WELLINGTON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3051, 6 April 1881, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

April 6

The Clyde Hotel, Clyde Quay was discovered to be on fire at 2 o'clock this morning, and the building wasccmpletely gutted before the flames were got under. Mrs Burke, tbe landlady, states that Bbc was awakened by her bedroom being full of smoke, and on getting up she found the fire had a good hold in the kitchen. A small fire had been left in the kitchen range, and it is believed that that was the origin of the fire. The stock and furniture were destroyed. The building was owned by Mrs Kennedy. _ The insurances are as follows: — Building, £300 in the National office, and £150 in the South British office ; furniture, £100 in the South British office ; stock, £50 in the South British office.

A child named Edward Bertram Berge, age eleven months, was scalded to death at Mangaroa Valley yesterday. The mother was undressing the child before the fire, when he suddenly sprang out of her arms, and in falling caught the kettle, which capsized, throwing the scalding water over the body of the child. The little sufferer only lived twelve hours.

A cablegram received by the Government this morning reports that the delay to the mail steamer City of New York was caused by the breaking of her crankpin four days after the steamer left Auckland.

At the Magistrate's Court to-day His Worship gave judgment in the sly grogselling cases against the proprietors of the so-called Thorndon and Te Aro Clubs. His Worship looked upon these " clubs " as a fraud to the name of working men's clubs, and it was time legitimate trades people were protecfed. These spurious " ciubs" were odlv opened by the stewards for their own benefit. Mrs Strike, of the Thorndon Club, was fined Is, and Mr Strike, of the same club, £20 and costs. C. Lewis, proprietor of the Te Aro Club, was fined £20 and costs, or in default Bix weeks imprisonment.

Bishop Redwood returned from his visit to Rome at noon to-day. His Lordship was accorded a hearty welcome on landing, and then proceeded to the Cathedral where the formal reception takes place.

William Michael Downes, a solicitors clerk who was recently committed for trial on a charge of tampering with law stamps, was this morning committed for trial on two charges of a similar nature.