MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11966, 20 June 1907, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

'. Taihape, June 19. A man named Partick Henry Munro, nas been found dead at Ohakune. -d . . . Timaru, June 19. Kain, «hich is greatly needed, is falling here to-day. It i s twelve months now since a really good rain fell in this district. The dams and creeks are lower than tney have been known to be before. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here last night about 8.30. ' . , Dunedin, June 19. _ A four roomed wooden house in South Dunedin, owned and occupied by Mr Arthur Rowlett, was puwed down at 3 o'clock this morning. The supposed cause of the outbreak is that clothes left drying in the kitchen caught fire. The insurances are in the South British, £200 on the house, and £75 on the furniture.