THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1521, 19 June 1886, Page 3

THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

; v. Rotortja, June 16. A very saddening spectatle was * itnested «t the cemetery on the occasion of the burial of Mr Hazard, bis five children, nod the English tourist, Bainbridge, in gtavei-aide by side. Mr McArthor was present as a friend of tho stranger, whooe brought to an untimely end i» onr midst.

The following are the estimated losses by the Europeans :—Mcßne, £400; -Humphrey, £200; Rogers, £500; Captain Way, £2OJ; W. BiH, £IOO. Mcßae is insured in the Union Company, but they refuse at pressnt to pay. Howerer, they promise to consider the matter. Lake Rotoruo appeared to be much higher to-' y. The barometer fell onetenth of a a i'i«'h in the morning, and la ■till falling. The hot springs are not particularly active. Mrs Hnzard was re-movfcttV-fea-day to Oxford in charge of Lundins, who wared the lives of the daughters, the Misses Hazard accompanying them. They will be taken by stages to Auckland;' TBeir favorable recovery

is hoped for, now they are removed from the scenes of 'horrer through which they have passed. . ; ~ June 17. Two of tbr Tuhuorangi native* at Oriks>h*ve 'providentially escaped tht fate ef their fellows. A fresh attempt was made to-day to g*t Mcßae's waggon, on which is a piano, and (trimming's drays and stacks from the fiat at Tikipua lake. The men got part with seven horses, but had to retire. They brought the packages off on horseback. T.W*mkl was to the saddle flips. The waggon road on the flat at Tikitapu lake end tht road round the face of the mountain between lakes Tikitapu and Rotorun are reported to be wholly erone. An avalanche'of mud had fallen from the mountain, burying the road under eleven feet of inu<l.

My JLohqsoo, s Government agent, has b*«nhanging measures for the future relief of Tukorangi/ and is moan while {•suing t» Kepa, the chief, for his people, a quantity of biscuits and blankets. He hat not deamed it viae to check the flow of private or public benevolence. No case of real distress is unrelieved. The Tuhurangi survivors are now seriously discussing their plans and prospect* for the future. They at first intended going away from the springs altogether. The Rotorua natives are averse to this, as it wotftPfeaST 16 the breaking up of the lake confederations, and they would prefer ceding land-to the survivors. Kepa una his people fully realise that the old days of Wairoa lavishoess, extravagance, and dissipation, arising out of the golden stream of tourist*, is all over. Th<y will have to work for a living, the bewt thing (batterer., happened to them, as when I passed, through Wairoa three months ago on my way to the terraces, they were decaying like rotten sheep from violation of the lows of health and temperance and of morality. McOausiand, of Rotorito, reports that three shocks of earthquake took placet last night, the first, at midnight, being the heaviest yet experienced. Telephone communication is established between Botorna and Kotorito. Intelligence has been received from Oraknroroko of an account of the' geysers becoming more active, and new ones springing up in the immediate vicinity. The natives are clearing out. It baa all along been anticipated that volcaLic eruptions would extencUn that, direction, as it is part of the volcanic system, and the same claws of country, and presenting similar feathat around Rotomahana lake.

>. ' ■" ■ Latest. A sharp shock of earthquake "just experienced. A party which started to-day for Rotomahana early ip the morning, returned at seven o'clock this evening. It consisted of Messrs G. M. Reid, Dutbie (manager of the'Tauraoga branch of the National Bank),' "Metcer, and Humphreys. They rode tiri-they reached the belt of mud, wheiMtpy tethered their horses. They their boots and clothing, ■are r their drawers and singlets, and mud glacier, three miles broa|, r ,To their surprise they came npon a lay*# of ashes which bore their weight. Mr iffcffcer tore "up his shirt to make ■andfriAafOr their feet. They got to the bick;of .tb©...Pink Terrace, after having travelled, over, dangerous ground, fissures gaping., jn..,ine earth and steam coming out in virions directions. They confirm the aVatdmertta already telegraphed as to the principal changes in the country. The terrace was gone. There was anew geysefat Rotornahana, throwing up ;«ituat« at the extreme south end. Fro%the point where the White Terrace stood'ilia long the range to the Devil's Cauldron was cleao blown out of existence, and nt'the back of the Porridge Pots, Old Lime Geyser*, Deril's Cauldron, and the was a steep prec'pice. The surface, was blown off the cliff, exposing sh%£nn!esrrock faoe of tLe mouutain. Tbejc£Qe.fJt their feet from the back of the Knlif Terrace was indescribable. Tbey eoula have thrown ft stone into the cruter, and as* the smoke liftad they could see the bottom 'of the lake, seething and spouting boiling mud in all directions;, :From -Okara to Tarawera the wbolp.-.vaUeJr was simply rent in two, .the. ~TBs{i clef J; being in the form of the fetter, S, From the base of Tarawera'proper, to the summit they saw a simitar cleft, and various minor spurs adjoining.' presented the appearance of being-rent in two, and standing agape like leavefseiLa book. In returning to the point-where the horses wtre tethered they .nptictd lhe : fissures they passed in (he rnorning had considerably widened and fresl) prigs were found. At one point a stet'm'hole "farmed behind them.

The demand for the great Americui; remedy; Hop Bitten, in this part of tbr ypr}d, jl»» become to gnat that the Hop QiUtfjt' op i,, whose headquarters nr» e< Boobeitflr; Her Jjrk, |T 8 A , hsve compelled to bprn a ]»bbr»fcry ic ftf elbournr. It ißin ehsrgecf M-M. H. Borgh, t genthmeoof j fare' i xperie; ce with Lil Oimpinj and tha trade may bo atturcd p| rewiring good) equal to tie parent bontr, j»jo4 ftiOßt C. utt*ou» The H B. Co".jpAYe.eiUtjlishm.nnta > t L>ndorj, Par's Antwrp, Belgium, Breda," Holland, aid Toroi.fa aid ".their -American Bitten are prob»fc)(y'ihe btstknown medicine in| the jptid, • .'-...