HISTORIC BUILDING DESTROYED
LINK WITH EARLY MISSIONARIES (By Telegraph—Press Association) THAMES, This Day. • An historic building, a link with the earliest missionaries, tlip Anglican Mission at Puriri in 1833, was totally destroyed by fire at Parawai, Thames, last night. The building was erected by Maori converts for the Revs. Maunseil and Davis when the mission moved from Puriri to Parawai. The back portion, where the fire originated, was the original building, the front having, been -renovated. The occupants lost all, escaping in" their night clothes.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 January 1931, Page 4
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