THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1524, 26 June 1886, Page 2

THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

Rotorua, June 24. At a meeting of the residents of Rotorua to-day votes of thanks were passed to the working parties and others who assisted on the morning of the eruption, and to the members of the boat expedition for ascertaining the fate of the Ariki settlement. A committee was appointed to investigate the losses of the "Wairoa European survivors, and report on necessitous cases requiring relief. _ No doubt all parts of the colony will assist, as the disaster may be regarded as a colonial one. The wants of the natives for the present have been supplied from various sources, but European survivorß are still uncared for.

Some shocks of earthquake have been felt during the day—one sharp one at 3 p.m. Earth tremors at Sulphur Point are almost continuous. A telephone message received from Oaheke to-night states that severe Blsocks were felt at Rotoiti at three o'clock this afternoon. Landslips are reported by George f raaer, telegraph lineman, half a mile on tha Rotnrna side of the Mourea bridge, Tepnka route. They are expected to be cleared off thi road to-morrow morning. A report came in to-day, brought by a native from Whakawarewarqwa, that the j oil bath was throwing up stones and mad f to a height of 20 feet, and the large boiling lagoon Papatanui had suddenly fell '■. two feet and rose to the old level, falliag L ahd rising throughout the day. A native J policeman went out to investigate and si reported on his arrival to-night that tbeVT; statement was perfectly true; On Sunday at mid-day a similar phenomenon occurred at the great Kdiri caldron, which suddenly subsided two feet in half an hour, and returnee to its former level, and to a state of activity which it has presented since. Information was received this evening from some of the sanatorium staff, thai two fresh places have broken oet at Whak.irewerewn, up the hill; last night, and another this morning. Messrs JrJuih and Hinds report that the- place where they used to cook at Whakarewa hae dried up, and is now throwing up stones. Considerable anxiety is felt here to see Dr Hector's report on the lata volcante eruptions ; were it published it might allay probably much of thfr uneasiness prevailing. A rumor is current, though I have not been able to trace it definitely to any particular quarter, that Dr Hector has recommended the removal of the Government township to a more suitable site on the Arawa side of Ohinemutu. A gale has been blowing for hours and is increasing in strength as the night ad» vnnces. ft. Salmon has returned here from Taupo and informs me tbat Tongariro is covered with snow, but is more active than usual. Kuapehu is wholly enveloped with snow, and there is no steam yet to be seen. The boiling springs and geysers of the neighborhood have exhibited no difference of late neither in volume, color, or temperature with the exception of the Crows Nest geyser, which is quieter. A later telephone message from Rotoiti states that the tidal wave on the lake rose to the stable of Fraw's Hotel, Taheke, 170 yards off. The residents 'did not see the ware advancing, but on rushing out saw it receding.