New Zealand.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1162, 5 December 1904, Page 3

New Zealand.

By Telegraph.—Press Association, Fire in a Printing Office Ddnedin, this day, Tho front building of the Clutlia Leader newspaper has boon destroyed by fire, About 120 worth of tjpa only was saved, bpt tho printing and monoline machiuery, which wero in tin adjoining brick building, were saved, Iho building and etook were insured in the Manchester office for JG2SO, and the type in tho Viotoria office for <6200

Burglary at Hawerpt ~ HAWRiuJlh'is day : At Okaiawa, on Saturday night,- the i premises of Chivera, JonesUnd Company were burglariously entered, and a safe was blown open and the contents (£27) stolen, S

Exemplary Punishment

Wellington, this day,

A young man O.'car Garrick, for in* decently exposing himself, was sentenced this morning to twelve months' imprisonment.

Man Drops Dead-

Taihape, this day.

William Clay dropped dead to-day at Waioura. It is supposed that death wbb due to heart disease,

The Potato Disease

PAHimA, this day

The Farmers' Union (Mangatainoka branch) has decided to ask the Minister of Agriculture to take steps to prevent the distribution of diseased potatoes in the district, and has suggested that the Health Department could nssist in the matter.