DOMINION NEWS
1 Nt’KNDURV FIRES. (X’er Failed Press Association.) Tl MARI', March til. Several fires have been discovered in town lately, fortunately early enough in most cases to prevent serious damage. The circumstances point plainly In incendiarism. The latest was on Saturday night, when a piece of matting was found rolled ui) and saturated witli turpentine, and horning in one of the rooms of Hie Walmetaitai School. Had the Scouts not gone for practice the fire might not have lieen found till it had got « bold of the building. TBMUKA WATER SUPPLY. THMARI’, March 31. The Borough of Tenuka's high pressure water supply has been completed, and ttie water was turned on to-day by the Mayoress (Mrs Hayhnrst). At a trial as a means of fire prevention, the force threw the water through a halfinch nozzle 1)0 feel high. The water is obtained from a creek at Winchester, through 300 chains of main pipe, and 1160 chains of reticulation.
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Southland Times, Issue 17307, 1 April 1913, Page 6
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159DOMINION NEWS Southland Times, Issue 17307, 1 April 1913, Page 6
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