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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 4

What mijrht hnvo l:oen a serious pr.iss fire was stalled by two lads nt Pealoun yesterday. The fire began nt the foot of the hill nrljnining Mr. ,T. Boon's property, nnd, niiUxl by a liftht breeze, swept m> the hill, through tile fence, mid to within 10 yards of Mr. Hooli's house. 'Iho volunteer fire brigade, assisted by (ho neighbours, nfter an hour's hard work, succeeded in RolliiiK tlie fire under. lJnrin(f the jirnqrcss of the (iro 7un-/M»nn Mnefnrlnnfl fell nliil injurd his Ikiclc, and Mr. 'l'liomas Vawcett was severely biifiied n.bout the leffs. Ciillle, n .Inpnnosc writer tells us, linnbeen used in Japan almost since prehistoric limes iiisteftd of horses for plough injj, drnwini! vehicles, ek\, but only within a s,'onoi'iit.km us milli-pwliifers, Japanese pMipln in irelionil ni'p. not fond of coivs , mill;. 'J'he milk, Iliey sny, la*(es "cow;,'.'' SiiK-c thv inl.roducl.ion nf foreign breeds of ciittlu, llin use of milk Inm iticrMisotl, but the seiisitive •!apaiiosc tas.to Ftill pret'oml and beverages that havo do animal llnvour.