ATTEMPTED ARSON AT HUNTLY.
AUCKLAND, September 1:8. A determined attempt to burn the Minors’ Hall at Huntly was perpetrated on Sunday night. The night was dark and stormy^ and someone prized open a window at the back of the hall and sprinkled the roo • with kerosene, using bagging to sot tl doer alight. The fire was discovered ab-’Ut 10 p.m. by two gentlemen connected with the hall, who promptly put the fire o ' with the appliances sent for. The floor % ’as well alight, and only for the fact that the outbreak was promptly discovered nothin? could have saved the building and !,h. ing . private houses. The Miners’ Hall is a popular place of entertainment. A reward of £SO li 1.3 been offered by the hall and picture mans Erement for information that will lead to the conviction of the miscreant.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3212, 6 October 1915, Page 13
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