FIRE AT TAURANGA.
GO\TERNMENT BUILDINGS AND ! REGGESSS DESTROYED. , Per Brass Association. ..,....-. TAURANGA, afevember'l7. The block known as the \ Government V Buildings, abotfb ISJJfc two storeys ' iidgh, was complete^-destroyed; by fire last tisjght. ' " . The flames\were ing from the centre -window <>f the, upper storey at the back. The sbuilding was ; 28- years' old, and && flames, spread with great rapidity. , '. In the buildings -trere '-=6Sices of the and Telegraph 'Department, Public Trustee, Customs, Stock, Laififoan-d. Survey Departments, Magistrate's -XSourt, Native Court, Borough and County-Sonnci! arid •t:Eegistrar of Electors. AH the local records-"-were "destroyed. '•Of isir safes in' the braiding, only two proved: of any use. One safe was used y<hy the Returning Officer an'd "Registrar, .and, sufficient copies- -of the trolls were saved- -for the purposes of 'tire '.General " but all the other -electoral papers vp.-rwere destroyed. •' The Native Court was 2 r-adtertised to be the principal pollingplace; this; has been destaroyed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11917, 18 November 1902, Page 3
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150FIRE AT TAURANGA. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11917, 18 November 1902, Page 3
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