NEWS FROM SOUTHLAND
RECUUREXCE OF BI'SH HUES. POTATO CROP DAMAGED ]JY FROST. ;'er Press Association. Invercargil), January 2:}. The bush fires were quiescent to (lay but a rising wind restarted them. Two distinct areas are apparently burning tonight, one in the direction or. Molu Kimu and the other towards Waimatua. There are no details. A sharp frost in the Mataura district tho other mght idayed havoc with the potato crop. Copious rams ha\e fallen since, and it is probable some of the crops may be saved Reports from different parts of Southland state that fanners' prospects are favourable The. Bush Siding lignite pit, wi'ieh has* been on lire for some days, lias beau partially flooded by the deviation of a creek, but there are still scvera feet of lignite above the water le\el burning. , . , , • r.i Heavy rain at Orcpuki last mgiit quenched the fires there.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 24 January 1907, Page 3
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145NEWS FROM SOUTHLAND Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 24 January 1907, Page 3
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