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Grey River Argus, 26 March 1928, Page 5

New Brighton Borough Council is seeking a loan of £12,000 for <rectioi of salt-watjr baths. The barrack training of about thir'y local Territorials which was conducted Inst week, concluded at 4 p.m. on Saturday. h The .Nelson ('reek swimmer, Brownvy, at Thursday nights swimming carnival, will make an attempt to set up a new record for the (treymouth Baths. Yesterday, Atkinson, of Christchurch, put up a new record f<F|- Runanga Baths of 12 1-5 sec for the 25 yards. The Auckland corr< sponrdent of the Christchurch Press on Friday w|ired: ‘‘Two sisters living quietly together hi a little house in Arthur Street, Ellerslie found recently in a neglected corner of their sitting room a set of water colour paintings which have proved to be th,, work of the f unions English poet and painter, William Blake. The pictures are worth from £12.000 to £15,000, and their discovery is the most important Blake find this century. It will not be long before English and American" dealers are fighting for th : r possession. Other pictures in the h use are worth about* £5OOO. The Greymouth Dance Assembly holds a long night dance at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday. The opening assembly last Thursday was very successful, among those present being Misses Markland J. Mills, R. Deere. K. Simpson, M. Harrington, B. Mark land, A. Bell. A. Cytran, A. Preston, Aileeu Hagen, Mona Outram, V. Rustin, Audrey Mills, Maureen Rohloff. Sheila Palmer, A. Palmer. F. Rust in. K. Robin and M. G. Elsmore; Messrs T. T. Bowes. P. McDonald. N. Kearner, Hope, W. Firmin, 1). McKenzie. Hartshorne (Dooson), L. Potts, F. liable, V. Groom, C. Alnehirus, K. If.ietd, If. Gray, it. Baird, I>. Baird, F. Jfills, \V. Cross, E. Lakin, J. Hairies .1,, Hi|. tiin. C. Lnminont, L. S. Janies. 11, ‘juries, B. J. Hobertsoo. ,\, Xelson, 11. 'ilope, S. Mulloy, M. Garth, W. Beed. id Willis, K. Geroinui, C. .Murpliv. .1. Mm-itlrov and W. Bradley.

The Italian seismologist.! Professor Bendandi, who last week earthquakes in the HoutUerh Pacific, as well as in Europe, wasjtyroveil yesterday to b e an accural>l’prognosticator. At ten minutes pa jt,nine yesterday morning, preceded by a definite rumble, there was a very distinct earthquake in iDeymoii/th, which lasted quite a number of .seconds. The tremors at first were sliiht, but then increased, and eaustpi furniture in houses to vibrate. There was no violence, but the dur.Ztion of the earthquake was exceptional. There wax another slighter qinke felt in the afternoon about 1.3 v o’clock. It also is worth recording that a large earthquake with an fireual epicentral disMvl p of apparently about 98 degrees fr B i Christch’ii.di,* was recorded at 5 Jpi mutes pas® 4 p.m. New Zealand tW on Thursday, March 22nd, on the M'ißnograph /of <he Christchurch M luetic Observatory.