ROTORUA NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Rotorua, Wednesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2184, 8 July 1886, Page 2

ROTORUA NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Rotorua, Wednesday.

PIIOFKSSOU HI'TTON Hitiumd to Hotonu last night after ('no day-' in^-pi ction of tli>; effects i »f tl'e, eiuptton on the G.d.itea- nde. He tirst visited Uotnm.ihana, then .attempted to reach T.ir.twoia ft out the e.totuiii Mde. Tim volcanic dust on that side inado travelling so flow that he did not get within miles i>[ the ininiiit.iin. He, however, made on important dUcowiry that there, is a ciater ripht on t->p <»f Tarawora proper, and with the ifla*s In; made out two '•teiunuitf streaks down the »ido of the mountain, which ho believed to be lava btreatiiH. I'rofe^^or Hutton Hays the extent of the eruption hn« been very much magnified. The deposit of dust on the Galatea side is much thinner than stated. Ho doea not believe that it will-be beneficial fr<>m an agricultural point of view. When the fact of seeds germinating in it was mentioned, he .said ''That's nothing ; they will (terminate in a piece of flannel." Professor Hutton has not yet met the Auckland professors, who are in camp at Kaitinria. collecting data, but are expected back to-day. The piofo-Monal trio will then hold .1 confeience. Professor Hutton is veiy properly reticent as i eg.it ds his opinions until he has communicated with the Government, but from a conversation I have had with him I believe he does not apprehend any fiuther danger. It was bitterly cold here yesterday, the hardest fiost tins season. Professor Hutton thinks the ascent of Taj.iwer.i will be practicable in the summer.