MINERS' DIFFICULTIES. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 16.
An idea of the difficulties that have to be faced by men who go into the back-blocks 1 for mining purposes may be gathered from tho following extract from the report of the manager of the Kapowai Company:—"We were just getting over the effects of the fire, and now the country is flooded. A 6ft kauri log disputed my light to the house I was living in. The other day the bushmen let go their dam, and there was 3ft of water in my house. A lar^e log burst in the door, and smashed the chimney. I have now lemo\cd the house to a safer place."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 34
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115MINERS' DIFFICULTIES. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 16. Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 34
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