FULLER PARTICULARS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1735, 16 June 1886, Page 2

FULLER PARTICULARS.

(united pbe^s association.) Tauranga, Monday. Immense columns of vapor, rising from the volcanoes, are plainly visible from here. White Island bas been particularly active during the day. The effects of the eruptions are now fully felt by the Bay of Plenty settlers. Four steamers have loft . laden with stock. Two more are to sail to-morrow. Mobs of cattle, chiefly from Whakatane. are being driven overland to Waikato. The coast is affected as far east as Oreti. At Te Puke the volcanic deposit ig from one to two inches m thickness. At Rangiri there is as much as three inches, and at Whakatane about the same, much coarser. West of Tauranga the farms are but slightly affected, and aame n available lor a limited quantity of stock. Many sheep have already died. One settler alone has lost over 100. The local bodies as well as nrivate individuals are urging Government to grant assist, ance. An amount of £100. has been promised by Sir Robert Stout. Messrs Williams and Walker have generously placed their run at Waihou, Thames Valley, at the. disposal of settlers free of charge. Arrivals ; at Whakatane, from inland, report that Tarawera Lake is risintr. The general opinion is that the deposit is fertilising,; and that heavy rain will release a large area of pasturagp where the coating .of dust is light.

(GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS.) '• The following- were on Monday by Dr Lemon : — - Napier* Sunday. Arrived here thiß morning. Lines have suffered most between here and Te Takeke, 12 miles north, where the wires aro said to be like rones of mud. I start with a party of men to-morrow north, and ani sending M'Kenzie south towards Taupo. AH wires south of this are now dear. Lineman is working at fault, but owing to depth of mud is not able to do much. Tongariro has been unusally active today, emitting large and intermittent columns of steam. The steam holes about Taupo have also been unusally active. A report has come round from the south end of Lake Taupo that durinp" the day preceding, and the night of the eruption, Tongariro .. was rumbling angrily, and making thundering noises. The shepherds at the foot of the mountain were greatly alarmed, and sat up all night 1 . We have not heard noisfes here. '' • ' ■ " ■ - I < Monday;" Mr Elliott, the Opotiki lineman, reports that he found<the.plates of both lightning ...guards at that office fused. Wire hjad also been down m river, and had been repaired temporarily by Mr Gordon. Mr Somerville, the lineman from Tauranga, reports that he had great trouble m travelling, dust from Rotorua having blinded him and horse. He found thewire fused at insulators one mile north of Whakatane. Rotorua, Saturday. Honorable Commissioner Armed Constabulary, Wellington. — Stewart's party could not, reach Kotoraahana Native settlement, it being shrouded by sulphur vapour, and several places close by^ m dangerous violent eruption. The Pink Terrace has subsided, and its site is apparently a lake, The police ' hope &,. reach Morea, settlement by land to-day. A boat also attempts bdth places. Anoiher European, Samuel Brown, is supposed to have perished at Morea. — W. A. Kiely; . ■-•..■■'. The Under-Secretary for Crown- Lands received tha following : — Kotorua Springs increased in -temperature and volume. Several new 'sitings at Ohinemiitu and.. MoKoia. . Gtowded with visitors. Tarawera quiescent. — A. GinDKRS.'^'. . . r _'•'■ 'V^"=rMr McKerrpw received a .telegram from Mr Percy : Sniiib, from Rotofua, dated Saturday. He was on the point of Starting oul on an expedition through the disturbed district. He wilt bo back at Rotorua within about three days, from the date of his telegram, and will then report fully. He states his belief that , Rotoinahana is the/ centre of the conyul- \ sion. Mr Boscaweiij of the Survey De- ) partraent, will soon Be on the ground. H«. is well-known for his artistic skill, aud he will make a number of drawings m the vojcauic region. ,;■, Napier, Monday. Yoslerday and to-day clouds of smoke.^ over Tarawera were visible from Napier*^ hills. r . Auckland, Monday- \ The Northern Company are putting on all availablti steamers to bring up cattle from tha districts m the Bay of Plenty affected by the eruption. A benefit performance by Rignold's dramatic company at the Opera House resulted m £88 being handed to the Mayor for the relief fund. The excitemeu't m the city is quieting, but still great interest is shown to no definitely whether the Terraces aro gouo. White Island is reported to bo showing increased activity, aDjd Whakatane is throated m consequence.