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Dunstan Times, Issue 1076, 8 December 1882, Page 3

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The Mount Henyer Mail centime some ri fei'cnces .to the VVaik da ‘ ini'sli (ire, from which, we (Dai'p Times) ixliaci the follow* ing : . j The bush ii situated at a great elevation above the sea level, and its neighbour* I lino I is hantab e andacce siblu only during ) the su inner months. Tnere is no perma- I pent settlement there, the c untiybeinga I sheep an I caule run. For many years it: has been imxiouslv u ;ln, to ob ain access | to the oush f.r the uurpos ■ of ut lismg its I mon ces, ami, as is well known io our i cadets Farlianieiit at the last session wsl , p ev.iiled Uj on to se aside a vote of £2.00 to be spent i i making a road f um the bush to Clin ha Valley Tne bus iislf is ap* proximate y eight or tin nines in 1 ttgih i y four or live in les in breadth, and consists to a large extent of red birch, a verv v.duade timber f T many purp.s. s of general utidty As with alt native tush, there is a groat amount, of fallen timber and un .ergr. w hj, wh ch is dry and it.fl amiable. Once the trees are attacked by ti. c,ali bough they may not tie burnt down they aieso scorcbe . as '0 become prac ieally .lead, and useful only fortiiew iol. The extent of the He his m.t yet been usceitnned. but adeal of the bush has been more or hss affected, and the loss must amount to many thousands of pounds. Of its origin it is inp ‘Ssi» ble to speak with any degiee of certainty. A camp or signal tiro left smouldering by some party of mnstnrers, rdibi'.ers, or packers (for all the material i and provision t are conveyed on packhoises) may aa -e been communicated to the snrr muting grass or undergrowth, and thence caught the bush. Mr. Li ill, a miner at Waikaia, who, with his wife and family, bad a resilience in 'he immediate vicinity of the bush, was com pleiely burnc'ont. A reward ol Cod is sai l to have been offered tor the discovery ol anyone implicate I in firing the bush.