MANY CORSE FIRES
■■ ' ■■. :'■■'.'' . —:'"'' .'"*. "'.' '..'. '.';•:''" ':''■'-' T'■,'"■' ■ Wellington must surely hold th©'New: Zealand record for .gorse"■-.fixes," which ;. account for rather .mor'o' thaii half ;the •■'" total calls upon, tho .brigades,-atHhis •' time oft the. year at any.rateJ^iiJuiring.-^K January there were 75 alarmSi-'of *Weh"f i-i 15 were.false, and o&ihe;rtm«inidei;':nbr-r:'-' - less than 39 were to blazinggorsorupoii' 1 ■'' tho surrounding: hills. In February;' ■:■ there were 101 calls; including 17 false ■ alarms and 57 gorse arid grass, fires. •• Last year the Fire Board asked the City i Council to do what it could'toiremoye the danger, and:aSgood; deal-of :Vgrub--' bing has; been done cii:tho;Town"Beff,"' "■'• but private property owners. liaW tfrit r;!<' moved themselveslgreatjy in *the maitteri^*'"'- l The Pire--Board to-day.decided ttf:;asltu';;tho council to insist that: sucK lancfsV'Vl should be cleared up.. The gorstfire'iti'' '■■ self is not so bad a business;--bnt":ithe>' '■" - danger of the-blaze spreadinß-to'iiiear-' •:- • by buildings is very serious indeed r-° -"
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 58, 9 March 1928, Page 11
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141MANY CORSE FIRES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 58, 9 March 1928, Page 11
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