BUSH FIRES.
WELLINGTON SMOKE CLAD, WELLINGTON, March l#. Fir; i which have raged with varying for da\';i pa si among tue lulls on the ca.si'ei',l .side of the harbor, seem to-day to have been fanned afresh by the light northerly biee.se and the city lies under a considerable |>all of inuoke. Definite information is difficult to obtain as to the damage, but the quantity of .smoke overspreading the countryside suggest.", that the settlers are heavy Kief.;. L'ljconnrmed report., are current that the lire swept through tlui beautiful bush fringing Lowry* Bay, near the Soldiers." Convalescent Hospital. Fires have been eating their way through l'..r several days. The dry spell is also canning anxiety concerniurv the city water supply. The Wainui reservoir is very h>w ami cifizeUi.s are exhorted to bo specially careful.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 March 1917, Page 2
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