 1900. Many people have looked for the bottle since, for it is adding years and quality to its contents, but it is feared the secret of its hiding place was lost when Mr. O'Malley died in 1930.