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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11453, 2 March 1931, Page 5

Quito a' lot has appeared in tlio press recently with regard to the effect the great earthquake has had on land fronting, the sea at Mohalca.,. and especially with regard to the property farmed by "Mr. O’Grady. It had bteen mentioned that- lie had lost 500 acres, with stock, which, had been heaved into the! sea and lost; Mr. F. H. Biel, the owner of the property, assures the Wiairoa Star , that such is not the case, lie had just concluded an inspection of. the land, and althofifeh‘it was/ badly clacked -and, "pancaking" •on the seadlrdnt, no actual : laiid "was ldst.He mentions i that neighbouring pfdpepties '-.had' lost' land, and/ aS ,f a /result there had evidently 1 been a 1 heavy’local tidal wave, caused by the. displacement of sea watery as-a sfehnapper had been found on the top of the hills’ in ‘the vicinity. * ' “ ! •: v You > need a- • watch / If yen .want' a- reliable enb;, .’phe'-j*jPuV can ; dojierid on, Athene cah. Sell '-it 'to at prices defying' <k>iUpetikiohs' A. Stoneham and Co., Gisborne's j %>m© of watches,*,* i v