BACK TO THEIR HOMES.
SETTLERS RETURNING TO MURCHISON. A SEVERE SHOCK. CHIMNEYS DOWN AGAIN AT GLENHOPE. (PKKCS ASSOCIATION TSLICaAM.) NELSON, July 5.
Generally speaking, the decided improvement in conditions at Murchison has beeu vrell maintained. Thirty settlers arrived in Murchison to-day, and proceeded to their holdings. It is estimated that about 120 settlers are back again, and are already commencing the work of restoration on their farms. The mail cars are now running as usual to and from Murchison, carrying a good number of passengers. Newman Bros, intend to reopen the service to the West Coast over a new route, through Maruia, on July loth. Five out of seven chimneys which had just been rebuilt, on railway promisee at Glenhope, snapped off again ht the roof during this morning's shake, which was felt with some violence at Glenhope.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19664, 6 July 1929, Page 15
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