CONDITIONS AT NAPIER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 77, 10 March 1931, Page 2

CONDITIONS AT NAPIER

GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL RESUMES NAPIER, March 9. A deputation from the Hawke 's Bay Rivers Board left to-uay for Wellington, to place before the Premier a re- ' quest for £3OOO to be placed to the Board's credit to pay wages already; I due in connection with the work in restoring the river banksi The Napier Girls' High School resumed today. In the early days after ! the 'quake it was thought by the auth- ! orities that It would bo impossible to resume secondary education in Napier for some time. However, so many parents have expressed a desire to have their children with them, that it has been decided at short notice to reopea and give an opportunity to get the children back t normal as soon A 3 their homes are ready. In spite of the old school being ruined and the nevr brick building damaged, there still remain ten or twelve detached Toomg which withstood-the shock- These are, being used. RELIEF FUNDS "•;, HOW ARE THEY SPENT? "i NAPIER, March 9. At, a meeting of the Hawkn's Bay County Council the chairman said that exaggerated reports had reached Napier as to the spending of the relief fund in Wellington. He thought that ! the Public Trustee should show how relief money was being expended. Some had remained like heroes, while others had left, ft was necessary to evacuate the women and children of Napier, but not so Hastings. He thought that they should now return and lend a hand. The balance of the fund, after feeding necessitous cases, should bo divided over the afflicted area. A motion was carried that a balancesheet be produced. A country representati%'e said that the time had arrived for people to return rather than live in other parts. A well-known business man asserted to-day that Wellington went so far as to give daily cash donations to ablebodied men, whilst mosl of those who remained had worked for nothing. HASTINGS REFUGEES EARLY RETURN URGED HASTINGS, March 9. The Registration Officer (Mr S. Averill) requests all residents of the town to return at the earliest opportunity. The request is urgent, and is made for two reasons —(1) Repairs to houses and business premises and demolition where necessary cannot be decided upon or carried out without the authority of owners or occupants. (2) He felt" that the extreme kindness of the people who offered to refuge absentees from the district should not be trespassed upon and absentees now remaining absent run a risk with regard to necessary and immediate actions being performed by the authorities to enable a general return of residents. The restrictions previously existing ajrainst the occupancy of homos have been cancelled, and permits to travel regardless of the mode chosen must be obtained by letter or telegram from Mr Averill, registration officer. The permit will be immediately posted.