INCENDIARIST AT WORK.
FIRES IN
DETECTIVES ON WATCH,
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WELLINGTON, jw. During the height of the J? J* nine o'clock on Monday erenW was discovered in a room in »v! *!* part of Parliament buUdinn fcZ.t Government House. But br th vent of a telegraph ffi«a««_ **" telegram for fir W .TR* 1 * * old ouildiiiE might have «R *• smoke. B ° n6 «pi« lu this part of the buildi«„ a are several Ministerial 3 rooms occupied by Sir JoJaV I** 1 ** and other members of the Hoi W fl the dining-room, kitchen u,A2xT of Bellamys. The building ,•*» old one built of wooo, anVhatkS the residence o successive ftjj lrom the early days of the vHulr* When the messenger Lysnar s room on the too C i i found the papers on the ti|,l* He quickly gave the alar!J 2ft waiter who happened to be ijjj through:tho corridor atoMerfi! with a lend of hoso, and, haCS* ed on the water, soon put tb fiaJ* • Mr. Lysnar states tfiat k .fift been in the room for two how. B tho corresponded on his table ... If stroyed, mid tho tab!* charred Last night two further attemDU.-. made to burn down the buildint iff fire was discovered in the tower 13 another in a room in which a mimfi had been soaked m kerosense til |XJ? inc. This room is one the &*•* which is usually left open, brtK smell of smoke i n the patuM Wu investigation the door WaTfoSj have been closed. The natter b. W garded as serious, and plnin-clotiiM Z tectives are now on watch ' The old building ij JoImJ to modern stone structure by' a «*£ passage, but, beyond this ommbTS mam building, which contain!|S Upper and Lower House ChsnuWiS suites of Ministerial and other el? is almost fire-proof.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19173, 2 December 1927, Page 8
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297INCENDIARIST AT WORK. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19173, 2 December 1927, Page 8
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