VARIOUS DUMINION ITEMS
[I'KH CHESS ASSOCIATION. J HAWKES BA V A. AND P. SOCIETY NAi'iER, .March 10. —To-uay me JLiwites Lay A, ami !’. Society needled to abandon its shows during Die present linamial year, mi nmmiii uf the war. The proposed curtailment ol me railway timetable and the shortage of labour were factors inwards this deciSlull. DI.SA.STJIUI’S BIND FIRE. WELLINGTON, This Day—A disastrous bu:,h lire occurred at A katararoa, near I’pper Hurt, on Wednesday. The dailies obtained a good hold and swept through the bush with great rapidity. The sawmill, the whares, the tramline, the hauling engine, with valuable timber land and winter feed, all were completely destroyed. The fire is still raging. Baigent Bros., the owner... estimate tlie toss at between £SOOO and .£6OOO.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1917, Page 2
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