JAPAN AGAIN SHAKEN
SHARP EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
THE POPULACE ALARMED.
Presa Association—By Telegraph—C opyrujht
TOKIO, December 5. A sharp earthquake rocked Western Japan and the island of Formosa, stopping the clocks and doing minor damage. The nervous populace fled to the open spaces, fearing a recurrence of the •'September disaster.—Reuter.
FIRE INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS. TOKIO, December 5. The text of the Fire Insurance Subsidy Bill has been published. It was accompanied by a statement that the Government is prepared to extend the same assistance to foreign insurance companies should they adopt a policy of the payment of 10 per cent, of the claims for compensation. The Government’s advance is expected to X’each 150,000,000 yen.—-Reu-ter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19038, 7 December 1923, Page 5
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