Meeting house destroyed
(N.Z. press Association) PALMERSTON NORTH, • ' . Nov. 22. Fire destroyed the Puranga Maori meeting house near Fpxton this afternoon, but the caryings, old photographs, and wall-mattings from the building were saved by .firemen from the Foxton and Foxton i Beach brigades. A water ' shortage hampered the firemen and, although two tankers from a dairy factory helped out, the brigades were unable to save the building. An electrical fault is thought to have been the cause.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32461, 23 November 1970, Page 16
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