NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2478, 16 March 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PESBS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, March 16. FireShortly after twelve o’clock last night, Roe's saw mill at Onehunga was burned. Two men, who were sleeping in the upper storey, had a narrow escape, being compelled to jump through the flames. The night watch states that shortly before twelve he passed in front of the building, which was apparently safe. On returning he discovered the whole front to bo burning, and there was no time to utilise the appliances on the premises for suppressing the fire. There being no fire service in Onehunga the fire burnt itself out. Fortunately the wind was blowing fresh from the north-east or the mill sheds and a portion of the town would have suffered. The mill and outbuildings were insured in the Colonial ofiloe for £650, but probably the loss to the company will not exceed £SOO. Mr Roe estimates the uninsured loss at £3OOO. Drainage. The Parnell Borough Council decided last night to adopt a drainage scheme to cost £BOOO. Serious AccidentDaniel Kanaghan, of Pukekohe, farmer, was admitted to the hospital yesternight with his right arm perfectly mangled and his hand torn off. He had been threshing wheat, and his hand was drawn in by the machinery. He lost a great deal of blood, and is not expected to recover. Attempted Incendiarism. Two attempts were made last night to burn the National Hotel at Cambridge. At half past seven two rooms were discovered to be on fire, the bedding and furniture being destroyed. The fire was extinguished without difficulty, but about tan o’clock the smell of burning was detected, and another bedroom was found to be on fire. Some clothes on a chair near the door had evidently

been set on fire. There is no clue to the perpetrator. DUNEDIN, March 16. Fatal AccidentJames Diamond, one of the Arawata firemen, fell off the port wharf early this morning, and was drowned. He leave a wife and two children In Glasgow. Agricultural College. At a meeting of the members’ of both Houses, it was resolved to press on the Univereity Council the necessity of establishing an agricultural college for Otago.