ONCE'A BIRCH FOREST .)
.— '♦ . , (By Telegraph.-Press Association.) r ASHBURTON, This Day. 3 Evidence that a birch forest grew t and was burnt thousands of years ago c on the site of Ashburton has been re- r vealed by excavations for a building, t After going eight feet through solid t clay the. contractors encountered a layer of black soil, in. which were c numbers of small logs of birch excel-jc lently preserved, also a small pocket'l of charred wood. jc
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1936, Page 12
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79ONCE'A BIRCH FOREST .) Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1936, Page 12
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