CAFE CECIL FIRE,

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 4, 6 January 1910, Page 8

CAFE CECIL FIRE,

MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY

[from otto correspondent.] .." CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 6. Atjthe instance of the police, Mr :lßk WL i^hqpj S,M.i held an inquiry to-a^| iifetle firipn the Cafe Cecil buitduigs; High Street, in, which a deliberate attempt to fire the block was, discovered in time to prevent a jsen|>us confl[a^r|it^n. TPbe coroner- stated' that the detepiSve staff had strong reason to suspect incendiarism, and the closest searching inquiry was desirable. The act was not only incendiarism, but barefaced and unaccountable. He called preliminary evidence to show the necessity for an inquiry, after which the jury visited the scene, and ™einquiry was adjourned to January -loth." :