VOLCANO ERUPTS AFRESH ON PHLIPPINE ISLE

Grey River Argus, 11 September 1948, Page 3

VOLCANO ERUPTS AFRESH ON PHLIPPINE ISLE

MANILA, Sept. 9. Mass evacuation of Uamiguin Island, in the southern Philippines was ordered to-day because of an acute emergency resultin gfrom a rain of deadly acidic ash in new eruptions by Mount Hibokhibok. A Philippines naval patrol vessel broadcast an urgent radio appeal to all ships within call to proceed to the island and remove the remaining 15,000 inhabitants. Hibokhibok has been erupting since September 1 and 36,000 islanders have already been removed. Subsequently the eruption quietened and the danger to the remaining inhabitants was believed Past. To-day’s radio appeal broadcast by Arturo Alcaraz, the Philippines Weather Bureau vulcanologist,.aboard a patrol vessel, said all the available boats were needed for the evacuation and added that order was being maintained. Guinsiliban and Binone, designated as embarkation ports, are small towns on the south-east coast of the island, which is in Mindanao sea, onl ya dozen miles north of the big island of Mindanao, where thousands fled after the first eruptions last week. . ~ , . aged Hotel Excelsior, which is reserved for non-German travellers by eating out in German restuarants. .The prices charged for couponless meals in 'German marks amount, in most cases, to no more than those of British-run hotels for food vastly inferior in quality. As many German restaurant managers are quite willing to take Bafsv, the British occupation currency for a very favourite rate of exchange, the cost of a good meal is moderate. The meat portions in German restaurants usually consist of three .thick slices accompanied by abunaant, well-cooked vegetables. Most of the men seen in German hotels smoke cigarettes which in south and western Germany, now cost 30 pfennigs each. These are no longer. obtainable only from shady-looking individuals at street corners, but are on sale at almost all tobaconists.. The price, though high, compares favourably with German cigarettes which cost 20 pfennigs each. While it is possible to live and eat cheaply and even luxuriously in German hotels and restaurants, however, it would not be fair to assume that Germany is now a land of plenty, but there is a. great deal more food to be had. The farmers and food retailers are hoarding less because they find that they can purchase the goods they need with the new currehev and consequently the German travelling public reaps the benefit.