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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 4

An unusual manifestation of thermaj phenomena is reported from Waiotapu, near Rotorua, where, following recent slight earthquake tremors, a species ol minor eruption apparently took place in the bed of the Echo Lake. Although the water of this lake was previously noted for its vivid blue colour, it is now a slate grey, with one darker patch near the centre. It is assumed that a mud spring has broken out in the floor of the lake and that the dark patch indicates the location of the spring. An unrehearsed incident occurred on the arrival at Balclutha of the Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hon. R. Semple) in full view of a large number of deputation members assembled in Clyde Street. The chauffeur of the big Ministerial car attempted to turn the vehicle in front of the Bank of New Zealand to draw in to the kerb on the opposite side of the street, but at that juncture a woman and two small children were crossing the street, and would probably have been run into by the Ministerial car had the driver not stopped the vehicle dead in the middle of the roadway. When approached by a police officer who had witnessed the incident, the chauffeur stated that he would not have been rebuked had he done the same thing in Willis Street, Wellington, to which the constable made reply, * ‘Well, you can't do it in Balclutha without breaking the law."

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