NO STINT AT HOME

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 12

NO STINT AT HOME

HELP FOR RUINED TOWNS THE PEOPLE'S SYMPATHY

LONDON, 3rd February. "Tho Times," -in a loader, says: "In coping with the present emergency Now Zealand can be countod on to show tho courage and energy of which already she has given many proofs in peace and war. "There will; be no hesitation and no stint in the help given to the inhabitants in the two cities laid in ruins, and in the other towns and villages which have suffered less severely. Everything that can bo done for them will be done." The newspapers feature lengthy messages from New Zealand, and views of Napier, some attempting dramatic1 pictorial impressions based, on the descriptions. Editorials voice the sympathy of the people of Great Britain. , The "Daily Telegraph" states that His Majesty has expressed the feelings throughout the Empire toward the Dominion, which has suffered a blow of appalling magnitude, hitherto unthought of in the province of Hawkes

Bay. ' . ~ "The danger zone there is in lme with a erustal weakness running northeast from the volcanoes, but this heads away from Napier towards the Bay oi| Plenty. Auckland seemed, if anything, nearer tho danger zone than Napier. The prediction was falsified, and the blow; struck where it was least expected." The "Morning Post" states that the first presumption was that the earthquake was of volcanic origin, but appearances may be misleading.' The "Daily Mail" states: — "We do not forget what the splendid people of New Zealand did for the Empire in war-time. We lament the dead and pray for the injured. If there is need for financial aid, as it* would seem that there must be, people here, however hard the times, will be eager to help the sufferers, whether by the medium of a Lord Mayor's fund or a vote of Parliament."