Mahuki has been committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court on ' a charge of arson at Te Kuiti. He was brought down from Te Awamutu, where the ease was heard, and lodged in Mount Eden Gaol, A four-roomed cottage at Northcote was destroyed by lire on Saturday night. The building, which was unoccupied at the time, belonged to Mrs Somerviile, a widow. Nothing is known as to the origin of the lire. Fair Bather. —''Why isn't there a looking glass in my machine, Mr Petman?" Machine Proprietor : "Well, fact is, miss, if we shoves one in we can't get the ladies out for hours."— "Sketchy Bits." _
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 247, 25 October 1897, Page 5
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