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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 209, 5 December 1896, Page 2

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[rnoit mm o-ws jrmniWPoNnFirr.] TaUPO, Frirlnv.—To "Ware continue; active dailv. Tn»day i f Ins T-.ppn nn. usimllypo thtowingr up lartr o quantities r.P hlnck smoke nnd white .pumice which is heing pnrn'prt in nn easterly direction over the TTniniannwn ranges towards Napier. Quite a laver of white deposit is visihle fro'ii T>o=s's nil round the cone to tVe hnse of th» mountain oh«curing flip busli round nhout. Much interest is heing pviiipeil hy tourists passing through. A party from here is going to Toknanu hy tomorrow's conch to view the c eene of operations. On Monday last Te Mae wns visited hy some Auckland p-ople with a guide. Thev report it to he most interesting, especially ■when tlio huge clouds of matter are emitted. The mountains have not heen so active for 2o years. Auckland. Friday- Owing to the elections husiness here this afternoon has heen practicallv suspended. Men and women are talking nothing hut politics. The local temperance parh mode a hold hid to curtail the liquni traffic under the power given thesi hv the Government, and nevpr previously worked so hard to secure the end they desire. Whixjkgtow, Fridnv.—The criekft match. Auckland v Wellington, resulted in a victory for Auckland hy I 62 runs-