GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2104, 2 January 1886, Page 3

GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

[BY TELEGRAPH. — I'RESS AhdOCIATIOX.] Napier, Thursday. The latest news from the bush shows that the fires are still spreading. This afternoon McKenzies largs mill, near Dauevirke, is reported as in imminent danger, and only a change of wind can save it. If the wind, which is now light, increases, as it threatens, it is almost an absolute certainty that all the remainder of the towuships of Makatoku, Ormondville, Norseville, and Papatu must go. There is widespread distress, which the Charitable Aid Board is endeavouring to relieve temporarily, while subscription lists have been opened to further assist the more deserving cases.

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