HAMILTON NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 5

HAMILTON NEWS.

[ WOODLANDS SWAMP AREA. SMALL HOUSE BURNED. FAMILY'S NARROW . ESCAPE. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. ' A meeting of the ratepayers of the '■ . Mangawaro River district was held yes- ] terday to discuss the Government report ] on the Woodlands swamp area. 'Hie., meeting decided that it was not pre- *' pared to commit itself at present on \ matters of the Government recommen- ( dations. A five-roomed house on Tauwhare ' Road, near the Maori pa. owned by Mr. i 11. Robinson" and occupied by Mr. J. •; V'oysey, was completely destroyed hy ' fire last evening. Mrs. Voysey was away ; at the time. Mr. Voysey and. his chil- j dren were awakened by a smell of smoke and only just managed to escape from '. the house in their night attire. They ! were unable to save anything from the j > burning house, and their plight as they / stood out scantily attired in the cold night air can he" well imagined. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is " thought the flames first gained a hold in the kitchen. The house was insured for £400 in the State Fire Office and the furniture and effects in the Phoenix. ' •