AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3878, 3 June 1881, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

;[ .. ' : This day. 1 Abbot a quarter to 10 o'clock kst night there was nn alarm of Ore. Mr Fisher, of tbe Occidental Hotel, noticed a great i volume of smoke issuing from the direction of High street, and found it to be «ttnißf'"ft««nMndbn's * beer' bottling establishment. A considerable number of police were quickly in attendance, and kept everyone from interfering with the premises until the arrival of the' fire brigade. The building was of brick, and when the "brigade forced open the door, j flames immediately shot forth, but only to encounter a strong jet of: water, which speedily stopped the progress of the fire. The fire seemed to be confined to the ofice and the fron^ivom where the bottled beer wits sacked, and the damage done *u*oinparatively trifling, the building was the property of Greeuway. fliibae* qnent investigation revealed- kerosene marks at four places in the floor, and there -is strong suspicion, that the fin was the act of an incendiary, and that it was intended to set the place alight at each spot where kerosene was spilled. W. Bindon * and his brother James hare been atngsted by.Detectives Jeffrey and Breonan on suspicion' of having set fire to the places, and were brought up at the Police Court to-day and remanded for a'week on application of prisoners' counsel. ■']

The cutter Teaser, owned by McEeown of Auckland was dismayed on the royage to the Wade. She put. ra to Jackson's Bay, but was driven afhore and totally wrecked. ... ::; '■""• :'-'■('■'■ ■ ■ ;>>■ The City Council arratged for a citizens' ball in honour of the risit of the Detached Squadron. An address and the other ugual tokens of welcome hare also been decided on. Christopher Green way, a, wealthy property owner, was committed to prison for seven days for refusing point blank'to answer a question put to him as a witness in an embezzlement case against a man employed by the city night'soil contractor. . . ;