SUSPECTED ARSON.

Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 76, 1 April 1891, Page 3

SUSPECTED ARSON.

What appears to be a remarkably clear case of attempted incendiarism has been brought to light in connection with the fire which broko out yesterday mginintr in a building situated nea,r the Congregational Church in Cou^tenay-plaoe, and whioh is owned by Mr. C. Colquhoun. The discovery wag made this moniin?, in quite an accidental way. It appears that when the workmen who are oDga?ed in repairing the darar^e caused by the fire tok up the flooring boirds in the shop they came across an q'd shirt and a bundle of newspapers, which wero saturated with keroeene. Tho bundle had apparently been stuffed under the florin? through an apertura between the footpath and the bate board in front of the shop. It was partly oonsumed by fire, and has been handed over to the polioe, who are now making enquiries,

Ibolooal agents of the Shaw, Pa\ ill and Albion Company Lave been advised by cablo that the H 11. S>. Arawa left Rio on Saturday morning, homeward bound, with her cargo of me .t in good condition. The steamer Rawatiri was going into No. 1 berth of the Queen's Wharf thisafternoon when the wind blew her against the R.M S. Rimutaka, which wa9 moored dose by. The Bmiller vessel's topmasts rrere snapped oloan off thron«jh fonling the Rimutaka's rigging, and her railing also sustained tome damage No damage was done to the Eimutaka. E. J. M'lnto-jh, plumber, of Lower Hntfc. wai to day adjndgr d a bankrupt. The Bonlling rape fpr the trophy presented to the. Wellington Rowing Club by Mr. T. M'E»y before his departure for Australia is to be a handicap one. The handicaps are to be a* ranged in a novel manner. Twentytwo members have entered, and each is rcqnired to state the number of seconds which he considers he and every other of tho competitors should receive. Tho committee will aftarwards ad.d up eaoh man's time allowauocs and strike an average, which will bo hia handicap. The limit which any competitor can receive is ICO seconds The contest is exoiting considerable interest among tho members, more particularly on acoount of tho novel method adopted ia deolaring the handicaps, This, afternoon Mr. A. H. Miles (Murray, Roborts. and Co.) received a telegram from Auokland from Mr. De Lisle, of the firm of Goodwin and De Lisle, statinsrthat the little sohooner Awarua hai arrived at Raroton?a, after a protraoted voyage from Wellington. Mr. De Lisle leaves Auckland in tte brigantine Linda Weber for the Islands in a few days. A lease of the gymnasium at the baok of Mr M'Donald's bakery, in Manners-street, has been secured on behalf of the members of the fcotb.il olubs in Wellington playing under Association rules. Tho premises are commodious, and are fitted up remarkably well. The gymnasium will be opened tomorrow evening. Young men who do not play football are eligible fc- membership. A Hamilton telegram in the New Zealand Herald state? that tho head ohief Hargroaves (Te H atari whi), the last of the old men of the Ngatihaua tribe, and living at the Tawhere settlement, died on Thursday night last. One of the finest stocks of autumn millinery, ulsters, mantles, and dress materials in the Southern Hemisphere can be seen at C Smith's, the oash draper, Cuba-street. One hundred and fifty oases have already been received, and fresh supplies oome forward by overy Bteamer. Country ouatomers are requested to write for patterns. — A dvt. For conttnuaitim or reai-ng nwM see 'miri' on/7"