FIRE AT EKETAHUNA.
BUSINESS PREMISES DE-
STROYED.
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
""m business premises of the Eke"ttahuna Fanners' Co-operative Association were totally destroyed by fire ibetWiecm (ten and' eleven o'clock oil Thursday night. The building wais • »ituiaiti&d at .the oomer of tihe' street iat the entrance to the town, and was* owned by Mrs H. Aulin. The origin of the "lire is a. mystery. When -discoviered, tihe flaoaas ihiad a big hold •of ithle (building, and all that was saved were the biookis and papers tfirom the office. The stock, which \va® valued at about £3OOO, was in•■Bftiried for £2OOO in the South British office. The (building was insured in ■Jtlho same office for £4OO- The Fire • BnLgacb .suiooei&ded in saving an adjoining building, owned and oooupwd "by iMr G. M.' Dorney. Had : hi» .gone, a large portion, of the town must have been ,swept. Fortunately, . however, 'a lighit 'rain. w"as falling, land &he wand was .Mowing away from the Tbuildlings. -The Co-operative Assoeiaffcion have .taken new premises, and ■business will foe re-opened at once.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 5
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173FIRE AT EKETAHUNA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 5
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