NEW ZEALAND.
(UNITED PRESB ASSOCIATION.) Ghristchcrch, July 2. It has been ascei tamed that the fires at Woolston and Phillipstown Police Stations on Thursday last, were lighted by a lunatic named William Allison, who was this afternoon committed to the asylum. Wellington, July 2. The amount of lowest tender for rebuilding the Opera House.is £6655. Westport, July 2. W. Bobertson who has come here from New South Wales to examine Ngakawau coal leases on behalf of the syndicate who intend to purchase, has completed his examination and is understood to be favorably impressed with the property. Success of these negotiations means a great expansion of local coal trade. Auckland, July 3. The South British Insurance Company had £5500 of their risk on the steamer Alhambra reinsured m eighteen offices. Two houses m Brown-street, Ponsonby, owned respectively by James Maguire and John Tomkin, were burned down at two o'clock this morning. Maguire was insured for £200, and Tomkin for £150, both m the South British.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXIV, Issue 140, 3 July 1888, Page 2
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164NEW ZEALAND. Marlborough Express, Volume XXIV, Issue 140, 3 July 1888, Page 2
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