KING COUNTRY NEWS
POPULAR RESERVE The Waitete viaduct reserve, Te Kuiti, still retains its popularity as a camping ground and picnic resort, and during the Christmas and New Year holidays has been the scene of innumerable parties, both from Te Kuiti and outside districts. Visiting motorists have availed themselves of this picturesque camping ground, and several have expressed their appreciation of its unusual scenic attractions as well as of its accessibility. * • * As a result of an interruption in the electricity supply, Te Kuiti was plunged into darkness at 9.15 p.m. on Sunday, thereby causing considerable inconvenience to householders who had not oil lamps as a standby. Residents of Te Kuiti were rudely awakened from their afternoon nap by the loud clanging of the firebell at 3.30 o’clock on Monday. The cause of the alarm was a large gorse and fern fire on a section in Hill Street. The fire brigade was quickly on the scene and found the scrub burning fiercely. A change in the wind, however, removed the danger to the adjoining house property, so the brigade decided to let the fire burn itself out. The fire started through a householder on the adjourning section burning rubbish, when a strong wind carried sparks on to the fern, which was highly inflammable as a result of the dry weather.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 243, 4 January 1928, Page 12
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219KING COUNTRY NEWS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 243, 4 January 1928, Page 12
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