TOKOMAIRIRO.
(f ROK THE DAILY TIMES CORRESPONDENT.) November 28th. About two o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, Goodiitl'a Tokomairiro Hotel was discovered to be on tire, under circumstances which prove it to have been the work of an incendiary. A. heap of rags, ahivinga and small pieces of wood had been piled in one of the outside angles of the building, to windward, and after being well soaked with, paint oil the heap had been set oh fire. Of course tbe flames at pace communicated themselves to the walls of the hotel, bat fortunately one of tbe men Bleeping in that part of the house was aroused by the light, and gave tbe alarm. The fire waa extinguished without doins much damage. The buildings are insured for L2OOO, and are advertised for sale by auction on Thursday next, by order of the mortgagee. This is either the third or fourth time that the place baa been on fire within the laat few weeks.
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Otago Witness, Issue 679, 3 December 1864, Page 16
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161TOKOMAIRIRO. Otago Witness, Issue 679, 3 December 1864, Page 16
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