A FIRE STOPPED IN TIME.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5515, 27 April 1875, Page 3

A FIRE STOPPED IN TIME.

Tur. residence of Sir Geoige A. Arncy, Knight, situated at Remuera, had a veiy n.u low escape fioiu being burnt to the gioitnd yesterday afternoon. About half-past two o'clock, one ot the female servants obseived smoke and flames issuing from a poi tioii of tlie outhtuldings, and instantly gave the al.um The lioiglibours quickly gatlieied on the .scene, and there being plenty of w.iter at h.iud, weie successful in confining tlie In e to the building where it originated, «hi< h is const) iictcil of wood, and eompiised a wood and coal shed, dairy, and closet. This is connected with the main building by a covered p.msage, shingled on the loof. It was at one time thought that the house itself would 1)0 demolished, but owing to the .strenuous exertions of those who rendered assistance, this calamity was happily averted j but to show the fiorconcss of the flames, it is stated that the whole of the side-wall was scorched and ehaiml. The out-houses destroyed were about 20 feet m length, by a breadth of nine feet. The file seems to have originated liom some live ashes caielcssly placed in the box, winch was built up against the wall of the outbuilding.

Burgos Camac Murphy, gi'iitloiu.in, Auckland, has been adjudged a bankrupt, nml tlic lirnfc meeting of lilt eicditciis i») .ippointcd to lio lieUl afc !]»«_ I'rovimoiiil 'I'rustco's office at noon on Friday first. The quarterly Licensing Com I is to l>u held in the Police Court, Higli-stioct, on tin1st of June, at noon, for the puiposu ol con sklering applications for (isitilu.itrs lor licenses for the sale of alcoholic li<(iioi.s, and for the transfer, renewal, or removal of any license.