CHRISTCHURCH.
This Day. Three out of four of the proprietors of the EcJto were committed for trial yesterday on a charge of libel on the Editor of the Star. The charge against the fourth was withdrawn to use him as witness. Bail was allowed. Subscriptions are being opened for Mrs. Henderson, whose husband committed suicide at "Wellington.
The following is an amusing proof of how an item grows — at least in America. After the sleigh accident which befell the Princess Louise, it was stated by the Montreal Witims that her "Royal Highness had lost a jewel valued at $2000; the Boston Traveller soon increased these figures to $20,000 ; the Chicago tfimes to $200,000 ; The St. Paul Pioneer Press raised them to $2,000,000 ; the Denver Tribune to $20,000,000 ; and finally the San Fsancisco Post fixed $200,000,000 as the right figure J An ingenious quack is trying to prove that Absalom must have used some, of his '*' restorative," else he could not have had such long hair.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1107, 28 August 1880, Page 2
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