TRIALS ON WEST COAST
STATEMENT BY DR. TELFORD. REMOVING WRONG IMPRESSION. Christchurch, July 4. In a statement yesterday Dr. J. F Telford, district officer of health, said* ‘Regarding an interview given over th? telephone at Christchurch on my return from the West Coast I was unfortunately represented as saying that the Westport people are condoling with each other and considering getting in relie* money instead of getting to work. This is quite incorrect. The statement applied to the Borough Council at the time of my arrival at Westport, when they were considering these matters, instead of getting on with all essential utilities which had been interrupted. “I understand that this reputed statement of mine is likely to have done harm in the minds of the general public, and I am anxious that this impression should be corrected. From my inspection of the West Coast locality following the earthquake I am satisfied that the West Coast people went through a very harrowing time, and in addition sustained serious damage to their dwellings and furniture. I would therefor© suggest to al Ithose in a position to give co give liberally in order that the damage" done to private property may be speedily rectified, as sufferers from the earthquake are in every sense deserving."
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1929, Page 14
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