ACTIVITY OF TONGARIRO.
Dr. Lemon has favoured ns with the following official telegrams :— , , • Napibb, 13th June, 6.44 p.m. Arrived here this morning. Lines have suffered most between here ftod To Tftkeke,
12 miles north, where the wires are paid to be like ropes of mud. I start with fa party of men to-morrow north, and am sending MKenzio south towardß Taupo. All wires south of this are now clear. Lineman is working at fault, but owing to depth of mud is not able to do mach." . NAPEEH,I3th Jnne, C.54p.m. longanro has been nnnsually active today emitting large and intermittentcolumns of steam. The Rtoam holes about Ttiapo have also been unusually active. A report has come round from tho south ond of Lake raupo that during: tho day preoeding, and tho night of the eruption. Tongariro was rambling angrily, and making thundering noises The shepherds at the foot of thl ssft fs&ssas &» temporarily by >' 1 -5?> d **# to P alred ville the line- ■*" Mr. Somerthat'liohad ^\ trt P] T?f an k. a ! re P, ort f from Eo* * S*^°* . ' r .°' J W° -* n travelling, dust j{ 0 f r *flt\J4 navin'^ li'inded him and horse. m) -i *dij'<t ihe wire fnt>ed at insulators one -« north of WhTikatane. STSWAW'B PARTY UNAPLB TO KRACH R'ITOMAHANA. The fdllOwing was received this morning:— itoTORUA, Tins Day, 9.45 a.m. Honourable Commisbioner Armed Constabulary, Wellington. — Stewart's party could not reach Rotomahana native settlement, it being shrouded by sulphur vapour, and several (daces close by in dungoroiiß violent eruption. The Pink Terrace hiiH Mibsidert, and iU site is apparently a lake. Ths police hope to reach Morca settlement by land to-day. A boat also attempts both places. Another European, Samuel Brown, i 3 supposed to have perished at Moron.— W. A. Kiely^ The Undcr-Seeretary for Crown Lands received the following this afternoon : — Eotorua Springs increased in temperatura and volume. Several new springs at Ohincmutu and Mokoia. Crowded with visitors. Tarawora quiescent.— A. Ginders.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 14 June 1886, Page 3
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