CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION.
FLAX MILL BURNT DOWN IN THE WAIRAF
Chbistchtteoh, August 12. Mr. Moorhouse has been returned for the City of Christchurch to-day, without opposition. His speech contained nothing of importance. Blenheim, August 10. Hathaway's flax mill, G-ouland's Ferry, was burnt on Tuesday night last. Fifteen tons of flax were consumed, and the machinery. Cau3e not transpired here at present. A later telegram says that all the machinery ia destroyed, that the property was uninsured, and that the fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
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Colonist, 13 August 1870, Page 1 (Supplement)
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