TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

ppiqir [by teleuhacu TV PI 10; D OUTBREAK. AUCKLAND, April 18. An epide.ni. of typhoid, which the Health Ouin. r s. ys is quite serious, occurred at Mt Albert district, where 29 cases ;re reported. Indications point to ilu- local iwiu-r supply being the cause. r l he ant hordes are taking stringent measures to cope with the trouble.

EARTHQUAKE SHOCK

DAMAGE AT QUEENSTOWN

DUNEDIN, April 17

A shaip shook of earthquake was felt here at 6.10 p.m. to-day. It lasted several seconds and the direction appealed to be south-east to north-west. No clanige was done in the city, but it is reported that damage was done at Queenstown . The shock was also felt at Cromwell.

A CORRECTION. WHIRLING TON, April IT. On March 30th, in a Press Associcl.on message published in the vaii newspapers, it was stated tiiat a cashier in me traffic inspector’s offiip of the Wellington City Counc I had plead, d guilty to the theft of moneys In longing to the Council, and had been committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The name of the accused was given in

11)o message as Moneey Thomas. IT is • “twas an error, bis full name* being iMoueey Thomas Fuller, Imt the s»*nanie was omitted from the message by mistake. This correction is now made because there happens he another clerk in the City Cour.eil’s office whose surname is Thomas, hut lias a different Christian name. The Press Association regrets any annoyance which may have b- i. caused Mr Thomas by reason of t!v