ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 29 September 1915, Page 8

ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM.

BY XELEQBAPH—PBKSS ASSOCIATION^. AUCKLAND, Sept. 29. A determined attempt to burn the Miners' Hall at Huntly was perpetrated on Sunday night. The night was dark and stormy, and someone prized open a window at the back of the hall and sprinkled the room with kerosene, using bagging to set the floor alight. The fire was discovered about 10 p.m., by two gentlemen connected with the hall, who promptly put the fire out with appliances that were sent for. The floor was well alight, and only for the fact that the outbreak was promptly discovered nothing could have saved the building and the adjoining private houses. The Miners' Hall is a popular place of entertainment. A reward of £50 has been offered by the hall and picture management for information that will lead to the conviction of the miscreant-.