Universal training urged to strengthen national defence
The Dominion argues for compulsory military training to deter war and harden response to invasion. It cites Boer resistance as proof of grit, warns against liberty objections, and recalls Captain St Les on raising men. It urges balanced funding for home and maritime defence ahead of naval policy debates.
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Australasia
Empire
Rega
Joseph Ward
London Spectator
St. Les
Parliament
Lord Torrington
Beachy Head
England
Tourville
Appeal Court Hears Motion to Strike Harden from Roll
At Wellington Appeal Court Justices Denniston Edwards and Cooper hear a motion by the Wellington Law Society to strike off Charles Edward Harden, a Palmerston North barrister. Harden had been acquitted in the Supreme Court with the defence claim of drink muddling his actions. the court ordered strike-off but allowed reinstatement if reform is shown. Costs of fifteen pounds fifteen shillings were fixed.
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Wellington
Appeal Court
Denniston, Edwards and Cooper
Charles Edward Harden
Palmerston Worth
Wellington Law Society
Harden
Supreme Court
Australian grain and market rates across cities
Market notes from Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide show wholesale price lists for wheat flour oats barley maize bran pollard potatoes onions and butter. Notable figures include Sydney wheat 10d to 11d and butter at 9s 2d, Melbourne wheat 6d to 43 10d, Adelaide wheat 4s 7d to 4s 8d with bran pollard and potatoes also listed.
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Sydney
New Zealand
Melbourne
Adelaide
Australian Old Age Pensions Fund Outlook
The Commonwealth Old Age Pensions Trust shows £543,621 in credit and will near £750,000 by year end enabling the Treasury to launch national pensions with about six months of payments in reserve. First year payments are projected at £1,500,000 while invalid pensions become operative, adding about £2,600,000 annual cost for veterans and permanently injured workers.
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Commonwealth
Punct Row
Veterans of Industry
Wakat u Storm Collision Enquiry Set for Friday
Christchurch March 31 Magisterial enquiry into Wakatu and Storm collision to open at 10.80 a.m. Friday. Judge H W Bishop will preside with assessors Captain W B Delmer of the Volador and Captain T Mahon aboard.
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Christchurch
H. W. Bishop
S.M
Storm
Bishop
W. BR. Delmer
T. Mahon
Addington Stock Market Mixed Results on Sheep and Cattle
Large entry of fat and store sheep at Addington yards with lambs down from prior sales. Fat wethers eased, store sheep cleared with small advances. Lambs few and selling at late rates. Fat lambs small yarding, prices near previous sale. some above due to exporters filling freezing orders. Fat cattle and store stock showed weaker demand, dairy cows strong, pigs steady with decent demand.
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Per Presa Association
Christchurch
Addington
Fragiers
Butchers
Endowment Fund Closed For Napier Penguin Victims
In Napier on March 31 the fund to endow a bed at Napier Hospital in memory of the two stewardesses who died in the Penguin disaster was closed after raising the required £60.
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Napier
Napier Hospital
Alleged Manslaughter Charged in Gisborne Case
Rose Whirwin, a servant girl, was charged at the Police Court with the manslaughter of her newborn female child on March 10. The inquest evidence was confirmed, showing the child lived after birth. Accused pleaded not guilty and reserved her defence. she was committed for trial.
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Gisborne
Rose Whirwin
Governor visits Urewera lands amid native farming progress
The Governor of Auckland, noting improved weather, toured the Urewera Country and met with chiefs at the pa. He spoke with Rua about Native efforts to cultivate lands and follow sanitary laws before departing Rotorua for Wellington.
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Auckland
Urewera
Rua
Rotorua
Wellington
Harbour Board to consider Murihuku dredge bid
GISBORNE March 31 The Harbour Board has decided to obtain a dredge of the Murihuku type and will shortly consider an offer from Siemens and Co the builders of the Greymouth dredge.
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Gisborne
Harbour Board
Siemens and Co
Greymouth
Invercargill Races Open With Strong Attendance
The Southland Racing Club autumn meeting in Invercargill opened in fine weather with a good course and fair crowd. Totalisator turnover reached 3364 pounds, up 376 from last year, with nine licensed bookmakers taking 127 pounds 10 shillings in fees. Results include Hurdles won by Homeward, Norse Queen tops Class Trot, Office Girl wins Autumn Handicap, Roslyn Hack-Strathfallan, Flying Handicap winner Lupulite, Tavercargill Trot led by Flower Child, and County and Tradesman Handicaps won by Redmond and Warsaw respectively.
