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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3070, 3 December 1888, Page 2

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Death of an Old Settler, ' .' ; '

. ■.' , . WellicgTon, Moiiday. . ..Thomas Moore diet! ou Sunday 'mottling, He was a captain of Yolimteei's and a, prominent publio mail,..'. .... •. The (iorge Liiie. . Woodhlle, Monday. The contractors for the Gorge .line liavie.obt'ainod a concession from' tlie Governraent allowing them, to tunnel behind tlio largo slip in tlio Gorge, as it ia. deemed safer- tbjvoi'k.aiid is a

pglmnlpittin at the nortli en JBKil" tllbst:fr()m the fire. ;• The engmeerinoliarge kept the flames from the partly completed additions at the north end by means of the appliances at the ww|s,The'flames spread into the second atoro shortly ; before three, ;Efforts .were directed to save tho brick engine house adjoining. The building iii which "the fire began was abut 150 ft long and built of wood, and consisted of two lofty filieds side by side. The whole of tlmt on the •east and most of. that on the south, was totally destroyed, and tho small portion left .'standing •. was; a mere wreck'. The men on tlio works and tho brigades worked with a will, and by niue o'clock all danger of further damage, was over.'; The fire will throw about, eighty men out of - employment for a time. The fire broke out in tho eaves of what is known'as. store No. 5 and ran eastward. All the block destroyed was wooden, with tho exception of tlio now cooling'rooms and the slaughterhouses.:- The.: building;is insured : f0r,'.;£15,880,, and . the machinery for Seven thousand carcases which were burned were insured for 18000. The insurances amount to £BI,OOO, and that the loss

is estimated ai; about two-thirds of that sum. The offices interested are as follows: Colonial, £IOOO ; Equitable, ■ £760; Guardian Assurance, £2000; Imperial, £1500; London and Liverpool kiid Globe, ■88000; London and Lancaster, ,£2500; National, f1500; New Zealand, £2500; Nortli British and Mercantile, JJ2000; Norwich , Union,' £2000;' ■ North German; £2000; Phtenix, £2OOO ; Royal, £1160; South British, ' £2800; Standard, £1000; Sun, £1500; Union, £1000; Victoria, £500., !

County Retrenchment.

Tihaku, December 2,

TheJlcKenzie County Cottuoil gave j,all servants notice, preparatory to adopting some scberao of retrenchThe Govnrnroent voted ,£-130 for the [improvement of the Mount Cook Road, which is to be expended, .with the approval of the Chief Surveyor. The Council; do .not approve of the surveyor's proposals,. and decline to consider the work part of their business, but a«ree to take over the right,

Seyere oh Parents,

Auokiand,. December 1,

A boy, aged ten; named George Powley, was.brought. before Dr Giles, R,M.,on thfl-ecommendation o{ two. justices, witli vievv ; to his being committed to the Industrial school, The father of the boy said lie worked long hops, and had no control over his son." Dr Giles said ho.wondered that.. parents, were' not' ashamed .to cpiifess before a,' court and admit tiiat they could not oohtrol their ohildrea not eleven years of- age. He hoped to see: the time 'wbeii parents would be disfranohised if th'oy came to court aud made such statements, If the boys were brought ibefore, tli? ; court and convicted of various bffences'jthd parents should be fined, and probably that woiild'tiach" them'to take .more caie to control their children, Dr (Jiles adjourned tho case for .a week, Jearphingi for a Villain, • i

i';;.- : •' ;. AucKirANß,' Monday. !; At Belyer^Creelc,aiii.au aliempted Bforimiiial assaulii oha' dauglit^of -a respeotnble s.attl(jr.. -/flio.police i are hunting for hiin through the bush, 1 1 The Price of Bread in Auckland J Auckland, Monday, ■ t i -Breadia now selling-from :Bjd {o| BJd per 21b loAf; but a generaladvftncflj of|d