SUPPOSED VOLCANIC OUTBREAK
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Auckland, April 9. A conical mound on Kerikeri plain, about ten miles from Russell, haß broken out info eruption. The l&nd Immediately around ia being put into cultivation, and last week, while ploughmen were at work, they noticed a oolatnn of smoke rising from the top of the hill. Considerable excitement was caused among the Natives who reside m the neighborhood, an out* break of thla kind being unknown m that part of the oountry, There iB no sign of a orater on the mound, but Bmoke find jets of vapour have been emitted, while , nam°B are Been during the night. Some of the ej <otfld stones and ashes have been sent to Sir J. Hector, Wellington. J
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1811, 10 April 1888, Page 3
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124SUPPOSED VOLCANIC OUTBREAK Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1811, 10 April 1888, Page 3
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