NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6077, 14 July 1897, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

(Per Press Association.) Timabd, July 18. The fire in tbeupptrfloor of the South Canterbury Woollen Faotory last bight destroyed two spinning frames and damaged {others, but not seriously.' The roof was much burned in some plaoes, and will need extensive repairs. In the carding-room below damage was done by the water dripping through the floor, and also in the weaving-room in the basement. The fire was just breaking in'o tbe stock arid finishing rooms, separated by a brick wall, when it was stopped, A good deal of the stock was damaged by its hasty removal. It wilk probably take some time to restore the spinning machinery to working. order* The frames destroyed must bo replaoed. from Home. Tho amount of the damage has not been estimated. Napier, July 18. The Shakespeare Hotel war broken ! 1 into on Monday night or early yesterday morning and about £30 in notes and silver abstracted from the till. Two men were arrested at Has'ings to-night on suspicion of in .'saffair. Thiti'.is tt(P wiiliifYlia oourae of a few days, titer V ! Shamrock Hotel having been broken into on Saturday night, but the M>Wra only succeeded in getting a nufmbet ot oheques. f Wellington,/ July 14 Mr Graham, M.H.R., has communt> icated with the manager cf the. Press Association, respecting a tolegram from Nelson on June 29, alluding to: hia absence during the Jubileo festivities,, and Btating the reason alleged waß that he declined to give precedence to tinyone in suoh functions. Mr Graham sajs there is no truth whatever in the statement, and such thought never entered his head.' The reason of his absence was that ho was called away from Nelson six weeks before the. Jubilee. Mr Qraham asks that as original telegram has been commented on to his disadvantage, this explanation should in fairness be made public. Tho Manchester department tit | Tliorndon House iB noted for quality land value, and the new stock now showing compares well with tireviouß shipments. Their buyers 'great ex-' perience of the customers wants ! enabling him to send to Adkin " The very thing " for the Palmerston trade, and at the very lowest price.—Advt.