News in Brief

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6699, 17 October 1905, Page 2

News in Brief

The entries for the Timsru Show close ;oday.

Mr H. Kfephenson-has for sslo a fiih. and poultry business.

la the course of eight hours' point duty a London conatiuhjo avers that he is asked, oq au ayerftgp, 250 times where srcch find such a sheet is.

Mr L. g. MoCJurg hai au advertisement " about specs." in ibis issuo.

Messrs Friedlander Bro i. announce that Ledgerwoo'i's leases have been withdrawn fioni sale. '

The Ashbnrton Minstrels will a;ive a cones: t at Stavoley on Thursday ovonin^ next.

The office oP tha Ashburton Porraaueat Building and Investment Society will ba closed on Friday next, Trafalgar Day.

The flower thief has commenced his nnfarious practices again, and several gardens in the West end of the town have been robbed of their choicest specimens.

The Kov Father Hays is gradually improving in health after his recent very pevere illness and the operation he underwent for catarrh. He has quite recovered from the attack o£ pneumonia,, and was able to celebrate mass on Sunday in Wellington.

Two young lads of thirteen years are in custody at Timaru for Eeveral acts of breaking into and stealing from shops. In one case they entered the offices of the Atlas Milling Company, stole 7s worth of stamps, and damaged the cafe by their attempts to open it.

At the Waihi Police Court last week two man were rined £10 each, in default one month's imprisonment, on a charge of stealing a sack of potatoes belonging to a boardinghouse-keeper.