Manam Island Volcano
pp. 6-7 · Read in the full issue
fJTHE N. G. Administration reports A .that there recently has been considerable volcanic activity on Manam Island, off the coast of the Madang Dis trict. It has a cone-shaped crater 4,265 ft. high. An official report in February by Patrol Officer J. B. Mackay stated:— “Since my arrival at Bogia (on the North Madang Coast) in January, Manam has been in eruption night and day. This also concerned me regarding the inhabitants. None of the Manam people has been able to get to the main land owing to heavy seas, and strong winds.
“The crater on the south side, which is beneath the main one, has been very active, shooting lava into the air hun dreds of feet, and burning all bush for hundreds of feet down the mountain side. So far it has not caused any damage to the gardens”. (See front cover of this issue for photograph of Manam Island, as seen from the air.)
The sport of horse-racing is followed in every Pacific Island. Here, on the beach in Raro tonga, are the horses and riders lining up for the start of a race.