[rBUTEr's TEIiEOUAMS.] Sydney,, Sept. 3. ! 4il extensive nr'e Broke out eaiiy this morning m Clarence street on the premises occupied by Messrs D. Mitchell and Co., whole sale grocers, causing the total des truction of the buildings and sfdpli . The hissuraueg amounts id £18,900 Of which . £4,000 was upon the building, and £14,300 upon the stock and is divided among the various offices. . Tlie loss is estima ted at fully £20;000, ; • ■ ; :

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[UNITED PRESS .I&SOCUTIok.] Invbrcarciill, September 4. At a meetiuc of settlers at Heddon Bush it was reSoh-fid to forth a company to construct * liiie ijnder the District Railways Act front' Waiinatuku to join the Government railway, at Wairoa. The shares were fixed at £3 each, and 1000 taken up immediately. Other. i^eetiogs are to bo held ai)d it is eipeited the pro ject will meet with general support. Oaring the thunderstorm yesterday a colt belonging to a settler at Waikiwi was killed by ' lightning. Two people standing near the animal say they ex perienced a sensation of being slightly stunned.
THE APPROPRIATION OF DOG TAX AND LICENSING FEES.
