BREVITIES.
Five deaths occurred in the Dimedin Hospital last week—viz-, Alice Guild, Cbaa. Tyrrell, Alexander M'Naughton, Gcorgo "Wallace, and Margaret Kendrick. The freehold tenure will he a leading plank in the platMnn of the new morning paper about to be started in Wellington. Mr John Duthie (Wellington) and Mr G. G. Stead (Christchurch), well-known oominercial men, are among the promoters. The Attorney-General of South Australia lias given authority for tho exhumation of a dead body for the purpose of ascertaining whether a will was buried with the bodyin the coffin.
At Geelong, Victoria,- Arthur Coleman (14), in a n't of resentment at' being re-, proved for a fault, swallowed some liniment, and died soon afterwards.
Bulli soil is greatly in demand for cricket pitches. This year 300. tons hav« already been sent away from Sydney by rail, in addition to 1,000 bags containing 2cwt each for West Australia-
, Thirty-eigEt patients were admitted to' the Dunedin Hospital last week and thirty-' six discharged, leaving 109 inmates in tho institution on Saturday last.
At llanfurly on Friday a shooting match (ten men a side) took place betweru the Maiiiototo Mounted Rifles and the Caver-, sham Rifles. Conditions :, Seven shots at 200 and 500 yards. Scores: Maniototo, 518: Caversham, 472..
Walliam Haigh, -whose mysterious disappearance was reported an Monday, is. still missing. In a previous telegram the name of the missing man was erroneously given as Dullusr the latter being the nam©'of'' Haigh's employer. A Marlborough deputation waited'on the Premier on Saturday and "urged tine speedy completion of the Blcnheim-Waipara Rajlwiiy.. Sir Joseph Ward said, in replv, that h*. regarded the completion of the through I'm? as a. matter of colonial irrrportanse,; and the- repi-'esentatiions of the deputation, woujd be considered by Cabinet. As'soon: as; thV, North Island: Mam Trunk was completed the colony would ;be justified in, carrying qnK the Blenheim-Waipara line more rapidly.'"' At Wellington on Saturday a decree nisr was granted' by the Chief Justice in thecase of Ann Cross v. John Cross. ; \' " Spani&K bull-fighters average £l,ooo**, year. Stars sometimes get as .rnnch" for.'a single performance
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Evening Star, Issue 12926, 24 September 1906, Page 1
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346BREVITIES. Evening Star, Issue 12926, 24 September 1906, Page 1
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