NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. At four a m to-d.ay a fire occurred in the ol'i Post Office, Market Square, occupied by Mr W. J. Foster, as a cheap restauiant and lodging-houee. The rooms .it the nottli end of the building were gutted. Seveial people weie sleeping on the premises All escaped, though tlu>y lost their belongings. The building : bi longs to the City Council, and was insured for £300 in the New Zealand o^cc. Fostei's furnituie is insured for JtiJJOl) in the same office
TaURANGA, Monday. Mr Sheehan has arrived to prosecute the East Coast campaign. He was met by a strong committee.
TIMARU, Saturday. At tho R.M. Court yesterday, Lionel Edmund Henry Corbett pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining money by means of valueless cheque*. Accused ia a young man extremely well connected at home, <uul is in receipt of «.n allowance f i om his father.
DUNEDIN, Saturday. The Rev Frederick R. D. Powell hat been appointed to the vacant incumbency of St Matthew's. Monday. The artillery made splendid practice o 1 Saturday, every a'lot hitting White Island.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1998, 28 April 1885, Page 2
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184NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1998, 28 April 1885, Page 2
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