FURTHER ITEMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1734, 15 June 1886, Page 2

FURTHER ITEMS.

At 6 o'clock on Saturday night atmb of 70 horses arrived from Tepuke en route for Waikato. The drivers report' the feed for the time being all down the coast completely gone, and J,he settlers are m despair over "the hepeibss outlook. The coming winter, they fancy, will have to be faced with little or no feed, and. rain is fervently "prayed for. At present the atmosphere is beautifully clear, with no sign of - moistures Showers of dust and pumice are very thick at Opotiki and Whakatahe, covering the ground to a 'depth of several inches. The feed for the time being is completely destroyed, and is not expected to recover for many months. The settlers are at their wits' ends to know what to do. The cattle are reported to Tje roaming about bellowing m a state of starvation. The Bangiuru and Tepuke settlers have fared badly from the same cause. The fern and tutu m these places are. completely levelled and- the teed is gone, -■■■ ■ . Arrangements' are being made to remove the stock^ by a steamer. -The settlers who have not a large supply of hay will have a hard struggle to>keep their stock alive. The atmosphere here is clear, but round the horizon a heavy haze still hangs. It is thought to be caused by tHe wind blowing dust, froni the bush and surrounding hills. There is no appearance of further disturbanceat Rotorua." Some of Mr Stewart's party got within about ten chains of Rotoma. hana, and could see that all the country between it and Lake Okarois m coprimo. tion. They could not see' the: Terraces. The following messages, were, received by Mr Ballanceon Saturday evening :—. Rotobua, Saturday. The body of "Mr Bainbiidge h'u jutt been brought m, alaothope of two Native women and a child. Mr Harry Bur* has arrived from the neighbourhood of Galatea, and states that the country, m a circle from Tara wera Mountain to Lake Korewhakattr, thence to Lake Okaro, thence round the mountain enclosing Rotomahana, say diameter of ten miles, has subsided and is' now a seething* mass. The country adiacent is rent m all dhec* tiohs. He had a terrible tiini coming through. ! He "went round Bjf '^Pareroii and cot a Native named Aporo Apratii to accompany him thence. Have coca the latter, who corroborates Mr Burt's statement, aud says that flames, smpk» and steam are being constantly projected to an immense height. ... The wind haa changed to the southward, and the clouds are now coming this way- but there is no debris falling.- Mr Percy Fraitb, Assistant- Surveyor General, ha» arrived.— H, Dunbab JToaNSTpM, Q.a Hon CJommissioneb, A.C., Wellington. ■—The first. inquest is over. Verdict that Charle« Albert Hazard and three of his children and his nephew accidentally otrae t« thefy eatbf by the f*U ling ■in-<t; iha :hwjj/» v » 'kah^j^^al

Which had accumulated a quantity of Tolcanio earth, thrown up by an eruption on the morning of the 10th instant tt Wairoa, Lakt Tarawera,— W. A. BiLsr, Inspector. June 13. The body of Edwin Bainbridge was found covered up by debris underneath the fallen verandah of Mcßae'i Hotel. He war a native of Newcastle-on-Tyne, . where, hit parents still reside. He had •iridently met with instant death. ;