TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 357, 4 August 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency) ♦ THIS BAT'S TELEGRAMS. DuNEDisr, August 4. There has been another large fire here. At three o'clock this morning Coombs' tannery was entirely destroyed. The insurance was only £ISOO on stock and building, £IOOO being in the National, and £SOO on the Norwich. Mr Coombs estimates his loss at £IO,OOO. There was a very heavy stock. Nothing was saved. It is supposed that the fire originated in the same building where the grease, tallow, and shoddy were kept, from spontaneous combustion. Hokitika, August 4. Fizzey, a younger brother of Pizzey and

Co, brewers, committed suicide last night. His body was found in the office adjoining the brewery, with a pistol shot through his head. No writing has been discovered to show that the deed was premeditated. The pistol shot was heard in the adjoining premises. The deceased had not been drinking and was a sober and industrious man during two years residence here, and was much respected. Reefton, August 3. The Abolition Bill gives general satisfaction here. Public feeling has been longing for the change. HOKITIKA, August 3. The sale of town sections at Arawtu, Jackson's Bay, took place to-day. 36 sections sold, realising £llOO. Port Chalmers, August 3. Arrived—Woodlark, from London, with twenty-one passengers and a large general cargo.