EARTHQUAKES AND SCHOOLS
Speaking of earthquakes in relation Sj .school buildings, the . -Minister ot Education, the Hon. H. Atmore. said in "Wellington that there was no reason for alarm in New Zealand. Jt was not the severity of the shake that caused the damage and loss of life in Hawkos Bay, hut faulty design. faulty workmanship and faulty material used for building. Not one properly reinforced building or wooden house was completely destroyed. W ith the exception of those killed in the ston 0 chapel of the. Roman Catholic seminary at Greenmeadows, practically every death was due to the falling of bricks. The lesson was that if we built wisely there would he no danger to human life. History disclosed that since the advent of the pakeha ther t > had not been an earthquake in New Zealand sufficient to destroy a faithfully-constructed wooden or reinforced concrete building.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1931, Page 2
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