TELEGRAMS.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 12 April 1917, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

fPBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.! FIRE , AiNID iFATALITY AT WELLINGTON. Wellington, This I>ay. A fire attended -by fatal consequen- » ces occurred early this morning, when the Wellington Hotel, situated at the corner of Sydney Street and Moles- . worth Street practically was destroyed. There were about twenty inmates at the tirns, several being (Maoris, but all escaped with the exception of , Patrick Twohill, a well-known identity, aged 74. Ho ,-wns burnt to death. The fire is supposed to have, had its origin in the sitting room, and the theory is that it was caused by a cigarette or lighted match. The building was about half a century old, and was owned by Staples and Co., the Wellington firm of brewers. It wainsured in the Atjas Office for £2250, and there was a policy of £500 in the Commercial Office on the "contents. Tli's was in the name of the licenses, ' Mr M. liyan. The fire swept right ■ through tin sec nd stnry of the hotel, where tlie bedroms were located. PIERJUiRY CHARGES AT HAM- j Ji/rox. I . Hamilton, This Day. The adjourned session of the Supreme Court was re-opened this morning, • before Mr Justice Hosking, when the hearing of the perjury charges against IRua's .followers was continued. Tioke Raknipare was charged - with having committed perjury by swearing that Constable Skinner fired the firstshot at Maungapohatu, and that he fired a shot from a revolver point .blank at Rua. The evidence is practically the same as that already adduced. THE COAL STRIKE. Westport; This Day. There is no change in the strike situ- | ation. )