MOA POINT
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—Last week Mr. Bardsley wrote I in your paper complaining about grass fires burning at Moa Point, and suggesting that it was the act of some careless person throwing down a match or cigarette, and that, sixteen unemployed men working could have put out the fires in five minutes. Yes, they could, but both fires were started under instructions, and were carefully guarded. This was done to save sending down the shute a lot of rubbish in the shape of gorse, reeds, and seeds of various kinds which would have been useless amongst the soil, which was wanted for topdressing the aero grounds. The second fire on the aero grounds was the burning of rubbish that was no use for hay making and was carted to a safe part of the grounds and carefully watched and burnt. Nothing careless was attempted. —I am, etc., H.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 20, 24 January 1936, Page 8
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