AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
WATER SUPPLY INCREASED; BENEFIT TO LYTTELTGN. -. [BY . SELEaaiPH. —OWN COEBESPOJmisJTT.J CHRISTCHDRGH. Wednesday. " It is " an ii] wind that blows nobody i any.good," and the proverb would* seem-.• s to apply to earthquakes. -At a meeting i of the Lytteltoh Borough Council the eni gineer reported that an immediate re- > suit of the earthquake on Christmas Day ■ ■ was that there had been a \ marked .increase in the flow of water in the wells at Heaithcote from which* the town's supply is pumped.-; The increase permitted of an extra hour's | pumping daily ■at V time -when the water was badly needed. : This report prompted: one ; member of the council to inquire eegerly: "Couldn't we arrange for another earthquake?"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18295, 11 January 1923, Page 6
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