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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 April 1901, Page 3

A humbio resident of Paris was fined for stealing cabbages. The authorities went to collect the fine, and found the house prepared fjr a siege. They invited him to surrender. He replied with a salute of bullets. Troops were brought to tho scene, and after four days' excitement it was found that tho man had hanged himself. An American millionaire, Mr Clay Pierce, refused to pay for a portrait of his wife. Ho declared she laoked more dis tinguished ; the artist said he flattered the lady. Eventually tho millionaire paid £3OO and burnt tho picture. For continuation of news dco fourth page, TOTAKA FLAT YARD& WEDNESDAY, 21th APRIL at 1 o'clock, p m. W. MOSS AND CO vn« will sell by public auc.ixi i above: 250 s i STORE CATTLE (mixed sexes), 2 to 4 yeai olds. FRIDAY, 26th APRIL, At Residence, High Street, At 2 30 p.m. \j" . instructed by Mr A. Magnus (late dredge master Leviathan Co), will sell by public auction as above : The whole of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS. "Everything New." For the convenience of Cobden and townspeople, Brown's expresses will convey purchasers to the sale (free of charge), leaving. Opera House at 2 15 and 2 20 p.m. G. W. MOSS & CO, Auctioneers.