INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED.
A MAN ARRESTEE). AUCKLAND, March 23. Incendiarism is suspected in connection with the outbreak of fire at the residence occupied by Mr Mills, Collector of Customs, at Newmarket, on the. 15th. The premises have since been under close observation by the police, and at 3 a.m. yesterday Constable Hunt arrested Thos. Fitzgerald, for twenty-three years gardener at the house, on a charge of causing another fire, which Vvas then commencing. The Newmarket brigade extinguished the second outbreak after damage amounting to £SO had been done. When arrested, Fitzgerald is stated to have had two candles and some waste in his' hands, while his clothing smelt of kerosene.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9047, 24 March 1908, Page 3
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109INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9047, 24 March 1908, Page 3
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