EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND

Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 February 1931, Page 9

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND

BOROUGH COUNCIL LIST. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged .. 903 16 7 Hawera Trotting Club 59 0 0 Air and Airs 'Overton 5 5 0 Alaetel Overton 0 10 0 Alisses Instone and Stock (first instalment recital proceeds 15 0 9 Air and Airs Kneebone .. — 3 3 0 “H” 1 1 0 Wharcroa card party (additional) 0 3 0 Refund of exchange 0 0 6 Total '978 19 1 “IHAAVERA STAR” LIST. £ s. d. Previouslv acknowledged .. 570 9 (5 Airs. T. R. E’xley . 3 0 0 8.1. A. - 0 10 0 Anonymous 1 9 9 AI. Roberts 1 0 0 J.D.S i 3 0 0 Normanby Town List 27 15 0 'Total £606 14 6 PRIME AIINISTER ’iS FUND (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AVELLINGTON, Feb. T 9. The Prime Minister’s fund now totals £122,820 Ss.

MINISTER’S ORDERS.

“SEEAI9 ALL RUNKUAI.”

(By Telegrapli —Press Association.) , DUNEDIN, Feb. 18. J “It seems to me that some people take fright,” said the chairman, Mr. J AVallace* when a communication from the Director of Education was before the Otago Education Board at! this morning’s meeting. j The director of Education wrote saying that he was direoted 1 by the Alinis-, ter to* say that in view of the recent' severe earthquake in Hawke’s. Bay, and. of the fact that brick buildings of all descriptions suffered more severely than buildings erected in any other material, the Minister had directed that that- all work of construction on educational' (buildings dn brick must cease forthwith. If there were in their district any such buildings in course of erection l , arrangement®, should be made 'accordingly. He was also directed to ask that all brick 'buildings in the district ait present in occupation should be immediately inspected by the architect and a report furnished to the department through the board. In this] connection the Public ‘Works. Depart- 1 ment had been requested tQ' instruct its ( district engineer or its resident en-i gineer to collaborate with the 'board’sarchitect on his visit of inspection. The' engineer’s report would be sent sep-| arately to the permanent head of his own department. The request was for the inspection of all brick educational: buildings whether erected from plans j prepared by the architect or otherwise.'

All-. WdiOlace said that as far as Otago and Southland were concerned l the direction seemed to be bunkum.' He could not remember a. decent earthquake in Dunedin. j Air. J. Horn: There was one in ■ Otago in 1875 which knocked down * chimneys in Oamaru and Port Oil-aim-1 ops. I

The chairman said that the instructions would have to 'be carried out, but attention should be drawn to- the fact that the foundations for the Albany Street School were practically in. The Director's letter was- noted, and the- question of the Albany Street School building was left in the hands of the chairman for him to get in touch with the department.

CONDITIONS AT NAPIER

ELEjOTRLO LIGHT FAILS

NAPIERI, Feb. US. The weather is fine, the ,sea calm, and the wind light ‘ 'oily one slightj shock was felt to-day. j For some >unexplained reason (the j elect-rip light failed to-day and was j not on at 9 p.m. . Maori people are being removed, from the white camps as a health measure, 1 as the natives are considered' to he carriers. A night soil service is to be started in Napier South, where the sewer damage was severe. I It- is reported that it has been decided by the committee to charge all people 4s per day for food. This is expected to create some objection. j Temporary hospital alacoinmodfation ; for 50 or 6Q patients is to ‘be erected j on the hospital hill. Arrangements are -proceeding to ship wool and meat. The steamer Hauraki is to bettli at the breakwater. Work on the river protection is proceeding i satisfactorily. Messrs. Nash and Link- j later, Af.P.’s, were in Napier to-day. ' I VISIT TO TE POHUEI. j

ROAD'S BADLY DAMAGED. | I HASTINGS, Feb. 18. 1 Conflicting reports- from Te Poliue of the damage caused by Friday’s earthquake were cleared this, morning by Major Power, of the Red Cross, who made a special trip there with medical and other assistance. Speaking to- a “Dominion’’ representative, he confirmed the statement that the township escaped damage until Friday, hut no urgent relief was needed. At present the road is almost impossible, there being huge openings and the hills in dangerous condition.

Anticipating trouble, he left sis' months’ supplies under look and key, with instructions that they be disposed of only should the place become isolated.

THE TASK OF REBUILDING. THE, REGULATIONS COAIAIITTEE. AVELLINGTON, Feb. 18. The Prime Alinister announces the personnel of the Building Regulations Committee as follows: All*. J. E. L. Oull (chairman). Professor of Civil Engineering, Canterbury College; Air. J. T. Alair, Government architect; Air. AY. L. Newnham, designing engineer, Public AVorksi Department; Mr. James Fletcher, managing, d-irector of the Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd.; All*. E. H. Rliiodes,, structural engineer, Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd; Air. H. AUckerman, civil engineer, AVellington; All*. R. A,. Campbell, civil engineer, Christchurch; Air. S. T. Silver; structural engineer, AVellington; Air. A. S. Alitchellj architect and engineer, Wellington ; Mr. G. Hart, city engineer, AVellington; All*. A. G. Bush, borough engineer, Lower Hutt. The secretary of the committee is Dr. M. A. F. Barnett, cf the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, AVellington. The inaugural meeting of the committee is to he held on Saturday, February 21.

POLICE AND FIRE) BRIGADE. AfAYOR OF HASTINGS’: TRIBUTE. HASTINGS, Feb. 18. “In the stress of prevailing circumstances',” says a, message issued by Afr. Roach, Mayor of Hastings, “I have had not adequate opportunity to give public expression to my unbounded admiration of the magnificent part played by the police and fire brigade. Day and night the public safety and security were guarded by those two e.s----seiitia-H flarvices without tho.ugh/b lotf self or urgent personal intersts-. Thev rallied to the assistance of their stricken friends and provided that sense of confidence which went far to mitigate the hard lot cf the people. In the name of the citizens I thank them.”

SPONGE BAY UPHEAVAL.

PHENOMENA EXPLAINED

GISBORNE, Feb. 18

New light was thrown to-day on the Sponge Bay upheaval near Gisborne, where the ~ foreshore has been raised from eight to 10 feet* The spot is a rather a lonely one, seldom visited except by picnickers. For some years, however, Air. S. W. S. Strong, geologist to Taranaki oilfields, lias made periodical Visits. He dilated to-day that he looked upon the small geysers or springs as a safety valve and considered these and similar ones in Poverty Bay may have beneficially affected Gisborne during the big earthquake on Tuesday week. . Regarding tree stumps being heaved up from the depths of the ocean bed through the earthquake, All*. Strong said that could not be correct, for he had seen tree stumps in the -same place on the day previous to the earthquake, and four months' ages had taken photos of them and written a paper oil the subject. The trees had probably been there for hundreds of years. They probably grew on land near the sea, which gradually eroded and fell into the sea! The recent earthquake may have pushed them up a bit further, but even oil that point- he was not satisfied.

The only great change Air. Strong could see as the result of the upheaval was the appearance of a new boulder bank near the shore.