News in Brief
Alcorn's tailoring department has opened up a splendid selection of spring and summer suitings in all the latest designs. The firm guarantees a perfect fit.
A citizen of Auckland, whose native wil* not b9 disclosed, has donated £LG'O3 to tho Paruell Orphan Honn.
Mes3vs John Fuller and Sons have purchased tho Theatre Koyal, Wellington. This firm now owns six theatres in the colony.
The maximum weight of parcels which may be placed with a twopenny left luggage label in the cloakrooms ac the Government railway stations has been increased from 281b to 561b.
The total quantity of potatoes imported into the colony from January to August of this year was 8511 tons, of the value of £5252. The largest importations were from Sydney (270 tons), Melbourne (239 tons) and Hobart (329 tons.)
Graillard, who murdered Miss Uary, an English governess, at Mont Yalerien, Pans, has baen sentenced to penal servitude for life.
Shipbuilders on the Clyde have almost sufficient orders on hand tor two years. A great revival is noticeable in engineering industries in Lancashire.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6698, 16 October 1905, Page 2
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