VOLCANIC AC TIVITY. AUCKLAND, January 1.
' Volcanic k actfyity still continues, lntg*?*' mitt3ni3y in 1 the neighbourhoocF of -th^ Tonea"n and^'Samoan groups. ". The natives ! at Nukualofa reported to "the 1 officers bf\. the Atua on the vessel's last' call ther.e' r -that subrna.fine eruptions are of freqtienfe _ occurrence," but are' now looked* upon quite" as in the ordinary ~daily~ course of events". At Stavaif the volcano was still in active eruption when the Atua arrived, and the passengers obtained from the_deck a very, fine view of the mountain, which was vomiting lava freely. ' The sight, -of the vast" cauldron spittinij forth its contents of mud, ashes, .and molten lava is said by ■ eye% -, witnesses to heve- "been a -very fina * i spectacle- ' --' . ' ' The bakers of -Gore announce a reduction in the price of bread to 7d cash aiid 7£& booked for tih'e 41b loaf.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 65
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144VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. AUCKLAND, January 1. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 65
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