WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4641, 19 November 1883, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day. Supposed Volcanic Lake Dis-

turbances.

Remarkable disturbances in the two largest lakes in the colony hare been reported to Dr. Elector. A letter from the officer in charge of the A.C. camp at Taupo, states that last month a schooner was moored partly out of water at the jetty near the outflow of the lake, and shortly after noon the water was seen to retire and,leave the vessel high and dry; the water returned to its normal level in ten or fifteen minutes. At another place, where.the outflow approaches the rapids, two men of the A.C. Force were bathing in a warm pool, near the river bank, at a higher level than the water flowing from the lake, when they noticed the cold river water: suddenly flowing into their pool, and the river sinking to its usual level,in a few minutes. The waters of the lake must have been affected to about twenty inches, It is thought this was due to volcanic action. Arrived : Barquentine May, 111 days from Foo Chow Foo. ; Thes.s. Doric. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received, a cable stating that the s.s Doric has arrived in ;Plymouth, after a passage of 42 days. Her meat is in excellent condition.