The conference of experts which had been sitting here t:-day reached the, conclusion that the recen: earthquakes were merely a normal manifestation of the release of earth stresses and that there wa: nothing exceptional in the phenomena geologically, The opinion was expressed that stresses were relieved over such a wide area that major disturbances in the immediate future along the some fault are unlikely, Small Island Forced Up July 1.
In connection with the recent earthquake, it is reported that the bed of the ocean near Karamea, on the west coast of South Island, has risen for a distance of over a mile, at the highest point over 100 ft, at the widest to 500 feet, Crabs, fish and sea-shells swarm on top of the new formation, opposite to which, on the mainland, is a hugh cavity 100 ft. deep and' 100 square yards in area,
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