DOMINION NEWS.
FIRE IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE. By Telegrapli.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Dimedin, Oct. 23. A fire was discovered at noon in the process room above the stereo room in the Evening Star office. The flames had a good hold when discovered but the brigade was successful in suppressing them. Considerable damage was done, mostly by water. The machinery is intact.
INTEREST ON MUNICIPAL DEBENTURES. Auckland, Oct. 23. The Auckland City Council, having exhausted every means in New Zealand to float the electricity loan of £500,000 at 51 per cent, without success, lias resolved to ask Mr. Massey, when he is on a visit to Auckland next month, to receive a deputation from the council asking authority from Parliament to give local bodies power to pay a higher rate on their debentures than 54 per cent.
ALLEGED PROFITEERING BY CHEMIST. Auckland, Oct. 23. The prosecution of an Auckland chemist on a charge of profiteering has been recommended to the Board of Trade by the Prices Investigation Tribunal. A charge of 2s lid was made for a small bottle of medicine said to be similar to one purchased by the tribunal's representatives from other ehamists for 6(3.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1920, Page 6
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