THE FIRE AT TIMARU.
INSURANCES. TOTAL DAMAGE, £70,000. [BT TBLEGEAFH. — FBESS ASSOCIATION.] TIMARU, This Day. The insurances on the destroyed Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Store total £56,620, distributed as follows :— On the building, £4000 in the Farmers' Insurance, Christchurch ; South British, £7000. Furniture and fittings, £1500 in the North Queensland ; £120 in the Farmers' Insurance, Christchurch. Stock, Royal, £8000; Farmers' Insurance, Christchurch, £2000; National, £2500; Norwich Union, £2000; Phoenix, £4000; Alliance, £8000; Standard, £1500; Royal Exchange, £4500; Northorn Assurance, £4000; Now Zealand Insurance, £6500; North British, £1000. The total damage is estimated at £70,000. BUSINESS RESUMED. Later. The executive of the Canterbury Fanners' Co-operative Association met to-day. After the meeting the chairman informed a reporter that tho loss -would be small, as the 1 insurances on th© building and stock would just about cover the damage. Arrangements have been made for carrying on the business in all its branches, as the association possesses another set of buildings close to those destioyed. Frcrfi stocks were purchased last night, and business is proceeding to-day. *
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1908, Page 8
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171THE FIRE AT TIMARU. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1908, Page 8
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