GOVERNOR ARRIVES
11,000 EVACUATED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
HASTINGS, Bth February. After a comparatively quiet night— nothing serious being felt between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.—several moderately heavy shakes occurred. This morning demolition work was in progress. The post office is now open continu-, ously. It is estimated that eleven thousand people have been evacuated from Napuer. Very few women and children aro now in the area. Yeoman work is still being done by local and visiting volunteers. The water services are being restored in a further area, and water chemically treated at the pumping station. Thcru is no continuation of rumours concerning disease, and relief work is proceeding with wonderful precision. The patrol system is quite capable of coping with any position. The Governor-General arrived by a train which also carried water. The weather is dull but improving. The warships Dunedin and Diomcde are anchored closer in at Napier and now occupy the usual Admiralty anchorage. The "Hawkes Bay Tribune," in today's Bulletin No. 4, says that the continuance of minor shocks is the normal result of the big shake. It is reliably stated that there is no cause for alarm.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 33, 9 February 1931, Page 10
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