The Waikato Bush Fire
1 (per united press association.) Auckland, December 0.. By the fire which has been rag'n^ for some days at Waotu, Auckland, the Valuable totara bush has been almost totally destroyed. The fire was , caused by a Maori, who smarted a fire to make a clearing so that he could plant tobacco. The fire got in the scrub, and before it could be extinguished the bush canghb. The Waikato Timber Company's old mill has been destroyed with nearly all the adjacent buildings. Thousands of posts have been burnecVaud the Company lose .£4OO in that way. A settler named Bruce has also lost about i'2oo by this means. The chief sufferers are the Natiyos of the Ngatimohi tribe, who had made oxtensive clearings and planted potatoes, the vvholo. of which are destroyed. The Natives had been relying on these for their very existence, and they hope the Goy eminent will grant them some assistance.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 73, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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156The Waikato Bush Fire Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 73, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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