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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 24 March 1882, Page 2

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[united rass .mbooutjoh], FIRE AND EARTHQUAKE,' r* Napier, this dav. A seven-roomed honse'at Tnrad»le was destroyed by fire at. midnight, -'.ft was pciup'ipj) by a widow and five children, who with difflcully .esoanftd from t|ie house. The building was insured for £IOO and the furnjtlire.Jnr.ipO, in the New Zealand Company! Twenty pounds in notes were burned, nothing heing saved, A slight sbi'ck of earthquake was felt hero at 11.22 this morning.

CLAIMS, m AypjUKfyMaroli 23, The Brngden oiaims,' imountinu to £400,000 will be investigated at tho; Supremo Court to-morrow, Tho AttorneyGeneral will represent the Government, and Messrs Edward Hesketh and Robert Stout; will .appear for; Messrs Bidden. jY&llinatpn, are also w $e .?(!.?£-' ; ,

ALLEGEI) Wip-Mta NEA g \VANCiANm, March 23. A BorJQys esse of Bobbin? occurred at Aramoho early this 'njnfh'ijift A man named tfeuben Bason was walking with hia wife and abusing her. Either by acoidonfi or design a knife he was flourishing in hia hanif strijcjc Ijar in tho abdomen, inflicting» wnunitf) and long, from whioh the intestines Medical aid was obtained, and "it was found the intestines were nnt cut "|Thoy were replaced, and Rome hope is entertained of (he woman's recovery. Bason has been apprehended. He is a wellknown character, and has served several terms in gaol for ill-treating his wife. \ ' ■ ', imh '■ The depositions of the wounded wo.nan Bason were taken Life this afternoon. She states' most positively thai the wound inflicted upon her was pot tho result of acoidpnt, but infentjopl,