FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

FIRES.

(By Telegraph—Prosß Association.) ■ ' Felldlng, January 19. A sis-roomed house on tho Awahuri ""■'"■'Road, hear Feilding, was destroyed By fire on Saturday night, through a detective chimney. Most of the furnitura was saved. Mr. D. Cooper, the owner, is away, and tho insurance is not known. Mr. Hayes, tho occupier, had his furniture insured for £100 in the Northern office. Auckland, January 19. A six-roomed house, with tho furniture and effects, also an empty shop, in Mount Eden Road, owned and occupied by Mr. A. Chillinger, were destroyed by firo at midnight. Tho occupants lescapcd in thdir night-clothes. The furniture was uninsured. It is understood tliero was an insurance of £150 on the house and shop. "The London Dnily Graphic" states, under date 12th November. 1913"Will the tinip come when our Fire Brigades will no lonKcr'be needed? Certain it is that a preat number of fires are to-day nipped in the bud without the assistance of tho man in the brass helmet, by means of the many ingenious fire extinguishers which are on the market. At a demonstration held yesterday at Willesden. of i the "G'alvo" Chemical Extinguisher, three piles of inflammable matter were each "ut out in t«n s" n nntli wlinn in full flame. LAERY AND CO.. LTD.. Alien Street, Wellington, sole New Zealand Agents—Advt. ; Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., hold a stock sale nt Levin on Friday. The Wairarapa South County Council invite tenders for the construction of a traffic bridge in reinforced concrete over the Waio.hine Eiver between Greytown and Carterton, plans and specifications may be seen nt the office of Mr. G. LaingMeason, Wellington, and the office of the Wairarapa South County Council, \ Carterton. Tenders close on February 1 12. at 12 o'clock noon. Mis.? Fleming, principal of the Yaralla Kindergarten and Preparatory School, . Jt'Donnld Crescent, announces in this issue that tho first term commcnces on Tuesday, February 3.