AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3150, 24 March 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

This day. Fire ia Auckkad.

At 5 minutes to 6 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered ia the shed or storehouse for marine goods situated at the rear of the residence of David Gouk, ship, builder, Nelson street. A carter named William Inskip observed the flames bursting through the weatherboards of the building, and before assistance arrived the flames were in full possession, and all efforts were therefore directed towards the localisation of the fire. The stables

of George Wilson in which 24 valuable draught horses were kept was in danger, as well as several cottages, but by dint of great exertion the spread of the fire was •prevented. The storehouse was burnt to the ground, but the damage was confined to it and its inflammable contents ▼iz., oakam, resin, pitch, tar, etc, the value of which is estimated at £500 or £600. Neither the shed nor its contents were insured. Goak has been at Tauranga for three we?ks past engaged iv assisting to float the Taupo. The origin of the fire is not known but it is supposed to be spontaneous combustion.

A lunatic named Edward Kelly was brought from Hina on Sunday for attempting to commit suicide by drowning. He was saved by a fellow worker named Collins..

McGregor's new steamer, the Glenelg, for the Tauranga trade arrived this morning in company with the s.s. Argyle. The cause of the breakdown was that the coal ran out.

There arrived in the Manukau this morning the Taiaroa and Wanganui from the South.

Francis McCormirk was charged at the Police Court with a breach of the Licensing Act* by allowing gambling in his licensed house—the Queen's Head Hotel. A material witness did not appear, and a warrant for his apprehension was issued, t and the case adjourned till April 4th. :

Richmond, of the Nevada Hotel, had two charges of Sanday trading against him, which were adjourned.