NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
WELLINGTON POST IN DANGER FROM FIRE. Wellington, November 28. V A fire was discovered at the general post-office buildings between three and lour on Wednesday morning. The night watchman found one of the spittoons in the instrument room in a smouldering stute, and extinguished the fins by dashing a couple of buckets of water upon it. He then found that a lighted cigarette had been thrown into the spittoon, which was of wood, and that tho sawdust in the vessel had been burnt, and the whole framework had been charred. Tho officers of the department are reticent ia the matter, which will be subjected to an official «a<juiry,
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8640, 28 November 1889, Page 2
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111NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8640, 28 November 1889, Page 2
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