FLAX SWAMP FIRE.
A fire broke out in Mr Geo. Seifert’s swamp at Tokornani yesterday, and between forty and seventy neres of (lax were burned. It is surmised the tire was kindled by a spark from u - passing locomotive. The Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce lasi night passed a resolution protesting to Mr Hiley, General Manager of Railways, againsl the department not having a proper system of patrol for Hax areas in the North Island, thereby jeopardising enormous areas of valuable country.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1668, 30 January 1917, Page 3
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82FLAX SWAMP FIRE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1668, 30 January 1917, Page 3
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