NAPIER REPORTS A QUIET DAY

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 February 1931, Page 3

NAPIER REPORTS A QUIET DAY

Temporary Hospital To be Erected NAPIER, Last Night. The weather is line and the sea calm. The wind is light. Only one slight shock was felt to-day. For some unexplained reason the electric light failed to-day and was not on at 9 p.xn. Maori people are being removed from the white camps as a health measure, the natives being considered to be carriers. A night soil service is to be started in Napier South, where the sewer damage is severe. It is reported that it has been decided by the committee to charge all peiplo 4/- per day for food. This is expected to create some objection. Temporary hospital accommodation for 50 or 60 patients is to be erected on Hospital Hill. Arrangements are proceeding to ship wool and meat on the steamer Ha araki, to berth at the breakwater. The work of river protection is proceeding satisfactorily. EDUCATION FACILITIES. 1 .. , NAPIER, Last Night. As there seems little prospect of the High and Technical Schools in Napier re-opening this term, the Department urges parents to sent their children immediately to the nearest school. GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL. 1 WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Education Department urges that parents of pupils previously attending the Napier Girls’ High School should arrange to collect their belongings from the school before next Friday. HARRIS CAP EMPLOYEES. 'NAPIER, Last Night. The employees of the Harris Cap factories arc required to report thou whereabouts to the manager.