REPAIRS TO HOUSES
'QUAKE RELIEF CLAIMS. PAY-OUT COMMENCED. paying out from the Earthquake Relief 1* und to those who had paid for the cost of reinstating their dwellings after the earthquake is now proceeding in Napier, the first batch of applicants receiving their cheques yesterday. Over 1600 applicants have been received by the committee administering the fund, the total value being 232,284. In view of the large number of applicants who are to be reimbursed, it is not convenient to pay out all at one time and therefore the initial letters of the surname of the applicants have been divided up over the week, a day being allotted to each section' of the alphabet. Yesterday, when the letters A to C were dealt with, there was a steady stream at the Napier office of the committee. Details of the number of applications and the amount to be paid out are as follow:— Applications £ Napier ... .. .. 720 17,671 H.B. Countv ... 148 2319 Hastings 715 10,082 Waipukurau ... Indefinite 1829 Waipawa ... ... 17 383 Total w ... £32,284
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 304, 8 December 1931, Page 3
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172REPAIRS TO HOUSES Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 304, 8 December 1931, Page 3
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