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Invercargill
Southland Racing Club
Homeward
Tuatapere
Royal Shell
Smin
Norse Queen
Conoetah
Imagination
Office Girl
Cuirosettia
Jack Ashore
Lasec
Roslyn Hack
Strathfallan
Warsaw
Radiator
Emin
Lupulite
Loresome
Gapon
Tavercargill
Flower Child
Duncan
McGregor
Ladymaid
Redmond
Seck Ashore
Annita
Cooce
Wireless progress in Australian squadron signals opinion shift
The Sydney Telegraph notes high quality wireless communication across the Australian squadron after experiments. Attempts to contact Sydney from the flagship during the New Zealand cruise failed except via a cross Tasman crossing warship. Messages from Hobson Bay vessels were quickly received and a complete ship-to-ship wireless service is expected. an excellent link between H M S Pyramus and the flagship worked smoothly under ideal atmospheric conditions.
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Sydney
New Zealand
Tasman Sea
Hobson Bay
H.M.S. Pyramus
Farm Cove
Dunedin Cattle and Sheep Market Prices Report
In Dunedin on March 31 a cattle yarding of 196 head saw prices steady from last week with best bullocks £9 7s 6d and best cows £6 10s. Sheep yarded 2676 with prime wethers holding. lambs at 13s tops, overall prices down about 1s for lambs.
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Dunedin
Dunedin Grain Market Reports Mixed Demand For Grains
In Dunedin la nd grain trade oats show steady local demand for feed lines at 1s 42d to 1s 44d ex trucks with little shipping inquiry. Wheat price trend improving with strong demand for prime milling lines, especially tarvet, at 4s to 4s 2d delivered. Fowl wheat quoted 85d to 85½d.
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Dunedin
After Death in Hibbert Journal on Myers and Hodgson
Gerald Balfour questions Myers messages as either genuine or the product of secondary self. John Graham reports revelations stating the dead are more alive than on earth and still attached to earthly memory. He notes a conscious period after death and a later move beyond Earth life while Myers remains near to aid faith.
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The
Hibbert Journal
Gerald Balfour
F. W. Myers
John Graham
Myers
Hodgson
Earth
God
Milton
Graham
Masculine Woman Granted Public Wear of Male Attire in Berlin
A 24 year old woman in Berlin, with a masculine appearance, repeatedly arrested abroad for wearing female clothes, was granted formal permission by the Berlin police to appear publicly as a man. She previously adopted male dress after threats of self harm. She worked in a Berlin house under the name Herr Scandia. The police later allowed her to present as a man in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London Daily Express
Herr Scandia
Sale of Pastoral Runs in Dunedin Hears Keen Bids
A Dunedin sale of pastoral runs on March 91 saw one Morven Hills run passed in and two sold at upset price while Kawarau runs drew strong competition. Nine grazing runs were balloted with applicants ranging from three to twenty two.
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Dunedin
Morven Hills
Kawarau
Worms Cause Restlessness in Children Study Warns
The article notes parasites in children causing irritability and fretfulness. It says purgatives fail to treat worms and a specific remedy is required for thread and stomach worms in stomach and intestines.
Indigestion Cure Praised by New Zealand Couple
Mr Archibald Ross of Wanganui, New Zealand reports his wife suffered a severe indigestion attack. After a friend suggested Chamberlain's Tablets, she recovered quickly and they now keep a bottle at home. Available for sale by chemists and storekeepers.
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Archibald Ross
Wanganui, N.Z
Chamberlain
G E A D SHOT offered as a safe remedy for all ages
An advertisement promotes a supposed remedy called G E A D SHOT described as safe for children and adults. It lists a price of 6d and 6 boxes for 8s 6d, available at chemists or via post from W H Comstock Co Ltd of 69 Pitt Street Sydney.
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W. H. Comstock Co., Ltd
Pitt Street
Sydney
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Papanui
Turokine
Tongariro
Tosail
Dir
Friedlander Bros. Ltd
Iil
Rio de Joaniera
Nicoll
BROS
Bany. UN
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Insurang Department
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all_slassea
Original Assurances
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Robinson
Ballantynes
Journal of Fashion
J. Ballantyne & CO
Timaru
Hereford Street
Christchu
Devereux, Kitt & Co., Land and Estate Agents
Lichfield Street
Seatham
North Canterbury
Papanui Stores, Ltd
Mount Somers Coal Company, Limited
Apd
W. Pickles
Ashburton and District
W. T. Doak
Mount Somers
I. A. Saunders
Moses
Springburn
T. McDowell
Mayfield
Nicholson
Burnstt Street
Arvade
Telephone
Boot Importer
Tancred St
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J. Newman
Ton
Manufacturing Jewellers
High Street
ANDR
Tancred Street
Building Society
Robinson’s Patent Groats
Aalale
Bben
Colman
Australian Old Age Pensions
Sporting
Burnside Stock Market
Per Press. Association
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Gead
H. G
East Street
Burnett Street
H. E. Bonnington
Hemsley Burnet
Cecil Buildings
Friedlander Bros
SEE ‘ Limited
Ashbury
Bulletin
Scientifice American
Chas
Thomas
Bookweller
Statione Ami Newsagent
Kilworth
Garpenter
Tangsren Street
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