AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4544, 28 July 1883, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

AUCKLA^P* V This day. A fire broke oat at Good,*onVArc£dV last night about 11 o'clocWli'Tihe packing store. The stock was greatly damaged by tire and water, before the 'fire wag sup- , pressed by the Brigade. Xbj» prtttises were closed at 7 p.m.' The ofifi*. of the fire is unknown, but it appear* to haye arisen in' a wheeled wickerwork truck standing against the sbelres, afad used for running goods on the floor of th» Arcade. The stock was insured in the Colonial for £1750, half of which is re-insured. • , . ■■. , ,' / . ' Latwi. Goodsou's bnildiog, where the lire occurred lasf -night was aold to tho Australian. Mutual Prorideot. Society this week for £14,400 as an inre'stment. The damage to the building aniounts to only a few pounds. The da<aage done to the stock ia ajbont £300. , At the District Meeting of the Odd Fellows, a statenifenf was submitted shewing that there wert 14 lodges iv the Auckland distribts, "with ;1179 njejabera: 153 were admitted during the year.' 'The t sick'gifts to members amonnted to £1198;----medical attendance, £993; < $os*l receipts to sick fund during the year, £3,233; gained by load after paying expenses, £1,012; gain of lodge district ftwdf during the year £411.