Echo of Fires in Victoria.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1939, Page 4

Echo of Fires in Victoria.

Some extent of the acute water shortage in Victoria, before the disastrous fires occurred, may be gauged, when the washing down of a car by the owner, incurrs a fine of £2O.

Twenty-Five Years Ago. The following report appeared in the “Wairarapa Daily Times” of January 16. 1914:—Extensive log and bush fires are raging unchecked throughout the district between Hukanui and Mangamaire. A prolonged dry spell causing the bush to become dry as tinder is no doubt responsible. A Political Aphorism.

A new proverb, devised by him to meet enquiries about his impression of Britain’s foreign policy, was quoted by Mr W. A. Fairclough, Auckland surgeon, when he returned after a trip abroad. He said that his view could be summed up as “A man with a gun can deal with a wolf, but a lamb only excites the gastric juices.” Mr Fairclough said that while in Berlin he gained the impression, in spite of reports to the contrary, that the peoplrwcre happy, well dressed and well fed. He spent some time at the famous Berlin Zoo, and saw among tin visitors thousands of men, women and children, and a happier-looking crowd could not have been found anywhere He followed the crowd into an eatinghouse, where a meal was served for only one mark. There were two courses, the first consisting of good meat and vegetable soup, with white bread and the second offering a choice of two dishes. The people seemed to. have plenty of good food at low cost.