VOLCANOES AT THE ISLANDS
EXAGGERATED REPORTS.
By Telegraph.— Press Association. i'i ■ ai Auckland, Yesterday. uie Atua, which has arrived from the Islands, brings a little additional news of the eruption on the island of Actoo. A few jets of steam were seen stung here and there. A mailman set off from-/the island stated that the were in no way in danger, "••oiiveying the impression that the previoiis reports were greatly exaggerated. The volcanic activity at Niafou commenced on | October 7/ The Atua Z on the island on October 21 The W? fl not ° ccur in the "volcano which had been active on former occa«ons, but in the bed of a dried salt f?wl kke fl close > During the first itw days the emissions were fairly ex£emV Ut , ftMo time did ""Men* £Zr l Ssf lveß eXposed t0 optional danger. There were, in the first, instance, 29 volcanoes in .eruption, but the number gradually dwindled to verr few In some quarters the lie of the land has been considerably altered/but the growth of copra has not been W ously affected.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 142, 2 November 1912, Page 5
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