FIRE.
WRAGGE INSTITUTE DESTROYED. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June. 21. A fire at Birkenhead fast night destroyed 'the Wragge Institute, ;together with the whole of the late Clement Wragge’s meteorological instruments and- Polynesian curios. Tho building was a seven-roomed structure. A private . residence overlooking the institute >was not damaged, but many tropical trees in the grounds were burned or scorched.
The need, for protection against fire loss is obvious. Consult the Mercantile and General Insurance Company, Ltd., Local agent: E. Handley, Grand theatre Building, Hawera. ’Phone 2474.—Advt. ,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 June 1928, Page 5
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87FIRE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 June 1928, Page 5
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