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New Zealand's Burning — The Settlers' World in the Mid 1880s
8 The South Island
8 The South Island
1 This account of the Southland fires is based on reports in the Southland Times and Southland Daily News for the period 21/12/1885 to 15/1/1886.
2 Australasian Insurance and Banking Record, 15/1/1886, p. 53.
3 Star (Christchurch), 7/12 1885.
4 LT, 1/3/1886.
5 LT, 11/3/1886.
6 LT, 12/3/1886.
7 LT, 24, 28 & 29/12/1885.
8 LT, 28 & 31/12/1885.
9 LT, Jan—Mar 1886, esp. 8/1/1886, 9 & 12/3/1886.
10 LT, 8/1/1886.
11 LT, 9/1/1886.
12 Ibid.
13 Chapter 1 above.
14 LT, 29/12/1885.
15 Nelson Evening Mail, 13/1/1886.
16 Marlborough Daily Times, 29/12/1885; Marlborough Express, 2/1/1886, p. 9.
17 Marlborough Daily Times, 28/12/1885; Marlborough Express, 9/1/1886, p. 13.
18 Marlborough Express, 2/1/1886, p. 7.
19 Marlborough Express, 9/1/1886, p. 13; Nelson Evening Mail, 6/1/1886.
20 Marlborough Express, 23/1/1886, p. 13.
21 Nelson Evening Mail, 8–22/1/1886; Colonist (Nelson), 8/1/1886.
22 Nelson Evening Mail, 7–8/1/1886; Colonist (Nelson), 8, 9 & 14/1/1886.
23 Nelson Evening Mail, 11, 18 & 19/1/1886.
24 Grey River Argus, 18/1/1886.