SCRUB FIRE ON GOLF CLUB PROPERTY
-Press Ass.ociation
By Telegraph-
AUCKLAND, Marcli 10. . ApproximateJy 30 ac-res of gorse iim) scrub were burned out oii 'pro^erty beionging to the Uemucra Golf Ciub wheu (ire broke out shortly before imdnighl on Saturday; The blu/.e, which proved to be oue of the most spectacular iu Auckland for some liionths, st'arted in some. gorse near Ihe eorner of St. Helier's Bay Road,- opposite' St. John's Joilege, and fanued by a strong northjrly breeze, swept tapidiy duwn into he gully forming part of the golf links. Tlie fire brigade fought thi--flhmes for ueariy fliree hours and at the same time kept watch. . o'n three houses opposite the college, which would have been in the path of the fire, had the wind ehanged.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1946, Page 2
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