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News has been brought into Port Macquarie that late on Saturday the old residence on the Lake Innes Estate, built by Major Innes (convict labour) was burnt to the ground.The police are endeavouring to find out the cause of the fire, but have not yet succeeded.he township on this station which is the present Glen Innes, was named after him. In his first few years at Lake Innes he produced the first sugar grown in the district and in 1844 he planted thirty acres of vines. Major Innes was convinced that Port Macquarie would become a major port and settlement area.