AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]
BTG SYDNEY FIRE, deceived this day at 8 n.m.) SYDNEY. .Tan. 3. A fire this evening pr.ic.if.aily gutted Vetter’s large six storey building in Elizabeth Street extending for 2(X> feet back to Xithsdale Street. The chief occupiuits were Vetter’s store, manufacturers, Why!.row Company, Guthrie Company, bra manufacturers, Trathani Company . leather goods. All wore heavily stocked. Luckily there was little wind mlr rwise the firemen would have been unable to save other big business and r^siflent ial premises surrounding, which they did after ft hard fight Some were damaged bv falling debris and water. The police had much difficulty in keeping in check groat crowds and Sunday loiterers. The damage is roughly estimated in the vu.ini;.' of £150,000 stening.
MOTOR CYCLING. jHhg' at 9.0 a.m.i MELBOURNE. Jan. S Stratton iNew Zealand) won ()V j r ,’jiiO c.c. gras- track championship of Victoria at the motor racing carni- V. v,l a; AsjiemUtle heating L. Stewart and E. Thiele. Won easily all the way Ho also ran second to Thiele m the 359 c.c ten lap championship.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1927, Page 2
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