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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 07, 1902
Page
2
A telegraph report from Hicoarls Telegraph Werimeron dated April 7 notes Mr Seddon will decline to accept a purse subscribed for him and may object to dedicating funds to erect a memorial center for New Zealanders who fell in South Africa.
Reports from London and New York reflect divergent views on the killing of Australian officers. The War Office recounts that five officers were court-martialed for murders by the Bushveld Carbineers in the Transvaal with two deaths by execution, while Morant Handcock and Picton defend actions amid claims of cruelty and vengeance.
The Pirates Football Club invites members to a Thursday Dome match for selection of a senior Hig team. Captain's team lists players including Wilson Culverhonee and Reid. Vios team features Lynskey McTigue Fitzgerald Culverhonee and others. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. with remaining players to be polled.
A London dispatch reports the April 31 engagement near Hart's River where Canadian Rifles suffered 63 casualties. Officers and men were killed and wounded, with Boer losses admitted at 137. Lieutenant Bruce Carruthers, formerly Australian, commanded the Canadians. Meanwhile plans to form four battalions of the Commonwealth Horse were announced in Manaourin, with contingents from New South Wales Victoria Queensland and others to serve in South Africa.
The Age reports Tasmania seeks to take over Thomas Tattersall's business as a going concern and run a Tasmanian Government lottery. Mr Deakin weighs the matter but cannot commit, noting the Postmaster General could not refuse forwarding related letters if the lottery department is properly constituted.
London reports a crowd of about seventy thousand at England versus Scotland in Glasgow. Barriers were breached and mounted police cleared the field after the stand collapsed. Three killed and about one hundred fifty wounded in the crush and debris.
The South Island battalion of the Tenth Contingent is set to depart on April 15. The Tenth Contingent totals 5 officers and 480 men, with about 100 horses in camp. A morning inspection and shooting practice start tomorrow.
In Papanui last night a 23 year old woman Mary Brown fell under a tram and died after both legs were crushed. She was daughter of Peter Brown of Akaroa and niece of Campbell Brown of Lyttelton. An inquest is set for tomorrow. A second death, Alice Phipps, a Sydenham resident, was found dead in her bath likely from a fit.
Obituaries note the death of Mr Robert Perston former Bank manager at Wanganui Dunedin and Mr Wood head master of the Boys High School aged fifty. Reports describe a river flood at Waimata causing a buggy to be swept away. Other items mention railway work resumption staff limits shopkeeper fines and Seddon Testimonial subscriptions.
The Victorian Labour Commission took evidence in Christchurch with witnesses including George Bowron of Bowron Bros tannery and fellmongers, George Blackwell of Kaulapoi Woollen Co, and K Waymouth of Canterbury Frozen Meat Co. Witnesses support the Arbitration Court concept but urge amendments to reconstruction of Conciliation Boards. Weather notes forecast a southeast gale with rain.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Ready Money Shop Tancred Graph Opposites Arcade and rival Rock Bottom Values in Drapery and Clothings with items marked 6 plain figures. No clear event or dates.
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