CHRISTCHURCH NEWS
(Per Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. I Ellis, the Te_Awaite murderer, was once I a prisoner of Lyttleton Gaol. Tho local I gaol authorities say that it was Ellis who f assisted in the escape of tho celebrated I prisoner Jonathan Roberts. Roberts got I away from a galvanised iron hut at Ripa Island by means of a hole cut in the wall. Ellis was the accomplice who cut the hole, I The South Island Representation Com- ! mission opened its sittings here this morning. All tne Commissioners were present. Mr T. S. Weston is chairman. The pro- I ceedings are not open to tho proas. The | Commission is ongaged in fixing the bonn- I daries of electorates of Dunedin and I Christchurch,
A fire destroyed a painter's workshop at Linwood this morning, the property of Mr Archibald. Tho building was insured in the Liverpool, London and Globe, for £75, and the contents for 11225.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1381, 16 February 1905, Page 2
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