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[new ZEALAND PKESS ASSOCIATION.] New Plymouth, April 20. Messrs Pan is, Pennell, and Honi Pihame, left by the Hawea, for Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Hokitika, with the object of paying a visit in connection with the liberation of the Maori prisoners, which, it is understood, will ensue, if they report favorably as to the state of mind of the prisoners, and whether they are likely to behave themselves if liberated. It is understood that Dunedin has been decided upon as the scene of the next y ear’s Volunteer review.
The charges of embezzlement against Moritzon are still going on in the Supreme Court. Bishop Moran left this day by the Te Anau, eu route for Rome. Auckland, April 21. The residence of Hancock of the United Service Hotel, at Epsom, lias been been totally destroyed by fire through the explosion of a kerosene lamp. Hancock was absent at the time. Mrs Hancock got up to attend the child, when she accidentally set fire to the curtains, and the house was totally destroyed. Mrs Hancock only escaped in her night-dress; everything was lost. Another serious fire broke out at three o’clock this morning in Queen street, the scene being the block occu-
pied by Mrs Cosier, (milliner); Whitehead (tobacconist); Cole, (basketmaker) ; Mason Bros., (hair-dressers) ; T. Horris, (tobacconist); and Patterson’s store and stables. Fortunately no horses were in the stables, but little or nothing was saved from any of the shops except Payne’s.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1421, 22 April 1881, Page 2
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