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. PALMERSTON N., Atig. 3, Furttiei* arrests b.ii bhhrgeg of arson iiivblyifig b'utbfedks bf fir'e bfi R:N.Z:A.F: Sfhtibns- are likbly iii tlie lear future, it was learned frbih 3feniof Detective O. Powbr, o'f Pal[iierStdh Nortli,. today. Tfiesb will iiihg td ' i bfimaX % tnb f lengtby Liiquiry whieh has bfeeir cbndubtefi iVer the pel'iod 6f almost tttrd ybars iri teeh ihye^tigdtibfig havb bSen iiiade into1 the cdu^b of the disasttous fire Jt Rongb'thi ih 1946. Detective Sergfe.aiit J. G. Long, bf Pa'lmerstoh NoftH, Ifas cbnducted alihcist the whqle of the investigafcions. " Recently he travelled to Auckland ahd affisted a nian who will . appear ii\ the. Magistrate's Court, Palmerston . North, tomorrow on a charge ,of arson in relation to a fif'e at the Ohakea aerodrome 18 montlis ago, wheil shed No. 70 was destroyed and damage amounting . to about . £2000 ,was eaused. The shed contained . a qtidntity of f urniture and pliotographic equipment. . . . Detective sergeant Long has been wbrking on the case almost • contilitiously sincfe inc|[uiribs _ Were instituted, and has made 'an investigation in tlie Sodth- Island as well as in all pbrts bf the North Island:
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 August 1948, Page 5
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