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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19376, 31 July 1928, Page 12

FIRES. ♦■= WELLINGTON OUTBREAKS. (muss ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, July 30. A fourteen-roomed, two-storeyed residence at owned by John James and occupied by Herbert Watts, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The insurance on the building was £650 in the Phoenix office. The furniture was uninsured. At 5 a.m. a two-storeyed shop and dwelling in Ellice street was badly damaged. The occupier, Patrick Cunningham, had his stock and fittings insured for £4OO in the London *and Lancashire office, and his furniture for £2OO in the . same office. TWO GOOD "SAVES." (PKESS ASSOCIATION TELEGHAM.) THAMES, July 30. There were two fires during the week-end. On Sunday morning an outbreak gutted tae shop of James Hogg, tobacconist, Pollen street; also damaging C. S. Donovan's dental rooms on the south side. The insurances were:—Hogg's, £SOO on the building in the State office, the stock, being covered for £250 in the EpyaL The Donovan buildings were insured for £9OO, and the contents for £220 in the State office. This morning the residence of Mrs S. Levien, Pollen street, had one room gutted and others badly smoked. The insurance on the building was £250 and the furniture £225, in the Eagle Star office: The brigade made excellent saves both times, as a strong easterly gale was raging.Are YOD adequately insured? Consult the Mercantile and General Insurance Co., Ltd., Hereford street. Prompt settlements. —6

In the event of certain reports .coming to haud by the mail due at Auckland to-day a special meeting of the Waimakariri River Trust will be held on August 7th. Several prospective sites for the Acclimatisation gardens and hatcheries have been inspected, but no definite decision has been reached as to the one to be recommended.