News in Brief.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7069, 7 January 1907, Page 2

News in Brief.

The Taylor-Carringfcon Lyric and Dra- < matio Company will appear at the Odd- 1 fellows' Hall this evening, when they will present the realistic drama " London Life." It is likely that Mr MoNab will speak in Christoh'urch on the land quostior t on the 15th insto Mesira J. Brebner & Co., Burnett Street, announce in thja issue their prices for tablingp, sheetings dross Btuffp, Bhirts, blouse?, sox, prints, etc

We have received a copy of "the New Zealand Baptist Union's Handbook for 1907. Ifc contains reports of the work of Union and of the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Sooiety, and of the very able presidential address delivered at the last year's Conference, at Wanganui, by Mr A. S. Adajae,

; A Dunedin telegram cfcates ■ Cable news has been received of thS death,, in London, of Mr Donald -McLean, well known as an amateur m theg.trj.gali circles. Originally, he joined the Brought combination, and afterwards became, a member of Wfaeeler'a companies in South Africa. He joined Wilson Barrett in England, and had every promiee of a brilliant career at home. ;j The cppstaole of one of New Zealand's ■ justices of the paac9 wheeling a barrow op- ; posite Taihape'a Temple of Jußtjjjp is creati ing considerable merriment iv the minds of passer-by (says the' local News). The ■ passers-by must be po#r (specimens of man- : hood, to laugh at any man fpr auob^ a reason,!

The Lancet iiaa turned the oofd eye pf science on our daily dish of strawberries, and has found the fruit a favourite resting' place for air-borne poison?. It euggesta th&t before they are eaten, strawberries should be'wasUedin cold water, and says the process would noli injure them in the leaßt "' ; '•"'■' '

Messrs J. H. Steward, senr., and J. H. Stewart, junr., threshing mill' owners, of give notice thg,t they have dissolved partnership, and that the business w [i] in future be carried on by the firmer, who will disch*!"" re all debts, aud to whom all accounts should be rendered.

Miss Genevieve Ward, the well-known aotress, in detailing the essential qualifications for success upon the stage, places first "soundnesp, mental and physical, good heilth, upon which all the rest depends. Next to good health in importance come good looks. Other essentials ure quick in- ■ telligapce, good memory, good temper, and a faculty tor w^rir. An idle, ailing, com 1* i plaining, nervous woman i» d* Jittle uae anywhere, but she is especially valueless on . the Btage."