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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 8 November 1882, Page 2

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wmi&nfari , Mi A :^:: A N6lm fire. 'l|* N ■ North, 7th,

A house owned by a man named Charles -on thel'oxtoi.hne.jras.bur.ne.cLdpwn. at;.2 o'clock to-dayin the absenco of the family." It was insured in the New Zealand Co, the housß.for.£so.and.tb.e. f urniture,.for .£50,, ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE AT ARAROA, f, \ h \ - . Christohuboh, November 7. The Peninsula fire-raiser still defies delec'tionVl!gndofct(l!;iß\i¥;|ih]/.parmmg vocation. For the third time' tne Little Akuroa Hotel has been burned.down. First,pi ; all-(he original building,-was liburjißd |heti a teiuppravy structure, "and now* another building, ■uiilisod temporarily, has been destroyed, CHARITABLE AID. r; ■' l 1 , (Wellington, this day, The Government have promised to supply the Benevolent Society with funds .absolutely'necessary, to, supplement charitable subscriptions/'' ,l '■'■'' '< . The Middle, Island trunk railway extension commissioners intend going from Blenheim to,Christchurch by the inland route and returning by the coast route before beginning to take evidence, EMBEZZLEMENT. i j flngMßAi tbis day. S. B. Tennant, clork in the Government Stamp office, was arrested yesterday on a charge of embezzling stamps and money to value of £59, ... CRUELTY; TO. A HORSE, ;■; i : ' :■ ; ii , Taupo, thiß day. The injury to horse case is now in the' hands of the police, who.on searching yp&lwday, found distinct traces of ■an attempt having been made to run the horse into a largo boiling spring known -as the Witohes'.CauJdrjon, .This, paying failed, tHeiculpril'appears to have first fearfully maltreated the horse, and then attempted to sever its backbone with a tomahawk;

FIEESAT WELLINGTON. .ill ,!,i ~' Wellington,thisdaj. A large fire occurred at Newtown at 3 o'clock this morning. ■ The fire originated iti a shoo and dwelling house'occupied by Mr Dobson, cabinetmaker, and the flames rapid}/ spread, to the attached premises, occupied by Mr Myflffy.two houses, one four and the other Wo'roomed, fl?ned by Mr Meadowcross, and another 4-roomed house .occupied iby, Mr F.,•Smith' were also destroyed, The fames* spread so quiokjy that nothing was saved with; the exception of Sipith/j furniture. -

, Nothing is fcnown as £o t()p origin of the fire. ■ > ;

Wsu'kanpb's;— Potisoi| A) Myer's buildingß,£2oo in Boiith British i Meadowcross, £IOO on house in Nations! f Smith, f 100 on. furniture, in National, and £IOO on house in .Norwich Union, ' '['"

A three roomed cottage at Kilblmie, owned by a carpenter named Loadbeater, was destroyed by fire last evening. It was insured in the South-British for 1100. THE MORAL TIN) 'k6MRU. : Tho Ucdasion of Tapatewairo visting. Jo present Tito Kowaru with a canoje was utilise/d jbp the, latter chief for the purpose of jdai easing a tefwo'rdsjjf instruction and admonition to his tribe The natives had been informed of the intention of tho Government! tp.leaße the remaining portion of : .the continuous, reserve, 'and «loabtless there were many who'raised a murmijr at the prosp'eoi,- ftjto Kowaru fold tlie people that they were in* resist whatever the Governtnent'cjidae rto; dq, tijat although survey lines weWcurarough Ityoir granting crops and encroached-.upon their dwelling place's they r wer'e to'be/quiescent. The next sitbjejt upon; w1)1q!) be addreßsecjl them was the Btock funning,, on t(je rejorye.: Ij e told them to ,be.'yefy careful' how they caught and sold horses, and in catching to make perfectly sure tijat the fyeast was their oVn, 'and although it (might that it might.'jproWblyjba'.the property of their pakpha', neighbors,'/ and consequently great oare.'ihustVnßßtl Ibr'that; and though they had SHifere'd'loss 1 through 'th'air horsos hav : ing',been ; 6tolon by Europeans, they must not retaliate in kind.' TheUddross tyasa general recommendation for all to remain quiet and orderly, and in conclusion ho rebuksd people who, to make themselves big in,' the eyes of their European nejghbdrs were in tho habit of boasting that they were owners of such and such a pieoeof Jand,- !!, ■'. y '