ARSON AT WAIMATE.
Tijiaku, February 6. At an inquest on the fire by which several shops were recently destroyed at, Waimate, the jury returned a verdict of arson against Robert Thompson, C. H. Clarke, Annie Clarke, and George Hayes. The following rider was added :—" The jury strongly condemn the reckless" and loose style of business of the Colonial Insunance Compauy in the matter of the insurance of Clarke's stock, as the. evidence tends to show that the stock was insured for about GO per cent, over its real value."'
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1188, 6 February 1880, Page 2
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89ARSON AT WAIMATE. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1188, 6 February 1880, Page 2
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