Mysterious Explosions
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At Honiara
Frem Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, Dec. 15.
MANY Honiara, BSI, residents noticed an explosion on the night of November 26, which was described as resembling the detonation of a heavy bomb under ground and coming from a direc tion west of Honiara.
The BSI Government Geologist (Mr. J. C. Grover) believes that it could have originated from a point 10 miles up the Boneggi River and 13 miles west of Honiara, This area is thermally active and the hot waters there are well-known among
the bush natives for their healing powers, particularly for skin diseases.
Mr. Grover believes that there has been some renewal on a small scale of volcanic activity on Guadalcanal, though this activity is very much less than in the middle of last century, when Savo Island, near Guadalcanal, was erupting. Savo Island still has hot springs and areas where steam rises from fissures in the ground, but has not been otherwise active for many years.
The 1,250 tourists on the Decem ber cruise of Orient liner Orcades, spent £29,200 during two days in New Zealand and two in Fiji.