DAMAGE TO LAND BY FIRE
CATCHMENTBOARD \y PERTURBED; ,;V.-
Because the Grown has - no- jurisdlc/ tion over the maltreatment by fire. of leasehold ImuL catchment; boards ,faCe the alternatives of seeking : new. legisthe Grown such control or of using what powers they have under the Soil Conservation- and Rivers Control Act, said ,the cbrntman (Mr W. Machln) at the meeting of’ the Ndrth Cantefbury Catcbtoept, .Boafd . yesterday. ' ' / ' . -. The soil Consertratipn committee; Ireported on two jdases •Of tossock/jarcs ip the Lees Valley ■ district.vrlir one ■ case, it was ,Stated,-Sp' fife 'driven by; a ttorv, Wester swept -wnoss a whole.itossocfc face on-which me cover was thin, with a good deal of ruflning shingle. Such, a fire at this time of the wear was likely to cause "serious , damage to the land.. V| '■/;■ T. A member of the board said that as far as could be ascertained the fire had been started by deer stalkers. The board decided to write to the lessee and owner In the respective cases. '■ •
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24535, 7 April 1945, Page 8
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