REPORTERS LIBERATED.
fire alarm at lyttelton. MAGISTRATE ADJOURNS COURT. (By Telegraph.— Own Correspondent.) CHRIST CHURCH, this day. The unusual instance of a magistrate adjourning a sitting of a Court to enable the reporters present to leave and make inquiries in regard to an alarm of fire occurred at Lyttelton yesterday. The Court had been sitting for about fifteen minutes when suddenly proceedings were interrupted by the screeching of the siren from the fire tower opposite the Court, and from a window a dense cloud of smoke could be seen in another part of the town. There was a stir amongst the police and reporters in the Courtroom, and seeing some hesitation among the Pressmen the magistrate, Mr. H. A. Young, said he would adjourn tho Court while they ascertained the extent of the fire. However, the outbreak was only a grass fire and in a few minutes reporters and policemen returned to the Courtroom and the Court resumed.
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Auckland Star, Issue 17, 21 January 1932, Page 3
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158REPORTERS LIBERATED. Auckland Star, Issue 17, 21 January 1932, Page 3
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