Australian Heat Wave.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7717, 20 January 1905, Page 2

Australian Heat Wave.

HOW FIHES STAKT AND SPIU3AD,

Oho district which has suffered to "» grwuU*, extent, according to the f e «* in the cable message* isi that between Junto and Tumut, «, dittancc, as tho crow flic*, of fifty or sixty njjiieg, which*, g, Mr o Jg m son. who knows tho country well, told a "Press reporter, is heavily wooded counitry. Most of the timber has been "- ring-barked," ftn d would in such a dry condition that a, spark alighting where the Ho* WH broken off the trunk would 100 sufficient to set tho tree abhue. Thesur. roundingß of Adelong and Gundajmt wn atoo of a similar description. 3h» (armors and settlers in the* districts are scattered. In most c*» Cy u h !^ 0 cleai ' od »«■»■«-» of men holdings and make a livinsj out of the products of (ho portion cleared. On the remainder thTby* Is left standing, and is " rlnrtufc! sh«".!r? P raoUoc ***** to wait till the timber rots, then dig round u* roots, which aw cut. The trunta are next pulled down by bullocks, 'and placed in a heap and tourS These '••rinjtf.arked" »Kht like matchwood. Grass mS. Zvl £TV!f° ~tay " «"W«*M* mm . . h '• r '* ,n these districts, old busbm.-n avi .,. , hat "-"J; flaw, a broken bottle, tor inYtanw «yng ,„ the full g)a re ()f , nc when the temperature is 114 degreea* pJ, . d, ' K,Ws in thu *■*■*. taiufOcient, by concentrating the ray. of <"« mm, to set grass on fire. In someVs theSttSS the settlers arc of the '• tZpyV. drscription, and arc Dujlt and of posts which have been, sluml.v dressed with axe and adw. «X are roofed with bark. wWon? o wlS to its constant exposure to the heat incomes very dry and very |,X mauio. Another cliaracteristlc Of the country which tends to the soraadmr of (jush Arcs is the classofftSoiiig frequently met w-ith. This U ot the description commonly known as ' laced diagonally. B omewhaT similar to lattice wark. tkSTSZ fctaits, it i« quickly commuoicrtod from one holding to amtha to "'■enns of these I VB £ JS& attempt to fi s ht bush il JfcSJ « ai ? B "' okc horn the rod gums and ircmbork gets info theh ST • T p,T' nnd " :u,o!,t *2' rfcl K .HOKE Kl«e ALABMS. . trul'U i. •, T , w °l , « 1 »y. ot the Ans. uul., m l-astwalista' Hoview. ToM a han;^^ 0 * , lhc liaJ? CUlVful fttr "« ,r "» Austra. it ml aKcß . fwifflon for tho possibll. .«., L SUch u vi «iial't>ft as that Z the V ""in*""* =»l ">una t L, 1 ? Kkli aMi ''""'osteads, and • fu in employe arc „,.,„ Zt < f. b " »t° a l"*I»~Uowi aro £.cn- n ;V, IC l i' Voritta (or wiring with "no. „ 'T ln " Btio » »f a «>"«U-m of h 0-iaJ U4e|Aone«, by which the car--1 est n« w « „f a flre |ll||y „„ ftw^ '""i 1 *° fa "". und from rtatlon to K.L UCk - " (K "wno years s| nco a fculous oiithreai; occurred. Imi ,»h m it is sug S eoted is duo raUier to tho |«ct tliat tlicre hasliocii no «ra«a r„ burn than that there been «£ excess of carefulness.': y ,