Remarkable Change in Coastline.—Photograph, taken about two miles south of Mohaka River, shows how the earthquake forced up beach and sea bed at foot of cliffs to height of approximately 70ft., as indicated by dotted line. Sand and shingle from former beach now reach half-way up the cliff.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18822, 10 March 1931, Page 5
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48Remarkable Change in Coastline.—Photograph, taken about two miles south of Mohaka River, shows how the earthquake forced up beach and sea bed at foot of cliffs to height of approximately 70ft., as indicated by dotted line. Sand and shingle from former beach now reach half-way up the cliff. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18822, 10 March 1931, Page 5
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