SET ON FIRE
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MYSTERIOUS OUTBREAK IN RANGIORA SHOP DELIBERATELY DONE
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CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. "In my opinion the premises were deliberately set on fire, and in view of the short space of time which elapsed between the departure of the occupier and the diseovery of the fire, strong suspicion rests on him," said Mr. Laurie, S.M., at an inqniry held to-day into a fire on February 29 in" a draper's shop at Rangiora, occupied by Edward Tennyson Smith Cameron. Evidence showed that the fire occurred shortly after Cameron had locked the shop and left it. Cameron said that he had left £21 in notes in the shop. Since starting business he had made a loss of about £30. The stock was insured for £75. He thought that somebody had hidden in the shop and set it on fire. The Magistrate said that there was no evidence for suggesting that a man had secreted himself and set the shop on fire. The theory was diseredited by the absence of motives. There was no evidence of theft and none of the neighbours seemed to have heard or seen such an individual.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 241, 1 June 1932, Page 5
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193SET ON FIRE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 241, 1 June 1932, Page 5
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