Incendiarism.
Between 9.30 and 10.30 p.m. on the 19th ultimo, at Charlton, near Gore, a barn, the property of Hugh McLean and John Fraser, containing oats, wheat, saddlery, &c., value over £3OO, was maliciously set on fire. The barn and contents were destroyed, except about 100 bags of the oats, which were removed from the building during the progress of the fire. The property was not insured.
Between 10 p.m. on the 18th and 12.45 a.m. on the 19th ultimo, at Tua Marina, near Picton, a stack of grass-hay and two stacks of oaten hay, the property of Matthew Doyle, value about £43, were maliciously set on fire, by which they were destroyed. The stacks were insured in the Royal Office for £4O.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume X, Issue 11, 26 May 1886, Page 95
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