News Bulletin, Daily Telegraph and H B Herald
Maker
Daily Telegraph
Hawke's Bay Herald
Ball & Co.
Swailes Printing Co. Ltd
Production date
04 Feb 1931
Object detail
Brief Description
Four copies of the News Bulletin issued by the Daily Telegraph and Hawke's Bay Herald with the co-operation of Messrs Ball and Company and Messrs Swailes and Company at Napier on February 4, 1931. The bulletins report on the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931.
a-d) News Bulletin, February 4, 1931. Headlines report the catastrophe, earthquake and fire with many fatalities. In Hastings many people were trapped and a Death Roll lists the names of those killed to date. There is also a list of those injured. The Earthquake Relief Napier lists members of the Executive Committee who assumed responsibility for setting up committees for sanitation and water, demolition and safety, food distribution, shelter, communication, medical, a minister's committee of religion and social work, and the police in conjunction with naval parties assumed responsibility for public movement and attending to the recovery and burial of bodies. General news tells of inquests, identification and burial of the dead; evacuations and supplies. Requests are made to conserve water.
a-d) News Bulletin, February 4, 1931. Headlines report the catastrophe, earthquake and fire with many fatalities. In Hastings many people were trapped and a Death Roll lists the names of those killed to date. There is also a list of those injured. The Earthquake Relief Napier lists members of the Executive Committee who assumed responsibility for setting up committees for sanitation and water, demolition and safety, food distribution, shelter, communication, medical, a minister's committee of religion and social work, and the police in conjunction with naval parties assumed responsibility for public movement and attending to the recovery and burial of bodies. General news tells of inquests, identification and burial of the dead; evacuations and supplies. Requests are made to conserve water.
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Production date
04 Feb 1931
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Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed in ink on paper.
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Measurements
Height x Width: 355 x 225mm
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Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
04 Feb 1931
04 Feb 1931
Other number(s)
64325
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