THE WANGANUI FIRE.
FURTHER DEVELOPQGENTS. GOODS STOKED IN" 'NELSOX (By Telegrapii-—Press Ascoctatton.) WANGANUI, Wednesday. As a sequel to the fire which destroyed the Rutland Hotel on. the night of January 22, Martin Haynes and Joseph Davis, manager and proprietor of the jeweller}' and fancy goods shop in "Which the outbreak occurred, were charged, the former with setting fire to the- shop in the Rutland Hotel building, and the latter with counselling' Haynes to do so. The men were arrested consequent ona workman finding a quantity of jewellery and fancy goods and books, which were supposed to have been burned in the fire, near their rooms. A further development has occurred. The police ascertained that three parcels were shipped by Davis 'to Nelaon, per the Arapawa, on January 11. Advice was received this afternoon that inquiries made in Nelson revealed that the stock, said by Davis to he worth £300, and insured there by him' for £200, had been found stored in a Kelson auction room.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 41, 17 February 1910, Page 5
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