THE EARTHQUAKE

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1929, Page 6

THE EARTHQUAKE

There was a smart earthquake shock felt on Sunday morning at 2 o’clock followed by a lighter one some ten minutes later. SHOCKS IN GREY MOUTH. Two slight earth tremors were experienced in Greymouth shortly before 5 oclock on Saturday craning and fairly severe shock took place at 1.51 a.m. yesterday lasting approximately two seconds. It was not of sufficienty severity to cause any damage. SEVERE SHOCK AT WESTPORT. (B.v Telegraph—Press Association). WESTPORT, July 28. AVestport experienced a very severe earthquake at 2 a.m. to-day. It would have caused people to run outside had they not become hardener to ’quakes in the last six weeks. Earthquakes at irregular periods are still ho experienced here, many of them being of a- jolting nature. AT.OTH PLANE ARRIVES. Ca.pt.' Buckley accompanied bv C’orpl Smith, arrived in a Moth areoplane from Christchurch at 11.10 a.m. today, taking 2 hours 15 minutes for the joiirney. It was an excellent trip. A survey is to /be made of the coasttnl steamer routes Iby Ca.pt. AVhiteford of tho Marine Department (Wellington ( covering from Greymouth to Farewell Spit, and also a survey of the backwaters of Karamea River by Air T. A., Johnston, Public Works Engineer. Photographs will also be taken of thq fault line running from the Buffer River north to Furchison. BENEFIT CONCERT. WELLINGTON, July 28. 'Eighteen hands from AVellington city and suburbs combined in an open air concert on the Basin Reserve to day, in aid of funds for earthquake relief. There were between seven and ten thousand people present. The Secretary of the Bands’ Associatin regret" ted that 'the collection realised only £4O. /A second collection was therefore taken up at the gates as the people filed out. The amount is not yet available.