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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 99, 20 March 1863, Page 3

We understand that Mr. Edwards again intends to stand for the town of Napier, at the forthcoming election. Earthquake at Ahueiei. —Mr. Alfred Mills, who arrived here from the East Coast on Wednesday last, has furnished us with the following additional particulars relative to the earthquake whicli took place at Ahuriri on Monday, the 23rd February. At Porangahau, at Lamb’s Hotel, the chimneys were all'down and the top of one of them was thrown 15 feet from where it originally stood. Mr. Hunter’s was the only chimney standing in the district. The Waipukurau Hotel had only three glasses of grog left, all the bottles having been smashed. Mr. J. Harding's new house at Waipukurau was shaken off the blocks; Mr. Redwood’s new house at Wallingford had also sustained considerable damage. Capt. Newman’s house had also suffered severely; Mr. Ormond’s house had also been injured, Ou Mr. Fleming’s run at Puremu, there were about 20 holes in the earth, from which ■were oozing sand and water, the water being of a greasy nature, and offensive smell. The water in the creeks was made muddy. The earth was not still for two days. —Wellington Independent, March 12.