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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1746, 29 June 1886, Page 4

A report on the newspapers of the world has recently been laid before the Imperial .German Diet. It would appear that there exist about 34,000 newspapers, the total issue of which during the year. amount to .592 millions. Of thes* 19,000 papers appear m Europe, 12,000 m North America, 775 m Asia, and 609 iv South America ; 16.500 ' are m the Rtrglish language, 7800 m German, 3850 m Freuch, and about 1000 m Spanish. The sufferings of the unimal creation at Wairoa are pitiable. Tbo water has all to be brought from Rotorua, as the water creeks are all filled up, and the waters of the lake are filled with, volcanic mud. The stock are buried on the roadside, and carcases of horses are lying m the creek, where they endeavoured to find water. Some fell oyer a precipice, and standing on the ledges 1000 feet high, w*»re nnable to get down. Wild pigs n re running about, with the ! Lnir torn off their backs by the pelting ! of the volcanic mud, rooting under the I trees to find food. All the animals will die for want of water and food, even the birds are dying. AH stock which could be reached have been driven into the country, out of the volcanic belt of mud. In connection with the volcanic eruptions, a correspondent of the Christ, church V,r,eßß at Tanranga states :—" I '| have made a careful estimate of the ettiff ejected during the eruption. It. amounts m round numbers to 5,000,000, 000 cubic yards, weighing 6,000,000, 000 tons, which is after all not quite one cubic mile. It seems a small cavity, but it would take more than the amount of 0m national debt of England to --iieavate it. It would take one good workman 1,000,000 years to shovel the stuff from the ground_into.cart»-j-y«< r " ffH ~ was done m four" hours. The stuff, when washed shows glittering particles of mica and little pieces of transparent white crystals. Sanguine people, im Apitie they have fonnd gold and diamonds, aud are anxiously awaiting analysis." The Feilding paper reprets to learn' that the railway porter, Mr Towler, has beon suspended, pending an inquiry as to how the truck was so left that it wae blown on to the main line on Thursday night during the gale. > Mr Bainhndge, the English tourist who was killed at Wairoa by the falling m of the verandah of Mcßae's hotel, stated a few hours previous to his death that the disaster would soon be heard of m England, anil, whether he lived or died, that it would have a great effect on his iamily, a«> bis brother had been shot, and two of his sisters had died lately from disease. He said that m 6uch & manner as to lead those whom he addressed to believe that he felt positive that be himself would not* escape the terrors of the night. v We (Otago Daily Times) are reliably informed that payable gold has been discovered m several places upon private property m the vicinity of Gore— east and west. ;In one case three men pay 5s per week each for the use of one acre of ground, and are bound to leave no holes m thfl land and leaye it with the soil on the surface after it has been worked. In several cases, it is stated, with ordinary everyday digging appliances £1 per day per man «an be made, but the owners refuse to allow men to work the land. On the New Zealand and Australian Land Company's estate a considerable number of men have been working for some months past with fair results. That oompany, by their manager, is very liberal with prospectors, and it is a gre&t pity that private individuals would not act likewise.