GREAT FIRE. WELLINGTON. Wellington, March 29.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 251, 31 March 1888, Page 3

GREAT FIRE. W ELLINGTON . W ellington, March 29.

The new Opera House was destroy cd by lire at six o'clock this morning. The building is insured foi ,£5.000. The lo^s is/" 10.000. The oiigm i> a im-sti-iy, but incendiaiism i^ suspected. (-Ireat regret is even w here expressed at the destruction of this beautiful theatie. the bo^t in the colony.

[Ti AroOpeia Mou-e wa-. without, doubt, the fun s( theatie in the colons. It in Mali. id » -tieet. and was oon-ti noted b\ ilie i I't'ipihi 1 oi a nunibri ot the inhabit nit? ot Te Aio end of the cit\ , u ho toi mcd theniseh t-intoa ioint -took co npam . rhemteuoi ot the auduoi mm ic-ciubied om Opeia House, w uli the e\eep fion thu the -t\ k- ot t ho N\ ollmytoii Open 1Iou?e H,if euiisideiabl\ iai^et 1 than milt. .ini{ alnne tho mi 1^ eiule w.i-. a railed the ta'nils en ele, to whu h tho eliai i;e tin admission h,h low ci than t<» the '-tali 1 - and hiyh i than to tin pu Outride tin i!u>? t vole wa> a \oftilmk 01 lobb\. eonitoi Uil>l\ tmni-lKtl. winch wa-> u-ed dmiiiii ihe mtet\al^ tor the puipo-e» ot a letii inu room The huildmu o! hui -toiiON LOii^uuoioil ot biuk, and «a> hm-hcd aad !u,ed ui> m lieautitul -tNleat \ei\ uieat e\pen?e. Thciowo'o two>hops on the -ti'i.t tiont and the appioaeli to the Qpci.i llnii?e\\a- In pa^saue^on eitliei -•uleot the-L. Mian^^lx enougli, the (>peia lloiico built pii'H to thi^ one \\a- do^tio\o(l b\ \uc -oon atiei u» tioction and tlv^ bviildm^r v. huh ha- now b(.cn burnt iiow n \\a- eon.-ti noted m i«» place Jr wa* onl\ opened la-t Ma\. t\\ the Mikado Coinpm\ Tin onl\ tlu-atrt in Wellir'yton now 1- the old Tlnatie Ko\al, oppo-ue the OLCidontal Itntel oti Lain Iton Qua\ . Mi?? Amy the cl kbrated can tatnee, \\a- to ha\e opened at ihe Upti.i Hou-e to ni'jfht. and ti.e oct u:;pnce oi the, tile ha? up?et her auan^ement^. It is undei-lood. howesei, that the theatie ha- been en^a^ed and the peiiotmanee will be iiis en.