Ambrym Natives Fear
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Volcano
IT is reported in Sydney that natives on the island of Ambrym, in the New Hebrides, fearing a sudden eruption, have set a day and night watch near the crater of a volcano to warn the villagers below of danger from the lava flood.
Mr. D. Ferris, a Seventh Day Adventist missionary, in seven years has seen several of the eruptions, which are steadily eating up the natives’ land and forcing them to vacate the island. A few months ago, said Mr. Ferris, the volcano erupted at 5 p.m. one day and
by daylight the stream of lava had flow ed 12 miles to the seas. Two native villages in its path disappeared.
Mr. N. Proud, of Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum Develop ment N.L., returned to Wau from Aus tralia by airliner in mid-November with his bride.
Mr. J. Costelloe, Assistant District Of ficer in the Morobe region, arrived in Sydney from New Guinea with his wife by the December “Macdhui”.
Mr. Hulbert, a recent arrival from New Zealand, has joined the staff of the Apia Post Office, Western Samoa.