Correspondence.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 443, 31 January 1857, Page 6

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times. Sir, —You have frequently directed the attention of tho public to the dangerous practice of setting fire to the" fern, and more especially in the neighbourhood of settled districts. Last Saturday week the Ohoko bush took fire, and was burning till Sunday evening. Had the N.W. wind which prevailed on Saturday morning continued with the same violence, a large portion of the Bush-must have been destroyed. As it is, several individuals have sustained considerable loss. It is not long since Mr. Sidey's shrubbery was partially destroyed, and the beauty of the place greatly spoiled, his house and property placed in imminent danger and only saved by the strenuous exertions of his neighbours, from some parties having fired a swamp nearly a mile off. Unless more care is taken by parties clearing their land without considering their neighbours property,.we shall some day have a number of farmers entirely ruined by the d( struction, of their crops and homesteads, It is the second time within two years that Mr. i idey's housa has been in the most imminent danger fro .11 fire.