After destroying 660 acres of standing flax a lire which broke out last Friday Is still burning In a swamp at Torehape, on the Haurakl Plains. The outbreak destroyed between 9000 and 10,000 tons of millable leaf, which will take between four and five years to replace, and was estimated to be worth £12,000. The flames travelled along a front over a mile long and all efforts to bring It under control were unsuccessful. The area was considered one of the most valuable In New Zealand, having produced in one season as much as 380 tons of hemp valued at £II,OOO,
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18847, 9 April 1931, Page 8
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