SUNDAY IN NAPIER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20793, 9 February 1931, Page 12

SUNDAY IN NAPIER.

ONLY ESSENTIAL WOItK..

SERVICES IMPROVING.

THREATENING WEATHER. [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] NAPIER, Sunday. Only essential duties have been cairied out to-day. In Napior water-service gangs have been busy, but among the ruins there was only one gang engaged. This was salvaging .1 bank safe. From a police station building ono saw a few men loading coin into a lorry, no guard being present. The coin was contained in cement bags. The reason of the transference is not known, but possibly it is not unconnected with the fact that the

is at the base of a steep slope of the Bluff, which might slip again. The day was supposed to be one of rest but really no one can rest, particularly after a sevens shako such as occurred at 1.45.

There was some evidence of local tourist traffic to-day, and indications that some families were returning, cither to stay or, to inspect their houses and recover goods.

Sen-ices of all kinds are improving rapidly. The weather is still fine, although to-day has been mainly overcast with a few drops of misty rain now and again. The conditions looked worse Conight. Should a deluge develop there will inevitably be greatly accentuated road trouble, besides the added danger of pestilence.

The great recurring danger is lire, particularly in Napier, because it has been proved by the outbreaks of yesterday and Thursday night that tliero aro irresponsible people about. However, pressure mains are full in some areas.

The peoplo who have been through tho whole ordeal display a fine spirit of fortitude, but there are many whoso nerves aro badly jarred. A medical authority gives the assurance, however, that very few of the patients who have remained in the hospital have become unbalanced mentally. Ono 3uch patient was evacuated to-day.

INNER HARBOUR AREA.

MOVEMENT OF COUNTRY. ENTRANCE FLOW VANISHES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NAPIER. Sunday. The most violent shock sbice (lie eaithquake last Tuesday shook Napier badly just before 2 p.m. to-day. Further Tails occurred at Bluff Hill and Cape Kidnappers was hidden from view by the dust resulting from falls there. The sea is rising and heavy breakers arc dashing up the beach. It may become necessary to remove camps from the foreshore. It is reported that the country immediately behind the inner harbour is slipping into the inner harbour. The floor ot the harbour is said to have been raised at least 6ft., but this is mere conjecture. A settler from Poraite states that the hills behind the lagoon are showing a tendency to flatten out. The tidal flow at tho inner harbour entrance, which used to be about six knots, is now practically non-existent, duo to the fact that very little water is finding its way into the lagoon which "xtends from Greenmeadows to Petane. Whether this condition will continue is another question.

ft is asserted thnt trie sen in front of the town has resumed its normal level.