One of those little acts in life which so admirably demonstrate the fact that “ kind hearts are more than coronets ” occurred at the Palmerston North railway station the other afternoon, when a swagger called at the booking, office and offered 5s in aid of the Napier sufferers from the earthquake (says the Manawatu Evening Standard). The man said the amount was all he had to spare, but he would gladly give it for the benefit of the people more unfortunate than himself—• a spirit which was as commendable as it was deserving of recognition. Six hundred tons of water were thrown out of the main gasometer in Wanganui as the result of last week’s earthquake (says the Chronicle). It is interesting to note that on the occasion of the big Murchison earthquake the same gasometer lost 300 tons.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4014, 17 February 1931, Page 50
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