GRIM SEQUEL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22130, 8 June 1935, Page 13

GRIM SEQUEL

QUETTA EARTHQUAKE HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received June 7, 5.15 p.m.) CALCUTTA. .Tune 7 The destitute refugees from the Quetta earthquake area number 15,000 and 3000 are treated daily in hospital on the racecourse. There are 1500 in-patients at the Indian military hospital and (3000 others are treated daily. More than 7000 operations have been performed. Many British military officers' wives are nursing Indian women who were injured. PRECAUTIONARY STEPS SUGGESTIONS IN COMMONS DESTITUTION OF REFUGEES British Wireless RUGBY. .Tune (j The Under-Secretary of State for India, Mr. R. A. Butler, in the House of Commons to-day, promised to communicate to the Government of India two suggestions put forward by Mr. A. E. L. Charlton (Conservative —Platting). One was that the Seismological Association at Oxford and the Geological Society of London should inquire further into the fact that earthquake shocks in regions known to be subject to them are generally preceded by minor tremors detectable on suitable instruments, thus permitting the public to be warned. The other suggestion was that a technical commission containing members with experience of erecting earthquake buildings in New Zealand, Japan, California and elsewhere should be set up to make proposals for "the development of standardised steel-frame or other buildings, at a cost within the reach of private enterprise, in Quetta and in other neighbourhoods. The Government of India reports that between 4000 and 5000 people have been evacuated from Quetta. Arrangements have been made for their reception and care by the authorities in the Punjab and the Sind. Thousands of the refugees are absolutely destitute, and although the Government of India is using all its resources to meet their immediate needs, a swift and large response to the Viceroy's appeal for funds is essential. A bureau has been established for the registration of claims for property lost. Salvage work in connection with these claims is being carried out to the maximum extent commensurate with safety and public health. APPEAL FOR FUNDS THE RED CROSS SOCIETY [by TF.LKGItArn PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Friday The Dominion headquarters of the New Zealand Red Cross Society has decided to issue an appeal to the people of the Dominion for funds to aid sufferers in the Baluchistan earthquake. The society has received cable advice from the League of the Red Cross Society, Paris, confirming the appalling loss of life and property in the Quetta disaster, and as a result is appealing to the Mayors of all towns in New Zealand to co-operate with local newspapers in opening a fund. The society has made tentative arrangements, through Mr. 0. Goodman, Dominion president of the New Zealand Hockey Association, with the Otago Hockey Association for a collection among spectators at to-morrow's hockey , match in Dunedin in which the Indian team is taking part. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Sir Alexander Young, announced that the appeal has the approval of the New Zealand Government.