REPAIRING DAMAGE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 10

REPAIRING DAMAGE

CONDITION OF DWELLINGS

NO SERIOUS HARM

. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, 9th February. Since the violent shake this morning there have been no shocks beyond a few minor tremors. The weather is^flne, and the sea a little rougher than normal. The temperature is mild. 5 More street lights .arc being used tonight, water services are being extended, and repair, gangs are extending operations, the first work being to make all houses wcathmproof. The jhipping iompany's wool store at tho port, like most others, is like a concertina, being held up by the thousands of bales of wool stored therein; the bales are all exposed to the weather. It is difficult to ascertain the position of large station properties, bub the wooden houses between the railway and the coast should not be damaged beyond repair. Even in Napier there is no wooden structure which has been destroyed, but those on the hillside in some cases have slipped and have bocoine badly strained. Tho condition of Mf. T. H. Lowry's dwelling is reported to'be fairly good, no serious damage haying been done as far as can be ascertained. ■ More than twenty miles from Napier, going in a westerly direction, the worst damage is tho fall of chimneys and broken china, etc* The country, of course, is badly cracked and torn about on tjie hillsides, but the damage lessens as Napier is left behind. 1 ? HOLIDAY FOR HELPERS. 1 I !ATI telegraphists on duty since the sltock have been given an opportunity] of taking a week's holiday, and it is-, suggested that tho same privilege should be extended, where possible, to police, and other Public officers who haveidone service not only to the people but) tb the country, a service which can ne?ei'- be forgotten by the present generation.1' The Harris Hat and Cap factory has feniiounccd that the building is to be repaired immediately, and tho work will start »a soon as possible. Other firms are] toY follow suit. The plant for the "Daily Telegraph" arrived to-day and is being installed in temporary premises. Publication will start in a few days. It is now stated thai the "Hawkes Bay Herald" will be loaned the building and plant to enable it to produce a daily morning parjsr oitco the- ''Telegraph" is ready to start. ■* All organisations, such as the Salvation Army, V.M.C.A., Red Cross, Automobile Associations, and Church bodies are; still doing splendid service for the afflicted. '. Pending the reopening of the banks, nb; money is available, except to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank, who are allowed to withdraw up to .£lO. The sewer inspection is in progress, but it is anticipated that this will be the; largest and-most difficult task of all.i ;