EARTHQUAKES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2443, 20 June 1922, Page 3

EARTHQUAKES.

IN TAUPO DISTRICT. PEOPLE BECOMING VERY NERVOUS. Rotorua, June 19. Reports have been received of-a series of shocks at Wairakei, Taul)o and Oruanui last night, exceeding any previously. Owing to telephonic disarrangement, official details are not to hand. It is stated that a great number of shocks were experienced. Wellington, June 19. According to telegrams received by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the earthquakes in the thermal regions continue. The people of Wairakei are very nervous, and are waiting word from Wellington as to whether to leave the district. The latest earthquakes were the worst experienced, the being betweenoWairakei and Oruanui. The actual damage is slight. The difference in the time of the earthquakes at Taupo and Wairakei is two seconds, and this leads the experts to suppose that the disturbance is, close to the surface. The postmistress at. Oruanui and the postmaster at Wairakei have been authorised to leave their posts and to inform the residents that they are doing so under Government authority. A message received to-day was more reassuring. Oruanui reports that there are numerous cracks in the ground a few inches wide up to two chains, long. These may have eased the situation.