Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 December 1913, Page 3

Second Edition

TELEGRAMS * [per tress association.] THE TE KOPUIfU FIltE. Dargaville, This Day. The cause of the Te Kopuru tire was heated bearings. It was discovered by the watchman. The apparatus at the mill was unable to cope with the outbreak, anu the Dargaville brigade engine was summoned. It was a nine-mile journey to the mill, and arrived too late to do any good, the fire having too great a hold on the building. The brigade saved .SO,OOO worth of timber. The manager states that all was safe at 5.10, but five minutes later the alarm was given. His estimate of the loss is .£40,000. All the machinery and buildings are totally destroyed. A large amount of the timber saved will sell as third class. The fire is still smouldering, but there is 110 danger. It will mean the ruination of the township of Takapuna and put 100 men out of work. It is not known if the mill was insured. lIALF-YE AELY MEETING. Wellington, This Day. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of Ncav Zealand was held to-day, Mr Harold Beauchamp presiding. Speeches were delivered by the Chairman and MiMartin Kennedy.