EARLY MORNING FIRE
ROTORUA SHOP DAMAGED PROMPT ACTION BY BRIGADE [by telegraph —OW>- correspondent] ROTORTfA, Wednesday Fire this morning caused considerable damage to a small wooden building in Tutanekai Street occupied by Mr. J. Staff as a tailqtf&Sshop and for residential purposes. The alarm was received by the brigade shortly after 5 a:m.;- when the flames had a good hold on the back *bf the building. The brigade made a good save by confining the flames to two rooms.
It is probable that fairly heavy loss will be suffered by Mr. Staff, whose materials and shop ; fittings are stated 3 to be uninsured. Insurances on the building are not known.,
WHAKATANE SCRUB FIRE THREAT TO FINE PLANTATION \ ————— [by telegraph —own correspondent] WHAKATANE, Wednesday A fire of unknown origin which broke out on the outskirts of an ancient Maori cemetery burned several acres of scrub on the Opibi sandhills, just across the Whakatano River from the town. Volunteer beaters under Mr. C. HBrebner, county engineer, stopped the blaze just short of the Whakatane Harbour Board's pine plantation. I ftT tunately there was little wind or to outbreak would have been harder 0 bring under control,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23149, 22 September 1938, Page 12
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