FIRE BRIGADE FOR FLAX FIELDS.
Mtt. S'KIFEPvT .MAKES A SUGGESTION. As an outcome of a. recent fire in part of the Mnkenia (lax swanip,. Mr.. A.- Seil'ert. lias suggested to a "Manaw'atn Standard" reporter the establishment of a five brigade for tho various flax properties around his district.. Some of the.-mills are already to he connected together, and tho connection could 'bo extended. Mr. Scifert states that the'fire in question was hidden by a clump of . trees from the Miranui employees, but was seen by people at Tokomaru, who, however, did not attach, importance to it- or give warning, and £160,000; worth of raw Sax—the 'value of the flax on tho Makeriin. nwamp—narrowly- escaped destruction.; Ho (suggests the organisation of a brigade,,with up-to-date fire-fighting appliances, financed by a levy per acre on the flax lauds. -.'' '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 3
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135FIRE BRIGADE FOR FLAX FIELDS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 3
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