ATTENTION!

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 18

ATTENTION!

Watch Your Camp

Fires

It is a sad thing that a good season brings its own anxieties to farmers. With knee-high grass, which men on the land should be able always to regard as a certain source of wealth, comes the fear of fire. CARELESSNESS m stamping out a L, C amp-fire, or a glowing cigarettebutt tossed lightly aside by a carefree holiday-maker, may mean "the end ot the road" for some struggling settler. Neat ash-bowls,' fitted with a lip to prevent the asli blowing out, may be bought at most accessory shops. Fitted to the dash, one of these is quite ornamental, and another may be provided for the rear seat passengers. Many of the best electric cigarette lighters are fitted with trays. With the variety of cheap and efficient camp-stoves on the market there is now no necessity, at all for dangerous open fires. Some of these stoves burn petrol•lir gas, and are not so very different from the stove at home m the flat. Others, usually considerably cheaper, burn wood, and are so low m price that there is really no reason why every camper should not carry one. The best such a stove can do, however, is to prevent sparks blowing' about while m use. Every care must be taken to quench the fire properly when the time comes for breaking camp. Nover assume a fire is out. Make certain of it by pouring water on the embers or completely covering them with earth.