FIRES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2077, 11 May 1907, Page 3

FIRES.

Brass Association. WANE ANRI, yesterday. A seri< ms fire occurred at the suburb of Sed gob rook shortly after mid night, three houses, the property of H. Drew, C. Ferry and A. Mooney, being burned to the ground. The fire started in Drew’s house, and no watersupply being available in that suburb, the fire spread to the houses on either side. The furniture was removed from two houses. The insurances arc: Drew, £250 in the Yorkshire; Ferry and Mooney, £‘225 each in the North British and Mercantile; furniture, Ferry .£IOO in the Manchester. The other insurances are unknown. The fire blazed over an hour, lighting up tho surrounding hills like a searchlight.

NELSON, yesterday

At 1 o’clock tills morning a tobacconist’s, barber’s and general shop occupied by John Moulder, and owned by J. Hyde, of the Junction hotel, Takaka, was destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved. The insurances arc: Stock, £3OO in the Sun, and building £IOO in the same office. The damage is estimated at' £SOO. It was raining heavily at the time, and the pump would not work. An acetylene plant was installed and lighted tho shop for the first time last night, but the generator and its shed are intact. It is stated an inquiry will ho hold.

under section 24 of the Maori Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1900, to remove him from the

> position of trustoo, and appointing Mr. Jackson in his place. An action had been commenced by Mr. Foster, and the summons was to extend tl'ie caveat until the action was heard. The summons on behalf of Mr. Jackson was to remove the caveat. Mr Foster had boen appointod trustee of the laud in question under section 3 of the Native Land Laws Amendment Act 1897. Since his appointment several beneficiaries under the deed of trust had died, and their successors had not boon appointed. Section 24 of the Act of 190 G givos the beneficiaries, with the consent of the Govornor-in-Council, power to appoint a new trustoo of the same trust. The surviving trustees under the deed, with the consent of the Govornor-in-Council, removed Mr. Foster and appointod Mr Jackson as trustee. A caveat was lodged to prevent registration of the Order-in-Council effecting this removal. The grounds of Mr. Foster’s objection wore that some of tho beneficiaries having died and somo of their Successors being infants, the survivors coukl not vary the terms of the itirust without the consent of the successors, and as somo of them were under ago that consent could not bo given. His Honor reserved judgment.