The search of the debris at Napier continues, and more crushed bodies are being recovered, many unrecognisable. These are being placed in emergency morgues, two of which have been opened. Shakes began again this morning, spreading further alarm. In Hastings and Napier area farther buildings were damaged. AD the inmates of the Old People's Institution are reported dead. A sharp shock at Gisborne about 5 o'clock this afternoon sent people rushing into the streets. ...
Article : 261 wordsUnanimously, the Full Court of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court dismissed to-day an application by the Federal ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 646 wordsHeavy rain has been falling in Queensland for the past ten days, and this evening a warning was issued for ...
Article : 713 wordsAlthough no official announcement was made, it is stated that die financial negotiations between the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin). the Treasurer .(Mr. Theodore), and die Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board (Sir Robert Gibson) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 411 words"I realise that Australia is facing a crisis, and I sympathise with Mr. Scullin and his colleagues in all they have to face." said the former ...
Article : 220 wordsNapier as a town has been [?] off the map. Its people are wondering through the broken streets hopelessly yet with ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words"The good news for the wheatgrowers'' which the Minister of Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) predicted would be known In a few days, is ...
Article : 326 wordsHastings is now under tight martial law. No one is allowed to enter the business area without a permit Issued by the mayor (Mr. McGaffin) and ...
Article : 103 wordsOwing to the unrecognisable condition of many of the dead, extraordinary difficulty is being experienced regarding identification. Red Cross observers in Wellington estimate the total deaths at 2,000. The following Is a. revised list of bodies recognised in Napier— ...
Article : 943 wordsSenator J. J. Daly was yesterday afternoon sworn in as Minister of Defence by the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir George Murray). The ceremony ...
Article : 94 wordsThe amazing growth of divorce in Great Britain is shown by the latest figures. Last year's decrees numbered more than 4,500, compared with 577 m ...
Article : 121 wordsAn eyewitness, describing the flight from Napier of the refugees, said:— "Oars were crowded with men women and children, with bass, bundles. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 wordsOutstanding among the subjects listed for discussion to-morrow by the Premiers and Treasurers of the various Slates and representatives of the Commonwealth, will be the much-discussed three-year financial plan far the rehabilitation and stabilisation of Australia's finances. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 698 wordsBelgian ecclesiastics are said to be greatly disturbed by the discovery that a nun occupying a responsible convent position, has been secretly engaged in ...
Article : 94 wordsOne of many amazing features of the earthquake to date is the case of an old man whose body was found burled under the debris at Napier. ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Melbourne Trades Hall Council to-night rejected a proposal by a delegate from the Carpenters' Union that the Federal Government be censured ...
Article : 64 wordsThe English cricketer Peebles, to sacrificing the rest or his career at Oxford University in order to play for England in South Africa. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 276 wordsAdvice was received in Adelaide yesterday that the Rev. Alfred Hodge, Mrs. Hodge, and family, formerly of South Australia and now resident in Napier ...
Article : 67 wordsRelief funds for earthquake sufferers have been opened in every centre of the Dominion. Both the Wellington newspapers have opened subscription ...
Article : 80 wordsAerial views of the country between Napier and Gisborne indicate that the coastline has undergone considerable changes. Not a single river between ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Fri 6 Feb 1931, Page 15
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