DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2162, 8 December 1875, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

A fire broke but at 2 o'clock this afternoon qn .the; premises of Mr John; Hyde, Harris, in Heath street. The house is. a large one, containing-, valuable:collections of paintings and curiosities, relics, &c, the labour of many years.' :The. housed front was totally destroyed. The fire originated in the drawikg-rpqmjthrough a faulty chimney. .yThe^insurance is '£\,2.5&, in"the JSorwich Union; the house and. furniture; .for;-..^1,^50,, in the .Victoria office. ' THis will nothing like cover the damage done by an immense quantity of water, which did ..-.more harm than the fire. ■ • ? lit i. U -i-A.'. .• v; The highest tender received for the purchase of University Buildings '• was' that of the Colonial Bank, for £17,500. It being thought that the 1 committee may be able, to .obtain:. :;pri vate Jy the amount they require for the\buildlng ?: .the arrangement of the matter has been relegated to a committee consisting-,of the •Chancellor (Sir J. It. Eichardson), Mr.) Cargill, and Mr ; |f]KSij-.-;,-.- :i y',v ::~-...-, .jj V-;.3:/:..T. . Mr T. L. Shepherd .will address the Dunstan elecjiqrs in, a./ew days. R .He -w-jll cbntesthis old seat: <■■'"-- &y.-><su The ship' Adamant* which arrived on Thursday -plast, -■ had i an • extraordinary passage to t^e.Bbijff.'rGaptaih Bircli was i much given'to'drihk. .VHe "Icept the ship sailing about the qoast of Brazil fpr three weeks. He got" on' tjje bank within ha,jl of the shore, and the natives" walked up to the. ship and, conversed with.those,.on board'; The first mate at last took cppamand, and the.captain shortly after,di'ed. The 'prbVreiotis were nearly .