New Zealand

Southland Times, Issue 19114, 3 August 1903, Page 2

New Zealand

Por.*: United Press Association.

■%Y *Y..7-: Y AUCKLAND, " r Aug'Y 1. A magnificent ..eruption, of; Waimangit ; geyser^pccurred "it ;,. :9/80 this mbining. The ' cofunan of steairn " rose f roih- soveji to 1 , ten /thousand feet; YandYwas visible -|rom. Rbtoru a . : Taratfora : is'.Ycovored. 7- $rilh> snow.Y - Y-Y ■""-"-.;".- .-'".!•' : 7ikY"Y.'-:' : V. ■'■.<■

> v •- Y STRATFORD; Aug: ; iY -1 ; Jl^ast . uhjht, .white - the" : irimateX were o-b---seht, at; a r co;»cert.,Ythe;-5-rbomed;"hpus« 1 / of J.; ; MplvlJlb-was Y. destroyed-'by -fiw. '• Jn-" 'surihcee':: 1 . J8175* bn building .'in the :Nbr-, wich'TJnion j. furniture~r£OP in ibo ; N.Y..," and £125 . in the ; National -TbfficeY YY' "-■

Y-'The; Wolhhgtbh^HarriersYwill be^represented «t the cross-country, .chiunpiouehip", to^beYdecided- it 'Ghrist'chiirchY In October.'^ v - -'- -■"* -"'-Y?^ ■

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The '■: Maori" -' fmeatthgYliouse); at Jvairau', - : hear Lopp^rton., ba-s =l>eeri to-: tally; destroyed by firs.' A Maori named: Kohiiiru, over 70 years old, Ua<L lie; a fir.eYin : :-I^ PU'hT, and- "the sides "caught fire. I ' "He did his best to extinguish: the dairies and called for aid, hot the smoke: became so thick that he could not find the door. Hia nephew rushed, into the hut and carried "the old man out.^terribly burnt. It is\ fe a red that his injur fos are likely:, to cause death. ; Y : Y^ - YY. YY Y - WESTFOIVFiY&ug- 2; Y: A ■young, man whoYhas beehYcbtiducting. a hotel here was v arrested^ on : Saturdays night. It' is understood that tho : charge is of being concerned, in the premature birth or*a chifdYb'y|,iaf-wbma'ni : formerly. barinaMrfin jiis- hbterjr^ '-'^" ; The YWestport ObalYGo.'s- output Yiorthe ihohth of July fwatf"r)3i3av : touH. ."-'■"■■

Y, - 7:'7' ; Y .' Y' ■ > -AugY ai'V;. A thaw sol in oiv Saturday on tlia coastal districtY>ahd ;contlnueu^ throughout to-day. "The offices : being closeoY it is hot known, if s it extends to •the'"iritefipr;:i--- ";.''-.'■'."••<'. .Y':'';.'.'.-'-..-;.':/Y'':: ':'':'■

CROUP. * Ohamberlaiu'B Cough jfomedy is a Cortain cure for croup, and has never been known to J*lh iH'Cji.. Sold l»y Macal-