VICTORIA PARK FIRE.
Indifferent Attitude of Relief Workers. Rapaki Hill relief workers who stood by and watched fire destroy part of the V ictona Park pine plantation vesterday afternoon were criticised to-day foi their indifferent attitude by Mr M. J Barnett, superintendent of parks and reserves. Mr Barnett declared that 20 of these relief workers saw the fire soon after it had broken out, and made no effort at all to check its spread. Through tlicir omission, between 3000 and 4000 .voting trees in about 15 acres were destroyed. Un the other hand, he continued, Uity Council relief workers did all they could to stem the fire, which lasted l”!? the f venin £- The Rapaki men had passed the fire on their wav to Ol heip bUt ° nly tW ° out of 20 topped
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20508, 9 January 1935, Page 7
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133VICTORIA PARK FIRE. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20508, 9 January 1935, Page 7
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