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LATE LOCALS.

At, to-morrow evening's production of " 11.M.5. Pinafore,'' tho dross circle will bo .set apart for Anzacs. Tho following were tho entries under the peroral headings at- the Addington metropolitan .market on Wednesday, last week's llgures being, given in parentheses: —Cat-tie 51-1 (575), shcc-p 12.54i3 (SGSi)), pigs 446 (3S!',i. It is expected that the Waimairi County Council's scheme for electrical light and power will bo extended to the Boi-tlo Lake Hospital by the middle of next month. It will he used for heating the wards, as well at? for lighting tho institution. There was a collision between a motor-ear and a milk-cart- at the corner of Canon Street and Uarbadoes Street-, St Albans, about six o'clock last night- A great- deal of damage was done to the milk cart-,' which, after tlio horse was taken oui. was loft on the street, a piece oi wreckage. ' Tlio announcement was made that .Mr lien -J,. Fuller, governing director of Fullers' Vaudeville and Theatres, Limited, had decided to enlist, and last week M r Fuller told u Sydney '' Evening News" reporter the ideas and reasons that had led to hi.s decision. " 1 am forty-two years old, and two fading doctors certify that I am as sound as a bell, and that I shall train as fitas anyone," said Mr Fuller, tilting back on his chair. " Why shouldn't T go?'' Asked whether he had thought of all the people who defended on the Fuller circuit." for their living, he replied that the Fuller organisation was in good shape, and would run its-elf till he carae Back. The first six months i of the war were critical, and he had ! had to reduce the staff's salaxies by 25 j per cent. Then his accountant showed i that business had crept up to normal i again, "nd the staff had been repaid i t-lit* deduction for tho whole six months. | "Those men think a lot of Fullers', They'li look after things all right while I'm away.''

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11755, 20 July 1916, Page 6

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LATE LOCALS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11755, 20 July 1916, Page 6

LATE LOCALS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11755, 20 July 1916, Page 6