THE REFUGEES

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2244, 27 June 1929, Page 6

THE REFUGEES

..*• . 'I ‘ . 700 IN NELSON EVERYTHING POSSIBLE DONE THEM (Per Press Association) Nelson. June ~G. 11, is estimated that TOO Murchison refugees are now in Nelson. r ) he Railway Department alone carried ~>-2, and in addition many came in by motor, some going straight to personal friends. Everything possible is being done for I lie newcomers. Hon, \V. M. Snodgrass, M.C.C., wlm visited Murchison, stated today: “Mention should be made in connection with lli e splendid work that lias been don<« at Murchison, of tin* efforts of the ' Salvation Army ollicer. Captain Walker, of Keefton, and Mr 'William Rlom. They set out for Up. stricken area from Keefton. They went to see if assistance was required at. the Upper Maruia road. Provided matters wer <; gogoing Siitisfuctdrily they would have preceded on down to Murehibon, where their services would have been appreciated. NOT AN ERUPTION SAYS PROFESSOR PARK EARTH MOVES TO SETTLE Dundin, .June 2G. Professor Park, of tlie Otago School of Mines, says ’that tlie. Nelson earthquake were not volcanic, but due to earth movements which will continue until Ih t »«.internal crustal stresses reach a stat e of equilibrium. There was no evidence of volcanicity There was no evidence of volcanicity in any part of tlie Nelson district for nearly two whole geological epochs. RELIEF FUND GROWS - New iMyniouth, June 20 The earthquake relief fund opened by the Taranaki Herald at the request of tli(> Mayor is approaching £IOO. The donation (includes £SO from the New Plymouth Savings Bank. , RAIN AT’ MURCHISON SHAKES' QUIETEN DOWN . j ' SETTLERS RETURNING Nelson, June -G. It was still raining at Murchison this afternoon, hut the ’quakes and rumblings liave quietened down considerably. ■ Newman Bros, took a full service ear load through to Murchison today. These wer ( . lostly settlors who have been out for some days, and are going back to their homes leaving their wives and families in Nelson. AGAIN LAST NIGHT SEVERAL 'VIOLENT SHOCKS MANY APPLICANTS FOR RELIEF TOWN HALL TOWER TO BE DISMANTLED GreynioutliV June 20 • A sharp earthquake causing a renewed alarm, occurred at 10.10 p.m., several shocks being felt. Tlie relief committee tonight received about 100 applications for relief. There being only about £SOO of local funds available, the committee limiting the grants to about £5 each for certain necessitous Cases, where widows 4U1U.., families lacked breadwinners. Country eases were referred to sub'C.oijumltces. In cases of Government; mortgage houses, it was decided io, ask the Government to capitalise the damage, enabling it to be paid ofl'pn the same way as the mortgages. The majority of the applications canto- from Blackball. The Town Hall -tower has to he pulled down and the walls at either end of the structure strengthened, according to the decision of an architect who today made an inspection. TEXTS FOR WEST COAST In response to a request, from Mr 11. E. Holland. M l* for Buller, the Minister of Defence (the Hon. T. M. Wilford) has arranged for tlie dispatch to thy West Coast of a consignment of army tents for the use of earthquake refugees. A undred blankets \ver ( . Sent by the steamer Orepuki yesterday. SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE , ;r Auckland, June 2G. Thy Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. P. A. de lit l'aerrelie), before leaving here for 'Wellington, said that lie desired to express his

appreciation of the magnificent effort made in regard to the relief of the people in t'h earthquake area. ‘‘Tile rsponso of the' Aucklanders has been wonderfully spontaneous, and it must he very gratifying to those stricken on the West Coast to know that such help is coming from the north,” he said.