NEWS IN BRIEF

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 2568, 22 April 1922, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF

An Anzae Day service will be held in ihc Presbyterian Church, Southbridg.;, ■ji Tuesday evening at 7.30. On Anzac Day a short service will be acid in St James's Church of England, tfouthbridge, ,at 11 a.m. The Pub'lie Trust Office calls i'or claims against the estate of the late Mr William Kelly. The Southbridgc Football Club's ncx' social will take place on Tuesday, May For quality, variety and price thero is nothing on the market to beat Hudson's well known Biscuits.. I have all. kinds in stock and will be pleased lo receive your orders. F. P. Siverts'^i, Southbridge. v At the inquest ebneerning the of Mr William Kelly, held at Doylestcn on Tuesday afternoon by Mr W. O. F.ennie and a jury, a verdict of "found drowned" was returned. The funeral took place on Wednesday and was largely attended. A Moris chair won by Mr J. Corbett at the Catholic bazaar has been given by the owner "to the residents of Southbridge for all time." He bus .stipulated that the chair is to rem?m m the public bar of the Soutubrirtgo hotel and that any person while using it will be entitled to get a drink at Gd. Chinamen receive very few letters through the post, and many of thorn cannot read English. Recently (says the ■fcapier 'Telegraph') the Labor Depwi.menfc sent out notices to all shopkeepers to register under the Factories A-jt. On the morning the notices were delivered one resident, on taking a parcel into <v laundry, found two agitated Chinfinen with an official form, which they could not read. It was quite apparent Uiat they regarded it as a summons • t S.me kind, and then their anxiety was to know how much they had to pay. When it was explained that the fee was Is, their relief was immense. The customer left, feeling like a Boy Scout who had done his good deed for tlir.t <?ay.