FIRE AT TE AROHA.
(By Tel«traph.—Prose AuocUtloo.) ' Auckland, January 1C . A fire broke out to-day and swept over the mountain overlooking To Aro'ia, denuding it of the beautiful native busli and destroying somo 5000 trees planted by the Government to cover up the bareness caused by a similar lire two years ago. The bush surrounding the reservoir, from which tho town draws its water, has been burned, and this is expected to affect the water supply in' dry weather by inducing evaporation. The tiro is still 'burning', and is being watched by a body of moo to>ifgi,t w j*M it itfflßfliWW ik feW% .;■ ~... Si;:
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1960, 17 January 1914, Page 6
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104FIRE AT TE AROHA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1960, 17 January 1914, Page 6
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