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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1914, Page 3

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our n^^^^^^^^| correct insurances shops are:—£loo li®rajppK§&; Office on shop; £200 in NonH billiard saloon and rooms. estimates his loss at above the insurance. It is tjiai Mr Hook's billiard taHBUe walniiißured in the Norwich bUt Qv Hook is away in ~;; : The oijgiu of the , Mystery. M,rs Merwoocl B^|]tefttlii& "place about 9 a.m. There ,& f ew embers in tiie grate, t!»6re had been a big fire durr ing t«ii<* day, and possibly the fire V?&(fr caused through a defect in '? >uie chimhe,y. The boartlers jit Albion Hotel and others were. indefatigable in their efforts save Mr .Richardson's* stock, everything they could from "the fuming premises. It was • " owing to their, efforts with buckets that the "bank was saved, the 'r • wall of the little building being i scorched and the window broken. Such efforts at saving property at fires are worthy oi praise, and in the opinion of many persons inl ;'- the. township deserve recognition f' bj the insurance companies. Mr Richardson's loss is probably - about £50. The fire was discov- -' * ered about 2 a.m. by Mr E. Marsh, who occupies a tent at the back of the section on which the .' new Bank of New Zealand is being .erected. He at once aroused , the occupants of the Albion Hotel and with tl\em set about the work of salvage. The moral of the fire is "Get a water supply.'* Had there been one Richardson's shop ( would have been saved and possibly ..the billiard saloon and Mr Jenkins shop. The remains show that the. fire has made what t a bushnmn would call "a good , burn"—nothing left but oh jinn ev and twisted cornr nt-:] - iron. Amongst the many ark. / tides which perished in the fl:nm\s w as Reggie Merwood's violin, *" - which has been heard so often on Shannon platforms. The flood trouble will never cease. Wliile we have fire at one end of the township we have flood at the other. The motor cars fiome as far as the bridge on the Foxton side, and llr P. Gill runs » brake through the flood from * Shannon to the bridge to meot the coach, and so communication ! with Foxton is kept up. .Mr Bryant's manager states thai; he has not lost a single hoof. W This is good news. But he lias had-an anxious time looking after \ ' the stock.

of Shannon have a

Strong inducement to buy their drapery, clothing and boots.local- (" ly when they have a stock like v Faigher ami Co.'s to select from. • A pood assortment of well bought proods, at-a fair and reasonable ~ price, makes good everv time. - Advf.