MANY SETTLERS RETURN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 708, 6 July 1929, Page 1

MANY SETTLERS RETURN

CONDITIONS IN EARTHQUAKE AREA NEW CHIMNEYS DOWN AGAIN Press Association NELSON, Friday. Generally speaking the decided improvement in conditions at Murchison has been well maintained and 30 settlers arrived in Murchison today and proceeded to their holdings. It is estimated that about 120 settlers are back again and are already commencing the work of restoration on their farms. Mail cars are now running as usual to and from Murchison, carrying a good number of passengers. Newman Bros, intend to reopen their service to the West Coast over a new route through Maruia on July 15. Five out of the seven chimneys which had just been rebuilt at the railway premises at Glenhope, snapped off again at the roof during this morning’s shake, which was felt there with some violence. WHAT CAPTAIN SAW VOYAGE TO KARAMEA WHARF WRECKED BY SHOCKS Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The scow Fairburn has arrived from Karamea. Captain Sawyers says that houses in Karamea being built of wood did not suffer to the extent generally imagined, although no tanks or chimneys are left standing. The ground opened in all directions, and there were thousands of slips, some being landslides a mile long. Wooden bridges suffered severely, all being wrecked but one. A wooden wall in the harbour Is also down, and the wharf is lying at all angles. The approach portion has been pushed through the main tee. Taffy Town, 20 miles away, with two or three hundred inhabitants, is completely isolated, but endeavours are being made to cut a track through. The road to Westport is almost completely destroyed. With regard to Mr. Llewellyn’s report that the ocean bed off Waimarie has risen, Captain Sawyers said it was quite true. The land raised is close in shore, and is really part of the foreshore. It Is a mile and aquarter long. Inland there was a big subsidence, the cavity being anything up to 100 feet deep. The diphtheria reported at Karamea was not of a serious nature so far, as it is now able to ascertain there were only four cases, and there was a supply of anti-toxin on hand. There were enough provisions for 10 days. The Fairburn takes back provisions, and the Nile will also take supplies.

RELIEF FUND GROWS NOW NEARLY £30,000 Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The Prime Minister’s Central Fund has now reached nearly £30,000. The Mayor of Wellington’s local fund is nearly £14,000, but most of this is included in the Central Fund. Some i thousands of pounds more is expected. Yesterday’s street collection in Wellington totalled over £BOO. This amount will be supplemented by collections at Petone and Lower Hutt next Friday. The Mayor’s earthquake relief fund at Pukekohe has now reached £l7B 7s 3d. BIRKENHEAD’S LIST The Birkenhead Mayor’s Earthquake Relief Fund now stands at £96 7s Bd, made up as follows: —Birkenhead Borough Council, £ls 15s: Mrs. S. P. (widow), 10s: A.M.C., ss: V. J. Fitzpatrick, £3 3s: Birkenhead Presbyterian Church, £5 12s 8d; Court Birkenhead, A.0.F., proceeds of dance, £5 11s; Mrs. A. Wrightson, £3 3s; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McPhail, £2 2s; employees. Colonial Sugar Company, £SO; Mick and Pat, £1 Is; St. Peter’s (Birkdale) Anglican and Presbyterian Church, £7 ss; JM. Stott, £2*