ST. HELENS HOSPITAL ENQUIRY
-AUCKLAND, 11th February. The St. .Helens H,ome enquiry was resumed • to-day, when - the ' Commissioner was occupied all the morning in hearing legal argument oh a. point that was first raised yesterday .afternoon, viz.—whether the complainants , in the enquiry, should be permitted to inspect certain of the books, kept in connection with the administration of the • hospital. The Commissioner decided to state a caso for the Supreme Court, as to. whether or not there was power to throw the books Open for inspection at the enquiry, and, if so, whether it was with discretionary power. ( BIG BUSH FIRES ■ AUCKLAND, lith February. 'Extensive' bush' fires are reported from all parts of the province., 'In places the fiies haye 1 been- responsible' for' much damage." Settlers in ' certain directions hare had .hard Work, tojsave~their .homes, and la-rgenireas'of 'gi"a'sa"4n'd' fljix'hkye beei^destro^d,. The' presence" of 'fires' in the. near vicinity, is shown by the heavy i haze whibti lVas 4 enveloped Auckland during the paH few days." .Barly this morning the ', smoke was so thick that the ferry boats disappeared <as v if in a fog.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1913, Page 3
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185ST. HELENS HOSPITAL ENQUIRY Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1913, Page 3
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