The Pink Terrace not to be Seen. STATE OF THE TELEGRAPH LINE Mr Stewart's Party Unsuccessful

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2174, 15 June 1886, Page 2

The Pink Terrace not to be Seen. STATE OF THE TELEGRAPH LINE Mr Stewarts Party Unsuccessful

Wu.uvf. row Momlvy. Mr ("tkuivm has ti It iri.iplicd to Mi lkllauce eh.it no got v ltbin a quarter of a mile ot the pink teri.ues but was unable to see nny trace of tln'in. Dv Lemon has lujeived tiiu following telegiam : — Napier, this day :--Mi Elliott, Opotiki, lint ii'an, rcpnits that lie found plates of both lightening miaidb at that oiiiee fused. The \\ iie had also been down in the ii\cr. and hid been repaired temporal lly l>y Mr Gordon Mr Sonn r\dle, linem in fioni Tainanyn, teports that he had gicat tiouhle in travellinc, the dust fiom Rotorua having I'linded him and his horse. He found the wire fused at the insulators* one mile north of "Whakatuic. The Commissioner of the Armed Constabulary has received the following : - Rotoruo, Uth 9 46 a.m.— Mr StewaitV party could not leach Rotomah ma, the uative settlcinont being shrouded by sulphurous vapour, and several ptaue* close by are in dangerous and violent eruption. The Pink Terrace has subsided, and its site is appirently a lake The police hope to reach the Maori settlement by land to-day. A boat also attempted both places. Another Eutopeau, Samuel Brown, is supposed to have perished at Moura. The Secretary for Crown Lands has received the following this afternoon : — "The Rotorua springs have increased in temperature. Tl.ere aiu several new springs at Ohinemutu. Makoia is crowded with visitors, Taiawera is : quiescent. — A. Gim>kks. m