A fire at' a house at the east end of Jackson-street, Petone, occupied ;by Mr. W. Holgate;: and owned by; Mr.'H. F. Clark, was! the ; cause of the local Fire Brigade being.called out at .8.15 o'clock on Saturday evening. It is understood that the cause of the fire was a lighted candle catching some inflammable : material duringj.the absence of the opcupants. .. Very little-damage' was.done, the fire being -. extinguished by neighbours Before the arrival of the brigade. The house'was insured in the Phoenix Office for £125 and the contents in the State Office for £100.-.'., '
In the notice published recently regarding tlie first annual, reunion of the National Reserve, the date was stated to be 29th March. It should have been 29th February. ' ' ' '
A waterside worker named Robert Henry Walker, residing in Martinsquare, died suddenly in bed »t an early hour this morning. It is supposed that death wm due to heart failure.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 37, 14 February 1916, Page 8
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