BUSH FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 8

BUSH FIRES.

■/ -T -t ; OUTLOOK IN THE,COUNTRY.- . : ■ (PROM ■ OUR EPECIAIi CORRESPONDENT.) , 1 ; Otaki,' February,29. : ' ■A fire, said to have by a spark from, a passing train, broke out yesterday afternoon at Baiitiri, and did great damage.' Starting, in the vicinity "r-of the; railway bridge, fiercely i along the river, bed till, it had demolished a considerable . area of feed, passing through the properties of Messrs. Judd;.- .Taylor, and. Oories., .Men were engaged fighting the •.flanies, last n'Uht; and to-ciay, but the fire, continues to raga; and otherwise ,do great harm. :',3fany. .fences' have been burned,, together with feed, inkl cattlo are huddled together,.in various corners of paddocks.; "/ ■ ■Eketaliuna,. February 28.?. During the week; a settler,,in tlio .Eketaliuna district had-fifty , sheep roasted by log fires.. . ; . ' <. . The.' fires in ...the . district. are still, smouldering, and every fresh'wirid causes them to spread. - : "- > ■■ ■■' : ' Nireaha, February :28. " .Fires are still raging in the Nireaha. district. The gale- on Thursday fanned, the smouldering fires to' a. great extent. The Nireaha Hall, which, is beiiig used as a temporary school house, was in danger, and a watch had to.be kept. ■ •' ' •Tho .Mangainbka River is. dry in. parts, a thing which has never beo.i .heard'of beforo. ■ -■ ■ ■ Nelson, February. 28.'. The drj; weather, continues, arid: there is still no sign of rain. None,'except a few light showers, has fallen since Christmas: The winter outlook for vegetables and feed is gloomy. The,.water supply of the city isfairly good. Bush and scrub fires are burning in every direction. -. . Feilding, February 28. . At Pemberton, Peep-o'-Day, "Rangiwahia, Kimbolton, and the surrounding country, thero is already an appreciable growth in' the grassland the surface.of the ground has taken on a green appearance during the past few days. The farmers say more rain is wanted, but the rainfall was'a most valuablo one. (BY TELEOnAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.? ■ Christchurch,'February 28. To-day. is another very hot day. There are no prospects of rain. ■

■American warships ought to be manned exclusively by Americans. But tho reform should have been carried out long ago. Foreigners should not been employed; in the first pjace. Even if white Americans had been lacking there were always plenty of black Americans admirably fitted for such duties.—" Collier's Weekly," Now York. .The Londoner is as deeply bent upon money-making as tho Now Vorkei;/ but ho is more deliberate. Ho is content, it is said, to reach his goal by a longer routo and at a slower pace. The American's method is to achieve the object he has in mind as quickly as body and mind can accomplish the result, regardless of the wear and tear on vital organs.—."Sun," Baltimore,