DOMINION ITEMS.
[nv TKI.EG HAITI —PKII PItESS ASSOCIATION'.] BUSH EIRE'S. GISBORNE. Dec. 17 I lit si I tires are causing considerable damage in tlie back country of Matawai district. Farm buildings and the small school were destroyed and sheep lost. Damage is also reported at Whaivkopne. and along the east coast. The weather continues dry with a high wind. CARTERTON. Dee. 17. An .outbreak of bush lire- at Tararua- -wept three to live hundred acre.*. Thump-on, at the foot of .Mount Ilold-worU), lost a woolshed. Riateliford and party fought ihe 11,'lines iron! the cowbai!-, wooi.-lied and house from K. 30 on Sunday morning till four this morning, without cessation. and succeeded in saving all the buildings. Aides of fencing have been destroyed and los.-es ef stock are anticipated. Rats, rabbits, birds and possums are reported dead in numbers. The wind has now ceased and the lire- are in hand.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1923, Page 3
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149DOMINION ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1923, Page 3
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