AUCKLAND.
May 19,
At ten o'clock yesterday morning, Mr Hedley, a Government surveyor, observed from the steamer Glenelg a remarkable eruption between Slipper and Mayor Islands, situated at the northern end of the Bay of Plenty. The water rose suddenly to a height of four feet, and spread over a circle of sixty feet, throwing up sand, shells, stones, and mud. The steamer was only about twenty yards outside the circle. The water kept boiling for some time. Scarlet fever of a mild type is very prevalent in the city. It is believed that it has spread by the negligence of parents in sending children from infected families to school.
Bennett, a halfcaste, got his knee-cap completely smashed by falling from a bridge at Mercury Bay. --■
A large number of cases have again been adjourned at the Resident Magistrate's Court in consequence of the absence of the magistrate at Wellington, causing great inconvenience and loss.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3087, 19 May 1881, Page 3
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