News in Brief

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6666, 7 September 1905, Page 2

News in Brief

Mr H. Stephenson has for salo 24 acro3, with buildings, on the Seafiold road.

The high price of 35s per head was received at Milton the other day for a line of breeding ewrs.

The cost of the British expedition into Tibet was J51.010.935, all of whioh India will have to bear.

Duiing the present year 2843 persons in England have been convicted for cruelty to animals.

The earliest mention of shaving is in Genesis sli. 14, where it is sud, " Joseph shaved himself and changed his raiment."

By advertisement in thi3 issue Measrs G-. Hefford and Co announce that they are now making a special display of newly imported millinery at "The Corner."

It appears that Admiral Togo is piid ;€(i3B a year, while Admiral Rozjestveasky roceivod .£12,000. This strikes a Home paper as perfectly fair, the latter having had a much harder time of it.

While engaged in carpentering work on Monday at Mr J. Lewis's livery stables, Mr F. Hughes met with ao accident, whereby his left hand was severely crushed by a piece of heavy timber,

At the Tabernacle last evening the Eev. B. S. Gray, of Chiistehurch, in the course of a few opening remarks, said he firmly believed in introducing anything into church life that would promote the moral and intellectual well-being of the congregation—no matter how much it departed from tha orthodox rules, and providing of course that it was pure and wholesome.

The Eev. R. A. Woodthorpe and Mrs Woodthorpe were tendered a complimentary farewell social on Tuesday evening by the parishioners of St John's Church Ghristchuroh. Both guests of the evening were made the recipients of handsome presents, Mr Woodthorpe has been appointed warder of the Selwyn College, Dunedin.