ASHBURTON NEWS.
PROTECTION FROM FIRES. The nor’-westers which have been experienced for several days continued yesterday, and as the countryside is now dry and parched, considerable anxiety is being felt by residents in different parts of the country concerning grass-fires. Shortly after noon yesterday an outbreak occurred in the riverbed opposite the woollen mills, and a large area of vegetation and gorse was burned before the outbreak was extinguished. As a precaution residents in the borough have been requested to cut all long grass on their properties. Crops Ripening Quickly. The long spell of sultry weather and nor’-westers have had a'marked effect on the grain crops, which are ripening quickly. In the districts on the east side of the railway and on the lighter land particularly, the harvesting of oats has commenced, and haymaking is now in progress. A number of inquiries are already being made for work in the harvest fields, but it will be some time yet before there will be any demand for this class of labour. Personal. The Rev R. B. Tinsley, superintendent of the Methodist Church, left for the south yesterday on his annual vacation.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19272, 8 January 1931, Page 16
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