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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 817, 24 June 1879, Page 2

. It is nob often that canine affection shows itself on a burning house-top. Yet, at the recent flre m Wellington, says the New Zealander, an instance of this kind was brought under notice, m a manner scarcely to be credited. A faithful old dog was seen wending its way close to the heels of its master, until the owner reached the upper gallery m the Opera House. Here both experienced a taste of smoke and water to their fullest content, when an exit was deemed necessary to safety. At a subsequent period the same iiguros were seen scrambling along the smoking timbers on a house-top, when the heat became so intense that a rapid descent along some sheets of iron was the only mode of escape. A quick slide was mado of it, while "Hector," the dog, kept marking time as it were on the heated iron for a few seconds, when with a roll over and a spring he managed to reach terra frma. Since the fire, poor lt Hector" has been fully employed licking its tender paws, and anointing m like manner its bald pacthes obtained during its fire brigade practice.