EARTHQUAKE NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18831, 20 March 1931, Page 4

EARTHQUAKE NEWS.

THE DEATH ROLL. By Telegraph—Freer AsrociAtl-n NAPIER, March 19. The list of tnose reported possibly killed in the ’quake is a comprehensive une, but after a full police inquiry it was decided that many people included in the list cannot be said to be authentically missing. The total remaining unidentified is 26. Whilst 26 remain unidentified, only eight people are definitely known to be missing, as follows: Michael Baker, an English tourist, staying at the Masonic. Miss Kelly, a visitor, also at the Masonic. Mrs Ada Mary Walshe. Mr Herbert Arthur Bennett. Miss Ellen McEvery. Miss Sybil Florence Wood. Miss Joyce Tailor. Thomas Ryan. All Napier.

NAPIER TRAMWAY LOANS— By Telegraph—Press Association NAPIER, March 19. Although Napier’s tramways service will probably not be restored, interest and sinking fund on the eight loans, totalling £158,341, which were raised for the venture, will have to be met. “Legislation will probably legalise the deferment and depreciation reserve, but not the interest,” said the Commissioner, Mr J. S. Barton. “It is possible the deferment of the sinking fund also will be legalised, but the interest will certainly go on. The Borough will meet all its liabilities.”