A SUSPICIOUS FIRE
MAN ARRESTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) STRATFORD, Last Nigght.
An enquiry was held to-day into the circumstances surrounding a fire of January 12th in premises occupied, by John Benjamin Clark, an itinerant auctioneer of drapery and general merchandise. The police gave evidence of finding traces of benzine in the building after tho fire.' Clark was on the premises at the time of the outbreak. The jury returned a verdict that the premises were wilfully set on fire, but there was not sufficient evidence to show by whom. Later this evening Clark was arrested on the charge, bail being allowed in self of £2OO and one surety of £IOO.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 1 February 1918, Page 5
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110A SUSPICIOUS FIRE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 1 February 1918, Page 5
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