GROUNDLESS FEARS.
EARTHQUAKE PREDICTED FOR TQ* ' MORROW. ' • By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellirgton, Last Night.
The following cablegram,' dated 13th December, lias been received by the Government Astronomer from the DirectorGeneral of Agriculture, Suva: —"A letter .published in the local press from Mr. dement Wragge, predicting violent seisJnic disturbances, commencing about December 17th, has caused considerable flom. This Government would appreciate any information you could supply by cable «a the matter." ifr. George Hogben, Government Seismologist, having been asked for his Views on the matter, has submitted the following report to the Government:—lt hu been proved again and again that SUB spots and other astronomical phenomena do sot cause earthquakes. The causes of earthquakes are within the Mrth, not outside it. It would be a mere chance coincidence even if one of the big earthquakes that are constantly happening Were to fall on 17th December. No Ott» can foretell earthquakes in the way Mr. Wragge claims to do, therefore there ft no special cause for alarm on the 17th. This information Sir Francis Bell has eaurefet to the Colonial Secretary at fwa,
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1919, Page 5
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180GROUNDLESS FEARS. Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1919, Page 5
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