THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 January 1909, Page 3

THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

ieixaa Assogutioh.— CopsaioHi.] itfSTBIBUTION OF RATIONS. ROME, Wednesday. ThY "relief committees in the Italian Earthquake zone distributs rations daily to 640,000 persons. ' i y " - * -Ta^AY'S CABLES. ' miE COMMpNWfiALTH .COtfTBI- "; ][ ;-^\^.:V^jp(UlTON._._. _-_ . . ■ >• 1-- .»-.-. /,«;:■{! -a ••-■■■■ ■■■ '-. ■ : ■- ■ -.- • . ; . ;.,. '•■ <>V-Be«eivea Janol4, 9.:40. a.m.). ':' V; . LONDON, Wednesday H Signor Giolitti,;the> Italian Premier, ■< cabled to Major s Collins, -'the Common-I-wfcdth^jAfcent, ijthe/ thanks: .of ' the iteUa,nd^vj3nunent,..for" tire Common-•-wealth's conspicuously liberal contri'llVntipn towards the earthquake fund. :- The Italian Ambassador in London illiasalsol^ressedthegratit-uae of the sovereign and the Italian people. ■•' ASSISTANCE &ROM NEW ZEA'y f THE CHEVIOT FUND. CHBISTCHirEQH, Wednesday. -'.:A: r ßnm7of :.£2Qp, lying to the credit of the" Cheviot earthquake fund, is now to be devoted to (the relief of the jsuffererßjJy the recent earthquakes in and Southern Italy. WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Warehousemen's Associations -.of Auckland/and Wellington have sub--scribed-and forwarded to the Italian Consul here £110 for the relief of the ■ earthquake' sufferers. . volcanic AOTiyrr* w samoa. ERUPTION AND EARTHQUAKES. '' " ' AUCKLAND, Thursday. - lii view 1 of the disastrous eaTthquakes in Italy, more than ordinary interest attaches to a report brought by 'the steamer Lord Sef ton; which arrived from San Francisco last night, that the volcano on Savaii Island, Samoa, ■was observed in violent eruption on January 3rd, emitting flame and steam about a/thousand feet. The sky for miles around was a canopy of fire. At Apia on the following day it was reported that several sharp earthquakes had been experienced a few days previcroslyiaria recently; but no damage bad'been sustained.