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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6125, 11 March 1898, Page 3

Fire. —The building on the North Eoad, Papanui, known as the old post office store, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday night at about 12.30 o'clock. The building was the property of Mr Haskins, town clerk, and had been unoccupied for about nine months. The. origin of the fira is unknown. There were no insurances. ,* Pj.b_.ic Eeception.—A public reception: wiJl be tendered this evening to the Eev 'W. G. Parsonson, the newly-elected President of-the New Zealand Methodist Con-: ference. The gathering will take place at the Sydenham Methodist Schoolroom, and congratulatory addresses.interspersed with musical selections, will hh given. - » . : A IJog's Endurance.—A very striking illustration of the endurance of dogs has lately been brought to light at Lyttelton. One day recently the Customs officials had occasion to open the kerosene bond, when they discovered that a dog, the property of one of-the officials, had been accidentally shut up in the bond since the previous visit. A reference to the records of the office proved that the lapse of time was exactly eleven days, and from the nature of the building there would be no possibility of the dog's having partaken of food of any description during that time. The. bond is a brick and concrete building, and from the nature of its contents it does not entice mice and rats within its walls. The dog had fallen away to the. proverbial shadow, and had scarcely sufficient strength left'to crawl out of the door upon its being opened.