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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17058, 12 June 1926, Page 16

The (lovernment Seismologist a( Wellington states that last Saturday night's earthquake apparently originated at Cheviot.

Mr. W. Michael, leader-writer for the Dominion, lias been appointed to the position of editor of the Wairarapa Age, rendered vacant by tin* resignation of Dr. G. M. Scholefield.

The New Plymouth building was insured in the South British oflice for £ll,000. 1 The damage will probably run into CSOOO or £OOOO. There were fires in two or tlireo rooms last night, but when the premises were locked up everything seemed safe, and as late as 2 a.m. there was no outward sign of anything wrong. The fire was first, observed by a boy in the Boarding establishment nearby, shortly before 4 a.m.—P.A. Since the beginning of this month, thirteen cases of diphtheria have been notified, all but one coming from the Borough. While the position is considerably worse than at this lime last, year, it, is not, nearly so had as two months ago, and is not causing any alarm among the Health Officers. Dr. Clark, schools’ medical officer, stated this morning that, so long as the need for precaution was realised there was nothing in the present position to call for comment. The Makaraka school had been re-opened this week, and no fresh cases had' developed in the locality. Parents would he wise, he said, to make their children gargle a very weak solution of Condy’.s Huid as a preventive measure, and great care should lie exeercised in not allowing children to use drinking and eating utensils which are used by anyone else. Diphtheria, he pointed out, was only contracted by contact with an infected person, a,ml if care was taken there should he no danger. As advertised in this issue, the juvenile operetta. ‘'Goldilocks and the Three .Bears,” will he staged in the Opera House on June 24, 25 and 2(1. The annual presentation of these operettas has now become a special event in the lives of the children of the district and while the standard set in the past is maintained packed houses will always he assured. A feature of this year’s operetta will he the animals, while, the general costume and stage effects again will he on an elaborate ami attractive scale,