HIKURANGI SWAMP FIRE.
The report of a fire raging l , oil the Whangarei Land Company's property was greatly exaggerated. Only a small portion was touched by lire. The company owns 2300 acres of the richest part of the Hikurangi swamp, from which many drafts of fat cattle have been shipped. At present they are grazing some 500 head of stock, not one of , which had to be shifted, while the "fierce raging fire and billowing smoke" (as reported) raged over the property. Neither was the Hikurangi Coal Company's pit head at any time in danger of being burned. RUSHES AND TEA-TREE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 10
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101HIKURANGI SWAMP FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 10
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