DAY OF MOURNING
Quetta Quake Victims SHAKES STILL CONTINUE (Received June 25, 9.50 p.m.) Calcutta, Juno 25. On the suggestion of Mr. Rajendra Prasad, president of the National Congress, June 30 will bo observed as a day of mourning throughout India for the Quetta earthquake victims. This week the Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, and Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwodc, Commander-in-Chlef of the army, will travel by aeroplane from Simla to Quetta and spend two days there. They will discuss with the authorities whether the city is to be used in future as a military and civil station. Gangs engaged on demolition work in the earthquake areas have recovered several thousand bodies. Severe tremors are still being felt daily. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE Recorded at Riverview (Received June 25, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney, June 25. The Riverview Observatory th-day recorded a severe earthquake in the vicinity of the New Hebrides, approximately 1450 miles north-east from Sydney.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 230, 26 June 1935, Page 9
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