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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 11, 12 July 1905, Page 3

Mr Adams, the resident agent of the New Zealand Alliance, says the upsetting of the. poll m the Chalmers Licensing District, on the grounds set out hy Magistrate Graham, will lead to considerable indignation throughout the country, wliich wilr have a, material effect on the next No-Licensing poll. ' He 'hifits-'^t^t the Party do not regaVd the matter as finally settled, and that a ptptest will be offered to Mr WidSowson grianting any licenses. Apout two^ p.m. on Mpriday, yuly;T4th, a. ; fire broke out at Oreti, m an unoccupied five^ roomed cottage belonging to Mrs Flanagan, and, before anything could be. clone to ' avert it, the building was "destroyed. The outbreak appears to have been discovered by Mr John Cowia whilst driving past, and he gave the alarm. The owner had effected ah insurance on the building fot Ll5O with the NZ. Insurance Company. The origin of the fire is unknown, but may haye been caused by- swaggers taking shelter m the building. •;.; Mr G, W. Mcintosh, who has beep' ap' pointed manager of the Invercargill branch of the National Bank of New Zealand, was entertained at a farewell social m Blenhiem, and presented ; with a p\u_e containing 16Q wvw^gm.