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REPLACING CHURCHES. (By Teteyrapli—Per Press Association) NAPIER. .March 20. Jt is proposed iu Anglican c.atm-dral wnu u 'temporary sn neiure costing £oui) sterling. I’luO is expected to last ami .wars, i,y which unic il ,s noped mat a a-inluiUg costing ,2-10,000 (Sterling will be eree.cd. i'"it of the diocesan offices may bo saved with an expenditure of EgjO 1 hug. It is proposed to put St. Augustine',-; in gootl onier. ’file wooden building at St-. Patrick's Church is practically undamaged and lit for woisnip. The Baptist Church people ai'e rebuilding, a,heir church being destroyed in the big lire. People are returning to Napier in many scores every night. It is anticipated the population of Napier city is up to 14,000. The outlying district population is almost normal. X.VPIEH-WAIROA RAI LAVA . . NAPIER, March 19. The work is proceeding of reconditioning the East Coast railway and the task of finishing two unfinished viaducts. A total of 428 men r.re engaged, It is anticipated that the railway to Wairoa will be finished in two years, the time previously fixed. Napier is singularly free of opidomio disease such ns was at first feared might break out. Doctor Ritchie, Health Officer, states all precautions are still maintained