Rugby schools teach character and courage, says Daily Mail piece
A column extols rugby as character building for boys, praising its physical benefits and moral lessons. It highlights Gwyn Nicholls Basil Maclear and Lewis McLeod as exemplars, notes teamwork over self for scoring, and lauds courage and discipline fostered by the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwyn Nicholls
Basil Maclear
Lewis McLeod
Gwyn Nichollas
Gwyn Nicholle
Cardiff
Maclear
Macleod
Hig
Ashburton Opens Complete Golf Stock for Season
Golf players will be pleased to learn that they can obtain their requisites in Ashburton as R D Johnston now opens a complete stock of materials for the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton
R. D. Johnston
Salvation Army Anti-death by own action Bureau report
General Booth reports one year of the bureaux work in London aiding 1125 men from middle class trades including clergymen, doctors, officers, merchants and others. Women applicants total ninety. financial distress, drink and melancholia are major causes. The program emphasizes secrecy, free advice, and nonfinancial help with cases ranging from counseling to restitution with criminal defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Salvation Army
London
Legion
Bureau
Canada
Midlands
Cure Rheumatism With Rheumo Remedy Claims Soothing Relief
A promotional notice claims Rheumo cures rheumatism gout sciatica and lumbago citing a Feilding resident H F Janning who praises the remedy’s benefit and urges a fair trial. The ad states Rheumo is sold at stores and chemists for two shillings and fourpence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. FF
Feilding
H. V Janning
Wellington Gas Stokers Award Filed in Dispute
The Wellington Gas Stokers and Cokers Union and Wellington Gas Company filed an award with the clerk of awards. The award takes effect Monday and lasts until April 13, 1909, setting wages per shift and holiday pay, with duties limited per shift and employer provisions for meals and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Wellington Gas Stokers and Cokers Union
Wellington Gas Company
Otago University Athletes Named for Easter Tourney
Otago University will send a large team to the university tournament at Easter featuring events in sprints hurdles walking and field events. Representatives include C H McBride J Hyde L H McBride H McChesney and R Nuku in track events with Davis Tansey McChesney McBride and Will in relays and a tug of war squad. Otago also debuts a tennis tournament April 17 and 21 with Miss Ward Moore Field Elder and others. Debaters for Otago are M Haslett and E K Lomas meeting April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunedin
Otago University
C. H McBride
J. Hyde
L. H. McBride
H. McChesney
P. C. Davis
E. Davis
C. Hendry
T. M. Haslett
E. T. Rogers
R. Nuku
Poorness of Blood and Its Cure
Miss Nallie Elliott of Brisbane credits Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills with restoring her strength after long weakness eruptions in the skin and chronic constipation. She reports relief from indigestion, constipation, and skin eruptions and urges others with blood or system disorders to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nallie Elliott
Marge
Is Sweating Criminal by Father Vaughan in London
Father Bernard Vaughan preached on Is Sweating Criminal revealing a demand for a minimum living wage. He argued natural justice precedes contract and that paying less than a living wage makes a worker a criminal before God, condemning wage exploitation in all social ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Bernard Vaughan
London
Pather Vaughan
Hoe
Villadom
Elubdom
Parkdom
Woods peppermint cure baffling buyers and shop talk
In a clipped exchange, a druggist jokes that the Woods peppermint cure won’t cure everything and references its limits for both people and pigs. The brief quip underscores skepticism about a tabloid remedy.
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Teneriffe
Plymouth
West
Towa
Gail
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Bhaw, Savill and Alsion Co., . Limited
Bpoval
Wellingto
Rio de Janiero
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
Colonial Company
Loweat
Nicole Bros
Islington
Nicoll Bros
Manchester Bros
Business Notices
Tweedostumes
Ion
Trage
Goocd Serges
Christchurch
Tiraru
Temm Sre
Tims
Sterling
Hee Burnet
Bonnington
Henley Burnat
George Bt
Danedia
London Bridge
John Moore
Pictura
East Street
Ashburton, Waimate and
Oamara
Sunny Nelson
Coopsr & Duncan
Cee Ees
Makerers, Christcehurch & Ashburton
Pets Telephone
George Cooper
Charles Muir
Cooper & Duncan, Ltd
Jones and Sons
N.Z
Jones *” Sons
the Manufacturing Jewellers
High Street
Clothing Factory
Ree
Tancred Street
Keen’s
Newman's Livery Stables
Sihind Somerset Hotel
Newman
Ashburton County
Gooper
B. H. D. Sewell
The
Daily Mail
J. N. Fleming
Council
Gymmaéia
Self
Hood
Anti-Suicide Bureau
Wellington Gas Stokers’ Award
Per Press Association
GAPE
T. H. Undrill
Gampiate House Furnishers & Importers
Next Building Society
R. Austin
T. O' Carroll
Burnett Street
Kaye and Carter
Grain and Seed Merchants
Kozie
Colman
Wemsley
Tor Iousehold
AL Bralain Colliery CO
LTB
Sydney
Thos. Brown
Hereford Street
Solo Agents
New Zealand
Prarningham
Zealandia
Lely
Inolia
Dinos
Tamable
Mesarg Kerr Bros
Burnst Banes
Buxton and
Thomas
Trisana
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