AN ALLEGED INCENDIARY.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 23. Incendiarism is suspected in connection with an outbreak of fire at the resi'deiice occupied by Mr Mills, Collector of Customs, at Newmarket on the 15th. The premises have been under close observation by the police since, and at 3 a.m. vesterday, Constable Hunt arrested Thos. Fitzgerald, for 23 years gardener at the house, on a charge of causing another fire, which was then commencing. The Newmarket Brigade extinguished the second outbreak after .damage amounting to £50 had been done. When arrested Fitzgerald is stated to have had two candles and some waste in his hands, while .his clothing smelt of kerosene.'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8541, 23 March 1908, Page 5
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110AN ALLEGED INCENDIARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8541, 23 March 1908, Page 5
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