BUSH FIRES AVERTED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 9 January 1926, Page 2

BUSH FIRES AVERTED

I —--©: I 'I IMEL i IM>V> .-.I til I; OF RAIN I WORK '»)•' '! I'K i'OKKST SKU\ ICE j ■::;- ~.si. Eve prevent ! ;,..;-•' ..'.d'r' f,!r S A C Darby, oflL.er ! i ~:!•:.;• nf tfie P.ilmers'nr Worth office „< C -,v !.,. Ko. -si N" .".. •. .sf.fel Lm , I I , „ ! V'i:'i: promo'''! ""..' | . 111■~,.t >nl ire absence of v. in.l prior to tile rain had i-«'t fanned the outbreak* and the damage actually done was much less than had been feared, the areas af- ! I'ected being principally sections of bush 1 which had been abeadv milled. j Eight mi mi -is ot the staff had been tii gaged in panolhng the riorthern dis j iih t?. and rh, task i t qui Iling out breaks ■ ; had been one ol ddtii ulty. loi campers j and ijicihekers bad been lax in putting; I out their tnes after having boiled Unit (fie member of I he staff had reported : liiii i i i i ' ■ t hat he lad bei ii i equn nl to quein !l \ I four Ina -■ i: day. il being evident ' i • hat i hey had been lit by motorists. An- j i i tiler, v in- had carried cut. an inspection ; ' nl' tlie count] v - side from a pom: of va li- | tatie on Mount i'uanehu. his examina-j i i ion extending over a radius of approxi j i mat. iv 25 mil<.-. had reported no fewer i ban I '- 1 'ires of wirii us dimensions, some I i,| the ai ( .is affected In ing approximate j ! Iv ICfS acres in extent. ( A hea> v bank of smoke had covered ' the countrvside. and. bu; lor the advent j i nl rain, il 'had been feared the outbreak ] j v.. uld be -renter (ban the big fire ai ' ■ Raet ihi Mime years ago. j llawke's Hay. which hail rcxperieneed a particularly dry spell, likewise suffer id., a fire ! a vnm rap d h>r a period in ] the I'uk-tiiiri district, but. fortunately the damage to buildings was of a minor