Fire at Invercargill

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 55, 10 May 1884, Page 2

Fire at Invercargill

(PBB tTNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.} Invekcabgill, This Dny. A disastrous fire occurred here this morning when the premises known as the Leviathan Gift, occupied by Rodgers ■n 1 Co., bookseller?, ai<J \'ur-ey, fancy goods warehousemen, wero destroyed. Insurances : — Bodgers and Co., buildings — Australian Mercantile, £500 (£250 reinsured); Boyal, £150-'; North British, £3500. Stock — Austr-lian Mercantile, £1000; North British, £1500; Hamburg & Madge burg, £100|; Eoyal, £l 000; Londou and Lancashire, £500; Equitable, L 1500; total Ll2/XX). Un Nichoils and Douglas' photographic gallery L6OO in Colonial. On stock of Hayes, chemist, L3OO in the Australian Mercantile, and L3OO in the .New Zealand. Later. The North British had only £2500 on Kodger's stock, and the London and Lancashire had £500 on the fittings, in addition to the amount previously telegraphed. CnßisTcnußCH, This Day. A. P. O'Lallufihan addressed his constituents last night at Lincoln. He announced his intention, to vote against tho Government on a want of confitL-nci; motion, though generally agreeing with their policy. They had lost his support because tlic grain la. iff was unjust and ! unconstitutional. He was awarded a vote of thanks.