FIRES.
MOANATAIAHI BATTERY. KELK OF (.OLD RU>H DAYS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) THAMK*. this ilay. Fire broke out shortly after nine o'clock <m Saturday evening in the Moanataiari ( ompaiiy's: battery in Tararu Road. When the Thames Volunteer Kiie Hripade «n ivoil tinflames had reached the ivilinj; of the assayini: room. Fortunately there was no wind and within an hour the situation «;i- mastered. The liuildiny and plant art insured for £-1OO»l with the National lnstnance Company. As no fires have l-eon us<ml in the lmtterv since < >ctobtM\ the outlneak is a mystery. Tin , Imildinp; is of kauri, having t)et'n erected in the days of the i:old ni-h. DUNTROON HALL BURNT. BUTCHF.R'S SHOP DESTROYED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association. 1 OAMARU, Sunday. The old hall at Duntroon. wbidi had been in a dilapidated condition for a number of years, was completely destroyed bv fire at 4.30 a.m. to-day, to- '■ •rether with the adjoining , butcher's shop, owned by Mr. Gordon Sutherland. The origin of the fire i« unknown.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 35, 11 February 1929, Page 11
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