INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 156, 3 July 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

AUCKLAND, July 3 ■*sy_ A fire broke out in the store of Mr G. W. O^^,. .Lower Qaeen-rAtreet, . adjoining the premi^ of. Mr Grjh»m> No water was -vajfchtofc( first* and there was no organised Are br{gadeJ*H— r Mackay's aon WBl% carr j e( j outoftGrahamfs store apparently suffocated, hut afterwards he. came round. The store was' full of kauri gum, paper, &c, &c. A targe jti\mber of volunteers, including Mr Thoiassi Btusell, mounted the roof, and by greafasmgrtions prevented the fire spreading. Gil-U-D. placa, twice caught fire. Owen's premites were insured in the Victoria offic? for-£4O0 r the balance W his own ofiice. His stock was insured in the New Zealand for JGl5O0;-BfTyal, 500; London and Liverpool and Globe, £500; and South British for about £800. The Victoria Company had £1200 on three, bailauigs, 'but their loss will only be about '£.00. Nothing was saved from Owen* store. Sales National Bank 775; Crown Prince 255; Whan 755; Cty of York 1 is. Buyers, Standard Insurance 12s; Fiji Bank 555; Mcaoatari 355 ; Caledonian £9 Ids; City of London, 325. Bltof t * =-. Tbe Albion with tb» *" ' Melboorce at 1 - - ' "°' T 3head win*- - -vnglish mail, left **W: _.-; *ia. on tbe _7th, and had ._» ail the way, but made a rapid run _■» 4 dtys T6 hoars, arriving «t the Bluff at >•:, 340 p.m. yesterday, .he sails for Dunedin at 7 p.m. to-night. She brings 28 saloon, and 30 steerage passengers, snd 250 ton's of cargo for aU.(orts. Passengers for Nelson Mr and Mrs Bold and fi children, Miss Monk.