EARTHQUAKE REPORTS
ANXIETY IN FRANCE.
INQUIRY FOR RELATIVES.
An idea of the effect of the exaggerated reports of the New Zealand earthquakes which were published abroad is to be obtained from a letter received by the town clerk of Blenheim, Mr. T. F. Bull. The letter, which comes from a village in France, is as follows: “Dear Sir, —I have been asked to write to you to see if you inquire and try and find out if Mr. and Mrs. —— —, either or both of them, were among theunfortunate that was killed or missing in the latest trembling of the terre m New Zealand. \
“Their relatives, which reside here,, are very anxious to find out some news. Up to the disaster they were always corresponding, but from the second disaster they have not had a single line. They received news after the first trembling and also photos of the ruins. This information which ia asked for here is purely personal and if you would be so good as to try and find out it would be very welcome here. I don’t know whom to write to, but I am trusting to your good, will as if they are amongst the dead or missing they may be registered” ■ Mr. Bull has forwarded a reply to the effect that the persons inquired, for have left Blenheim and have taken up their residence in a North Island town,
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1932, Page 8
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