TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1517, 26 March 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

4 lucendiari m Auckland, Maroh 20. A 6re broke out thia morning at thteo o'clock m a dwolllng house m Victoria street, belonging to John James, auct oco ipied by Violor, McPhee Tho fl »tne* wero Bopp eased very soon aftor the alarm was Riven. *hen a discovery was made that tho fire had been burning m four different puts of tbe house, three dw>wn Btaiw and one upntiirs, several articles hems; saturated with kerosone. Mrs McPneo wm arrostod by the police, aid charged with arson, at the Police Court this uiurniag and remanded till F/ld»y next Anothe- Fire A fii-o occcrred at 7 a.m. to-day m the shop of Evans, draper, Newmarket, The local Fire Brigade saved the building from destruction, but the atook was completely destroyed. Tho stook waa insured for £560 m the Manchester office. The Tongariro. Wkmjngton, Maroh 26. The T»ngariro from London via Hobart passed Farewell Spit at 9 this morning. She will arrive here about four m tbi afternoon. , Inward Mails. The English mail by the Tongariro will j be shipped for Lyttolton iv the steamtf Wftkaiu. leaving directly after the arrival of the mail steamer. Water Famine. Dunkdin, March 2G. Considerable uneasinosa is felt about, tho shortness of the water supply. The weator id as warm as sumnaor and if it continued tho city will be at considerable expenao for a temporary supply.

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