LATE LOCALS.
St. Mary’s weekly euchre tournament to-night at 8 o’clock. Admission Is.—Advt. The adjourned annual meeting of the Excelsior Football Club will be held to-morrow (Thursday) evening in Keller’s Rooms at 7.30 sharp.—Advt. “Earthquake prediction is absolute rubbish; moonshine is the most com plimentavy word one can apply to it, was a remark made by Dr P. Marshall Government Penologist, when addressing members of the Wellington Rotary Club on the subject of earthquakes. To say when a severe earthquake was likely to occur it was needful to know the tension and how much stress the earth’s crust could stand. But neither of these was known, hence predictions could not be made. Dr Marshall described some features 'of the Hawkes Bay earthquake, adding that from the evidence of the coastline it would appear that it was a long time since a similar earthquake had affected Napier; and from geological evidence, although definite prophecies could not be made, it would probably be a long time before there was another big shake in that locality.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1931, Page 5
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173LATE LOCALS. Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1931, Page 5
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