CITY GIVES HELP

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 112, 5 February 1931, Page 10

CITY GIVES HELP

Men and Equipment THREE ENGINEERS LEAVE It'was decided yesterday morning to send some of the City Council’s officers to assist in the rehabilitation of Napier and Hastings. These were Messrs. _W. Cable (electrical engineer and manager), E. R. McKillop (water engineer), and —. Thompson (assistant city engineer), all three , men with special knowledge as to lighting, water, and general engineering work. Mr. Thompson has had professional ’experience of the district. On Wednesday the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, dispatched a motor lorry arid six men to Napier to undertake any essential work in Napier that offers. In view of the break-down in the hydro-electric service, his Worship also thought it prudent to forward, with these men, a stock of portable electric battery lamps, which are sure, to be needed for work after dark. HOT MUD GEYSER Phenomenon on Farm DEBRIS DAMS RIVER By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, February 4. On Mi-. J. Barns Graham's station at Hangaroa, inland from Gisborne, it has been always known that oil exists in the vicinity, and gas has frequently exuded from the soil, and after the first shake yesterday a column of hot, slaty-coloured mud twenty to thirty feet high, played up into the air and continued until the second big shake subsided, some minutes later, when the geyser ceased. The heat of the blow-out was so intense that a party of men half a mile awdy could feel it. The wind nt the time was blowing from the direction of the geyser toward the men. The blow-out was accompanied by a very loud noise. Mud from the geyser ran down into the Hangaroa River and so much mud was thrown up that, although almost.of a liquid nature, it entirely dammed the river., PLANS CHANGED Their Excellencies Cancel Trip On receiving the news of the' disastrous earthquake, their Excellencies Lord and Lady Bledisloe, wild hud proposed to-spend a few days at the Franz Josef Glacier, decided to return at once to Wellington, and will arrive here to-mor-row morning. " .1 * WOMEN’S INSTITUTES To avoid duplicating and overlapping, arrangements have been made between the authorities of the Women’s Institute and the Red Cross Society for the Red Cross Society in Wellington to receive parcels of food and clothing for transmission to the stricken area. Members' of the institutes,in. the South Island and territories adjacent to Wellington who may desire to help are requested to consign their parcels to “Red Cross Society. Wellington.” Institute workers have also arranged to render extra assistance to Red Cross Headquarters in packing and handling goods.