HUTS BURNED DOWN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 664, 17 October 1933, Page 4

HUTS BURNED DOWN

BUSH ENCAMPMENT FIRE OCCURS DURING J ABSENCE OF % OWNERS ORIGIN A MYSTERY Two huts forming part of a bushman's encampment in the Mangarewa hlock ahout six miles from Ma- I maku and on the bush tram-rail from I Ngongotaha were burned down during I Friday night or Sunday while the oc- I cupiers were absent and the camp [ was deserted. - j The huts were occupied respeetive- 1 ly hy Messrs Hugh Keaney and 1 Harold Manning, hoth of wh'om are I heavy losers through the destruction I of personal effects, 'tools and instru- 1 ments. The huts were only ahout I three feet apart and it is believed I that one caught fire from the other.' I The two huts destroyed stood apart I from three other huts which werel occupied by other men in the camp. I As it was pay-day on the Friday, I the men had all left camp for the I j week-end aiid did not return untill Sunday evening when the damagel was discovered. | Mi*. Manning estimates his loss at I approximately £100 representing the I value of personal effects, stores, bed-| ding, and a large quantity0 of instru- 1 ments and tools. Mr. Keaney estim-| ■ates his loss at approximately £20, 1 The origin of the fir.e is a mystery j and the poliee are investigating. I