Black Water. — A special correspondent of the Ti c ikato Mail, recording the wonders of ’Te Arolia, says i—Not 10ft. distant from where the gratuitous sodaday otters itself is an i opening, in which is seen water of a deep black color, that rises and falls with .the tide, althoiigh the (jea is thirty miles distant. .'lt sinks about 3ft., and at high tide overflows the edges. Whether its depth had ever been tested o.ur informant' not )>n,qw. The stench attached to jt is simply abominable,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 217, 15 December 1880, Page 2
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86Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 217, 15 December 1880, Page 2
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