ROTORUA NOTES. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2167, 29 May 1886, Page 2

ROTORUA NOTES. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Rotorua, 27th May. Ok a former occasion I alluded to the largo number of deaths occuring at T« Wairoa among the Maoris. Since then the death rate has by no means abated. Call after call has been readily responded to, until the ranks ha\e been deprived of their ablest and leading men, old and young being taken away. The Maoris haye been for some time been hack, and are still quite poun at such fatality among them. Aporo, one <>f the principal chiefs belonging to the Ngatchinemihi tribe, died in the Rolorua hospital on Sunday last, after * short iHnes*. The deceased was a fine strapping fellow, and a general favourite with all who knew him. He was the principle Maori connected with conveying tourists to Rotomahann. The dead body has been taken to To Wairoa, where an unusually large taugi will take place. Constable Abrams, when journeying from Tauranga to Taheke last Sunday, had hit left arm broken, through his horse getting its foot into a hole in a rotten culvert, whereby it stumbled, Mr Abrams falling underneath. He managed to reach Rotorua, when Dr. Ginders set the broken limb. Mr Abrams had been despatched from Tauranga to attend tho Land Court at Taheke, but in consequence of the accident he returned to Tauranga. A large mud spring broke out violently a few days ago, in the middle of the n»ad, close to the Palace Hotel. It was throwing mud up to a height of 120 feet, but wa» only violently active for a snort time. Many of the springs are very low just now, the lake likewise being much below 1 its usual level. Some inconvenience is being experienced by people who have batbi, owing to a few of the springs not overflowing, in many cases the batbs being empty. The 24th was observed as a holiday in honour of the good and gracious Queen Victoria's birthday. Bishop Luck has been here on a visit, A meeting of the Rotorua School com* mittee waa held in the Town Board office yesterday. Present Messrs H. D. Johnson, (chairmam), Mr Kelley, and R. D. Dansey. The minute* of last meeting were read and confirmed. Resolved that Mr S. Bright be nominated for the vacant seat on the board of Education, Auckland. Re* solved that in reply to a circular from the Board of Education, re " arbor day," that this committee recommend the board to set apart a day as suggested in Mr Blyth'u letter of 28th April, 1886. Resolved that the receipt of letter forwarding plans and specifications of building proposed to be erected for a public school be acknowledged. The meeting adjourned, with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Mr Burrows, the Government architect, who is entrusted with the improvement works which have been steadily going on at Sulphur Point, is having a breakwater erected between the bath pavilion and the lake, which will enable the Government to have a &cries of priests' baths, besides enhancing the appearance of the surroundings, which have had for a considerable time back an unfinished aspect. Air Roche and party have reached the township and completed the survey of the railway line from Lichfield. It is expected that tenders for the construction of the line will be called for at an early date. An individual has been hanging about here for some time, carrying the plan of the township with him and giving people to understund that he was going to erect several houses and become a settler, and succeeded so well with his palavour as to gain the good opinion of one of our storekeepers, who allowed him to have an amount of "tick." The individual in question has left without telling anyone where he was going to or when he would return. The storekeeper is however anxious to know of his whereabouts, which is supposed to be in the vicinity of Licit* field.