IS RABAUL SAFE?
Scientist To Make Investigations SYDNEYy June 16. ' A messa^e from Babaul states that jjkhe Administrator has been informed jthat the Commonwealth Government jcontemplates obtaining the services of !* qualified scientist, probably from the Dnited States, to report upon the vol■canie and seismai danger at Babaul. The Commonwealth will also appoint jfc committee of experts to examine the jsuitability of Babaul as the future capiital. A large section of the white population refuses to xetnrn there, and a number of women refugees, before embarking for Australia, advised their husbands to resign their positions which, thay contcnd, is the officia] alternativc.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 129, 17 June 1937, Page 8
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101IS RABAUL SAFE? Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 129, 17 June 1937, Page 8
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