The Police announce, after, making searching inquiries on the morning following receipt of a complaint, that there was nothing to indicate that a Are at Turua was an act of incendiary ism, as alleged, but that it was probably the result of carelessness on the part of some smoker. i■' . 1 Fires have been raging in many parts of the Plains during the past week. The fires have mostly been to clear the land, and no damage has been reported. The nearby peat would not be likely to burn, but precautions have been taken to protect millable flax.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4539, 14 March 1923, Page 4
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