AFTER THE COLLINGWOOD FIRE.

VALUELESS SAFES. RELIEF FUND aT TAE*KA. Wiiijng on the events nt Cullingwoed after ihe fire, tbe " Golden Buy Argm ' of Thursday last says: "The falhicj of ihe value or efficiency of so called " lire prcof " safes was amply dear n-4ratoil at the fire 1 ist week. Not one solitary enfe of over a dozen which went through th« fire res's:ed in the slightest degree the effetts of the heat. D. cements confound in them in c\ery case were roasted to ciLder9. and weie rendered absolutely wortMtts, and in one case some 'ocee prold lyinu in a reo v ss of oie of llie snfoß had actually run inlp a • lid mass, Another evidence of the co 1 s ruction of these safes wsa the fact that tie safe in Mr G. W. Hiley's house, which, before the fir?, had taken three geed strong men to riiove it, could af'er the fire have i easily been carried away by one man, the I "fire proof" packing .having evidently disappeared in smoke." At a meeting hold nt Takaka. tlio Rev. A. 11. Heron presiding, it was resolvod-on the motion of ill 1 .1. 11.I 1 . Unj'cs, seconded by Mi' (!. (Jibhs, to issue subscription lists to raise funds for t lie sufferers by the C'ollingwood fire. The following were appointed canvassers : — The Itev. A. 11. Heron, and Messrs J. S. Ilarwood. .1. J. Lnngridge, .1. P. Hayes, 0. Olbbs, 1). H. Kirk, S. Fittall, Vr. Adnms, W. J. Kellly, T. Ilumo, T. J. Dnigent, F. IT. M. Ellis, J. U. Page, O. Ilaaee, F. Oaukrodger and Hugh Pago. S. Fittall to be Secretary and J. V. Hayes Treasurer. It was also decided to nsk the Oddfellows' and Druids to arrange a costume cricket match for the benefit of the fund.