DAIRY FACTORY BURNT
LARGEST IN TARANAKI.* ■ PRESS ASSOCIATION. . . HAWERA, December 23. Tho Kaupokonui, Dairy Company’s fac-, tory, tbq. largest in Taranaki, and doing, a‘. business of over . £130,000 a/year, woe destroyed by fire at one o’clock this morning'. / i •; \ , ./i, r The fire broke out in the boiler house, and the flames soon had .such a hold that th/-employees had difficulty in . getting out. ■ ... ' .-vi. /,// Thorb was little,, opportunity or means for fighting the fire. - The brigade from, Manaiar—a mile and a. half distant —wenti out, but could only succeed in saving me .manager’s house. ' ' ••. ‘ : : /j ; . ' The machinery and plant were valued at £7OOO, and the buildings totalled' another £7OOO. -There was. a large Quantity < v of cheese in the store, over-which there, was no insurance. Insurances—ln the Royal Office the factory and stock. £6000; store and stock, ■ £5000.' . - . The, Biverdale and Joll factory are helping to absorb the supplie* of milk to tho best of their ability.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7319, 24 December 1910, Page 1
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