Fire Danger In Waipoua Forest
[Special to “Northern Advocate ” 3 DARGAVILLE, This Day.
When Mr E. T. Frost. North Auckland representative of the Forest and Bird Protection Society, was touring through the Waipoua Forest, on Tuesday, the need for observing the regulation regarding the lighting of fires in State forest reserves was emphasised; He came upon a group of four women, who had kindled a fairly large fire in a cutting right under a group of kauri trees on the road. “A spark, from a fire at this place carried by occasional gusts of wind into the dry pukaha at the foot of the kauris might have caused what would have been a national catastrophe,” said Mr Frost, who notified the Forest Service officers. “It behoves the authorities to keep a careful watch, and the public to cooperate with them by acting as honorary rangers every time they enter the park,” added Mr Frost.
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Northern Advocate, 29 December 1938, Page 3
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