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Weliinoton, Tuesday, S p.m. That portion of the West Coast Railway which will run through" Porirua- ii j^o. b» commenced at Kaiwarra next week; - ? - ■ A mbst destructive fire occurred at Maisier-. ton' this- morning, between three and four o'clock. , It broke out m the new offices of Messrs. Dalrymple & Co. Their premises" and those of Logic, tobacconist ; Wilton, seedsman,; Coppin, shoemaker; MoEenzie, blacksmith ; Brown, storekeeper ; the Bank of Australasia.; William Cameron <fc Co., sadfller ; J. Williams, tobacconist : Browne, surveyor; Wyllie, commission agenfc;; ; luid inpther building lately used as a boarding ho^se. " The Club Hotel was m great danger, but escanod through the great exertions niade, The iEtank of New Zealand and other, buildings had also very . narrow escapes. The Fine Brigade worked well, but the- water was scarce. Most of the sufferers were insured. A large lot of stock was saved. The total loss vras about £6000. ;, (Jigijo^Hß, Tuesday, 8 p.nu A! fire occurred at about five o'clock this morning, and destroyed the building belonging toDulganey, hiker • Smythe, shoemaker; Schultze, milliner - T Stevenson, storekeeper. It was stopped at the. Stan-. ddrd. newspaper office. The Korwich Un.ion lose £1400 ; the New Zealand, £100; the Standard, £400; the Hawkes Bay office, TJniqn land National have each £500 on Sterenson's. stock, subject to ;bbJ& by reductions. i&tiijpQk- • !■■■'. : ' AViJKLAN©,, Tuesday, Sp.m, | A girl, aged seventeen, named Alice TurjUßh haj b,eein. po^pnei at; Parnell by taking laudanum^to sUbdue^tbe pa(n of a tootacho. j The Oity^ Wei't * election is proceeding jqui^tly. oreat complaintß. have been made of a'nqmbesof names having mysteriously (disappeared from the roll. I •;■;-■ OHBiaToairßo^, Tueiday, 8 pnn: Mr. Rolleston address wi' his constituents. He strongly condemned the policy- of the jpresent Government. A vote o£ confidence I jwas accorded. .
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 33, 5 March 1879, Page 3
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