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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 January 1903, Page 4

While Ilia members of a country rifle club, not a hundred miles from Masterton were practising the other day, a fine stag came in'o view on an adjacent ridge, about 800 yards away. This animated target was too tempting to the shootists, and in defiance of all the game laws in the colony, they greeted him with a couple of volleys. The members, however, were not so successful as they are at the butts, and the startled stag quickly bounded out of sight without any lead in his corpus. A New York telegram in the Daily Mail says:—-The Rev Walter Bently, rector of the Holy Sepulchre Church in New York, is about to have a completelyequipped theatre built under his church, in which certain plays of a religious character will be produced by a local dramatic company, occasionally assisted by professionals. The rev gentleman was formerly an actor himself and is secretary to the Actors’ Church Alliance. This remarkable innovation has attracted widespread interest, and is likely to prove a great success.

The expenses of Mr* Millar, M.H.E,. at the general election amounted to £9B 19a 6d, and those of Mr Arnold to £94 12s 6d. On the New Zealand register of medical practitioners, which is published in ihe Gaz- tte this week, appears the names of 771 doctors, 79 of whom however, are set down as having left the colony, Wellington is given as the residence of 79 doctors. On the dentists register (also published) are 357 names, 7 being given as having left the colony,’’ The Western Star says that American flour is now being sold locally, one merchant having procured a consignment, and is selling at a price below New Zealand quotation.

Wanganui is raising £70,000 (at 4$ per cent) to improve the water supply in that town. With the interest on toe new loan, the rata payable on property in W anganui will be 2/4 in the £. The Inangahua Times says Mr T. N. Grange canvassed the town for signatures to a petition for the establishment of telephone connection between Reefton, Westport and Greymouth. The convenience of such a connection, especially to business people,was so obvious that he had no difficulty in obtaining more than double the number of signatures required to set the thing going. In a short time, therefore, Reefton, which is regarded by newcomers as the slowest town in creation will be on an equality with more go-ahead communities in this respect, and if the citizens will only “look alive,” other innovations and up-to-date reforms will be bound to follow. A notable order has just been finished by a firm of jewellers in Christchurch (says Ihe Lyttelton Times). It is for a hanisome granny chain, at a cost, in round figures of £IOOO. The chain, it is stated. ir.tho most valuable piece of jewellery of its kind in the colony. The chain and settings are made of 18 carat gold, in which there are set the following precious stones ;-One hundred and thirty-two diamonds, 16 large whole pearls, five rubies, six blue sapphires, and six yellow sapphires.