FIRE AT HOKITIKA. Hokitika, December 18.
,A f fl" «* *} 50 *'»• *°f *** Bfcco>*d *n io>po^t»nt business .block, con* P«sing tlte premises of Linnetjaatm (dr»pef)j Shroeder (Uttpr), H*ll!s Golden Age Holel, tb< Guardian newspaper office, 'Arthur-(cop&c Hnnpr-, KUiir (*t».Han*r\ W«r««» ' f^i\ar\ an<l «o»er;, *inj (stahoMr), *»w (taiUsr), ™* < ahlU (deaper)—«M being burned to the grouudj, Tlae progress of the hre.was stopped afc Kir «*n'« ■ JfigJrt-tf-way to the north and bkene's to*h« «wtb. AUthe buildings destroyed are on the se»w,AEd «ide of Rerell atreet. Ihe othte places were not senouely damaged. Ihe total ' damage ib estimated at £10,000. • „ ?^« *ojjow»g are the insurances.•--Soufcfi ?rUilßho: ni P Q tbe Guardian plant, £150; build^ ™«> £225 ! rtookj, £50 ; Arthur 'a shop, £25j Ring's .hop, £100^; O»h>H'f BhoP>*£°> *n^ stock, £300 ; Mrs Hail's furniture, £200. Lou,- *<» *nd xTLansashirxT Lan s ashire J: J£ 00 °£ th« GuaL: dja" Pl^' A N f» Z«al*nd Office: Guardian stock, £100.; Arlhur'a stock and pl^nt, £100. Palg- *™ ■ Mrs HaU, £250 pn J>uifdin«; King, £ 150 °? stock. Noi-th British: .King £150,on.stoclp. £ orfch Q™™*}™* ■ lr. w"u l £I^° ™ building, ComßQe^ iml v» 10? ! |g«wd«r, £100 .oa dwelJ»jr. £5C> on stock, fißOop W«o ;Mm Hall, f^ on billiard table. Victoria i J,inn.emanD» 0" j. E J* n T s: 0^ *ull 1 l?I? 1«L;1 «L; CaJhill, £300 op stock; Lloyd £100 on build- "?&• l^nd : Cahill, .£l5O pn .bwMmg: 8»*M,.£150 «i *o«*: Sare.sop, .£l5O on ifcp.cfe *nd fu*mtvwe. Royal, £g00 t. Melbourne City Council U taking 4nJbejps ftp X»n its ojwn Jnwuanee.bnumesß, Afc ihe Thames, in » .casein njiich Awa fiop# .yictiona WBi»!.Becurej(ji,ag«ins,t; a publicanloi-re.ejyL-ang "liquor op Sunday, when the .police aakejcl .for the production ..of tn« ilicftnse, counsel fp| fififendant -stated tkat his client waj not Hftfi the ownerof it, asheiadtransferued the,flaxn# ~*&d sold tne goftdwitl of *heiio.u»e ipewon; eonicgueniily he y<tß ,npt jn « fppflition to produce ihe lioenpe, and .it ppqljl jaot therefore be .endorsed,. ' TJie tmagi^r«t# (Mr 3u6h) upheld ibis cpjatentio^. >Pirp ,o,the/ >oha»ges against fchejde&pda^t^ljfljm^t ofte^|i W W eam#,daiie msw »Ui»drAW%
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Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 13
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325FIRE AT HOKITIKA. Hokitika, December 18. Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 13
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