A VOLCANO FOR SALE
"A real volcano, still functioning perfectly, for sale; £50,000 or any reasonably near offer. Height 6000 ft;. Apply to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Honduras." This advertisement, published in important United States newspapers recently, was not a hoax, but a real offer from General Tiburcio Carias Andino, mertial President and dictator, of the Honduras Republic (says News-Re-view). He first published the advertisement six, months before, but received no replies. Then he decided to throw his net wider, hoping an American millionaire would snap up the volcano as something new in weekend holiday centres. Money is required for the improvement of national defences. A Honduras Consular official explained that the deal, if it goes through, might be followed by other offers, as the republic has a large surplus of saleable volcanoes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23203, 29 May 1937, Page 22
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133A VOLCANO FOR SALE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23203, 29 May 1937, Page 22
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