An American sugar planter in Hawaii took a. friend from the States to the edge of a volcano. “That crater is 70,004 years old,” he explained. “How do you get the exact age?” asked the newcomer. “I can understand the 70,000, but. how do you calculate the four?” ‘ Well, I’ve been in the islands for four years, and that crater was 70,000 years’ old when I arrived.” j
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 December 1934, Page 8
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