INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 176, 26 March 1878, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Fbom the Press Agency.)

Auckland, March 25

Mrs Warner, a ladylike person, has been arrested on a charge of attempting to set fire to Haslett's boarding-house, and of stealing apparel to the value of £8. Case remanded.

Wellington, March 25

An extraordinary attempt has been made to burn down the Argus office. On opening the office this morning it was found that an entrance had been effected into the accountant's room some time during Saturday night or (Sunday morning, by someone, who turned on all the gas jets, twisted off one branch, broke into the editor's room, and clambered through a trap-door in the upper floor, apparently with a view of securing a free draught for the flames. He then set fire to papers on three files hanging close to the accountant's desk, close under the gas jet. The papers on fire being packed pretty close, burnt all round the edges and then went out, leaving the papers a charred mass. Fortunately the gas had been turned off at the main, which the perpetrator could not

get at. He is supposed to have effected his escape through the rear of the building, which is on the edge of the water. The Insurance Companies offer £100 reward £w the futp"^!tension of the guilty person. The bui din of and plant were insured t< > a moderate am.>nnt. Origin of the fire ,iv Willis-stivefc on Sunday morning remains a in -st> r , . - . Pout Chamieh*. March 25. The ship Western Monarch arrived yesterday from London, making the passage in 81 days. She brings 20 passengers and 2000 tons of cargo. On Feb. 25, when rounding the Cape of Good Hope; lat. 40 deg., the ship encountered a north-west gale. At 1 a.m. she shortened sail, and while doing so, Alfred Hammerton, an apprentice, fell from aloft, and was drowned.