EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
APPLICATIONS CLOSE THIS WEEK By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 27. August 31 has been fixed as the last day for lodging individual applications with the Central Earthquake Committee. Meanwhile £2OOO is being spent on restoring fireplaces, and £SOO on temporary tracks. According to Mr G. C. Black, M.l . St will take £350,000 to restore the roads; the Westport to Karamea road will require £120,000 and the Duller Gorge £IOO,OOO. Engineers are preparing a comprehensive estimate of the damage for the committee.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18355, 28 August 1929, Page 7
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83EARTHQUAKE RELIEF Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18355, 28 August 1929, Page 7
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