SEQUEL TO A FIRE.
* _ POLICE MAKE AN ARREST. [l)T TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 0 ~; . STRATFORD. Thursday. ;' An inquiry was held .tQjflay. into the cir- { (iiimstaiices surrounding a fire which s' occurred oil January i'2 last, in the pref mises occupied by John Benjamin Clark, a ; an itinerant auctioneer of drapery and '"' general merchandise. The police gave evi- '[ deuce as to the finding of traces of benzine ', in the building after the fire. Clark was 0 1 stated to have been on the premises at | the time of the outbreak. e j The jury returned a verdict to the effect - i that the premises wore wilfully set on fire, e : but that there was not sufficient evidence ;to show by whom. This evening Clark was . i arrested in connection with the affair, bail J | being allowed, himself in £200, and one surety of £.100., „,. , „. 'Stilts 'i'...;- . ,v» \ i' v -11> - < • .8 —
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 4
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148SEQUEL TO A FIRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 4
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