• J v , j t By taking advantage of iiie„ difforf encos in rates of exchange between "ISew l Zealand and Aiiatfalia,- the Moiutf Alborb Borough CJounoil has madfi a>flav« | ing of £-336 in a half-yearly I ■ p&yment. The payment'was due ; in M6li i bourne, and the MayorofMotint^Albert,, Mr L, E. Rhodes, last wedk interviewed la number of bask officials-ia Auclt< | land but was-unable satistaetory- arrangomenta, Determined- to , save th# borough s njoney;, Mr Rhodes went to "Wellington and .satisfactorily arranged the. matter -with & ihianoilul; institution there, *j?he interest payment to portion of- a loan raised" "in 1926 in s connexion with.- capitalexpfcndi-" tliro in . the develojjment'-of sewage. and reading works in tlio fcorpogh/ but Mr, Rhodes said he preferred not to state; the amount of the payment.—("Auckland Star") . ' , . \ - Stories, of ■ the Earthquake will be told £or tfiany "yearA : for practically everyone- is the' ttiWnsaffected iuaq a'lucky escape front. mjvxy at the leapt. An pWL Aucklander/ Mr H. Edwards, felt the devastating shake -nrheir in an unusual jpnsition (says, the"Auckland Star?'). n„ wu « an his boat fishing, and -wondering why-. \ the sehnapper on Mij favourite, ground were not biting, % Then his small craft was lifted about 3£t off the sea. 'His first thought Was that ho was on top of a waterspoutj. but then -he lottked at Bluff Hill, andi saw patf of it Crashing jdown, « typilk- about he writes,* "it wis-. aot;.in, it. .'The noise was like ifieat ,141b ne&fed tlw Bhftre he iawr.rt 4ft fof water wWrelOftiaa been befOre. After Jsfcd* < ing lie helped tt> three Tvojhen tthd a b»: tbe >uins of the Masonic Hot& "u' ! h , v ■' *«, vM* ft' X', / ?
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 10
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