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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4020, 25 January 1892, Page 2

VERY LATEST.

(By Telegraph.—Progs Association,)

Flro In Auckland.

Auckland, Monday,

The factory of T, & H. Cook, cabinetmakers and upholsterers, si'jtfi ated at Upper' Queen St., and tm unoccupied store adjoining, formerly used by Messrs Macarthui & Co, as a boot factory, was destroyed by fire last night, The storo wero insured for £250 in the Standard, Cook's building and machinery £675, in the Boyal, Tho tools belonging to Oook'a workmen were all burnt.,, Another Native Trouhlo, - Auckland, Monday. Mr Hammond, whilst surveying on the road ac Taita, Kaihu Valley, was stopped by the natives, Ho lias sent for the assistance of the police, Bay of Islanfla Ooal Auckland, Monday. The half-yearly report of the Bay of Islands Ooal Company flays I Th« sale of coal for the past half-year has been 12,226 cons, being a decrease of • 586 tons on that of tho previous six months. The Directors anticipate in the oourse of a few months thc*Bl maining available coal will be worjjS' „ out. The exploring operations will be carried on at Hikurangi, and from the results tho Directors are satisfied that the freehold land belonging to the Company in that district is of considerable value, which will be greatly enhanced when the Kama* Hikurangi railway, now in progress, is completed. The statement of ao< counts shows a balance of £1238 Os ii, at the credit of the profit and loss account. From this amount the Directors recommend a dividend of seven shillings per share to be declared, which is equivalent to three and a half per cent, for the half year on the original capital. v ' Accommodation, for Shearers. Blenheim, Monday. Constable, Sh'eary li§s' returnee] from a tpa days l tour round, the shearing sheds', where' he has been inspecting the aocommodatiM provided for the men, Ho some to be excellent while a are just the reverse, In one instance about thirty men sleep and eat in a building tho walls of which p noji more than eight feet high', three tierg of fyunks going round the rootn, Tip, ! visit was made iri accordance with, the instructions of the Qovernmenj on the motion of \\i Bujck. at th,o session before last, Several station holders refused admission to the inspector,