Ashburton County to Construct Water Race District Plan
Ashburton County Council gives notice under The Water Supply Act of 1891 of plans to construct a water race in the Ashburton Rakaia district. The route runs through multiple rural sections and requires a 100 links wide strip for construction, maintenance, and access. Plans and lands referenced will be open for public inspection for 30 days from publication.
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Ashburton-Rakaip
Chertsey Rend
Rakaia
Magistrate’s
South Hinkaia
County Council
Baring Square
Ashhurton
By law on vehicle lights proposed for Ashburton traffic
Ashburton County Council resolved April 8 1908 to consider a by law governing lights on horse drawn vehicles over Ashburton Trafic Bridge after sunset and before sunrise. The measure will be submitted for confirmation at a special meeting May 18 1908 at 10 a.m. A copy of the proposed by law is at the council office for public inspection through May 11 1908.
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Norge
Ashburton Trafic Bridge
Baring Square
Ashburton
Ashburton County Council Revises Vehicle Hire By-Laws
Ashburton County Council resolves to repeal existing By-Law number 8 on hire vehicles and substitute a new by-law altering license fee scales. The draft by-law will be available for inspection from 10 a.m. May 19, 1908, at Bari Squate office, ending May 29. Mainwaring, Clerk, Ashburton County Council, April 15, 1908.
Ephemeris of Dates and Moon Phases for April
The page lists dates in April with rise numbers and moon phase notes. It records New Moon and First Quarter times, Last Quarter, and perigee events, including specific hours and unclear markings for several days. The text appears as a fragmented ephemeris with multiple typos and partial phrases.
Hershburton Guardian skips Good Friday and Easter Monday issue
Notice to subscribers and advertisers that the Hershburton Guardian will not be published on April 17 and 20. Proprietor Robert Bell announces the omission of both issues.
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Hershburton
Social critique on madmen allowed to wed and lead families
A 1908 British column condemns allowing insane men to marry and govern a household, recounting a case where a husband with epileptic and religious mania killed his wife and three children. The piece argues for strict preemption of marriage and fathering rights for incurably ill individuals to prevent further tragedies.
Comedy on Candidates and the Election Comedy
A reflective essay notes the election campaign’s humor and the portrait of the average candidate. It praises the wit and flaws of candidates, warns electors against credulity, and urges choosing prudent, informed representatives to avoid national tragedy.
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Iis
Burns
Inferior Sheep At Local Sales Due To Inbreeding
Local stock buyers note a decline in sheep quality at Ashburton and Tinwald yards with many animals resembling Angora goats. A veteran farmer says ill-bred stock is common and advocates purging the stud book to halt the degenerating inbreeding impact on wool and mutton for export markets.
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Ashburton
Tinwald
Timaru ratepayers hear loan plan amid typhoid notes
The statutory meeting to discuss a £15,000 high pressure water loan happens at the Masonic Hall tonight. Typhoid deaths reported in Timaru accompany a longer list of local items including council overdraft, tram service debates, and church notes from Christchurch to Methven.
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Masonic Hall
Empire Day event eyed as No License meet planned
The town prepares for an Empire Day gathering with expected addresses from leading prohibition figures. Meanwhile the Borough School Committee debates expanding the honour board to fit new names. The electoral roll closes today with additional names added recently and supplements allowed until shortly before election.
Minister Geo Fowlds Returns North After Southern Tour
The Hon Geo Fowlds Minister of Education travels with Mrs Fowlds and private secretary W Cray. He mourns the death of Mr David Thomas and notes the Otekeike estate site as a potential school and home for intellectually disabled children. He praises Rector Benstead and wife and mentions awaiting Education Board reports on uniform books. He plans to stay in Christchurch until Friday before returning to Wellington.
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Fowlds
W. Cray
Oamaru
Rakaia
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M.P
Guardian
Ashburton
Tfowlds
David Thomas
Thomes
Otekeike
Benstead
Lawles
Wellington
Christchurch
Pollard's Juvenile Opera Company to stage Bluebell in Fairy Land
The 70 member Pollard's Juvenile Opera Company under Mr Tom Pollard presents Bluebell in Fairy Land at Odd Fellows Hall in Ashburton this evening. The pantomimic dream play by Walter Slaughter features elaborate scenery and costumes praised by the southern press. Reserved seats are available at the dressers.
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Tom Pollard
Oddfellows’ Hall
London
Bluebell
Fairyland
Dominion
Ashburton
Pollard
Walter Slaughter
Dreseu
Chertsey Sports and Racing Club Trotting Handicaps
Handicaps announced for the Chertsey Sports and Racing Club annual meeting at the Chertsey Domain on the 20th include One-mile and Mile and a Half trots with listed horses and time allowances such as Longfellow Abbey Taildsec Flashwahd Lady ENF Kalwoot Elvaston Jolly Tom Rotherta Specialwood Princess Minnie Silver Cry Gold Reef Yankee Lass Majestic Royal Crown Countess Rothschild Little Hermit Akola Peri Major Mac Fluoress Toney Rue St Cyrus and other entries.
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Chertsey Sports and Racing Club
Chertsey Domain
Tracey
M.T. Ser
Longfellow
Elvaston
Jolly Tom
Specialwood
Princess Minnie
Silver Cry
Gold Reef
Yankee Lass
Maurice G
Tracey M.T. Sur
Countess Rothschild
Little Hermit
Royal Crown
Akola
Peri
Major Mac
Fluoress
Toney
Rue
St. Cyrus Bore Ae
New Zealanders clash with South Australia in Adelaide
The New Zealand bowling side met South Australia at Adelaide Oval on April 14 in a 21 end match for Melbourne trains. South Australia posted 120 with several players scoring in the 20s while New Zealand reached 71.
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Adelaide Oval
Melbourne
Snowly
Sohels
Gerr
Hobert
Johson
A. Rowley
Bower
Walsh
Taplin
Schroder
Hoffmann
Clarence
Moody
Bond
Rowe
American Fleet Visit to Auckland Likely Fourteen Warships
Auckland mayor convenes citizens for April 24 to plan welcoming festivities for an American fleet. The Premier signals probable arrival of fourteen American warships, prompting official coordination and government interest.
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Auckland
Miners Union Moves to Cancel Registration Under Act
Wastport April 14 The Denniston Miners Union directed its secretary to take immediate steps to cancel the union’s registration under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.
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Wastport
Denniston Miners’ Union
World News Bulletin Highlights April Dispatches
Reports from London Rome Ottawa and other capitals detail trade board reforms Balkan agreements boundary treaties and fisheries a review of arbitration prospects in Australia and New Zealand and rapid notes on events in Berlin Madrid and Cabul including a church fire a governor’s murder and border tensions the items emphasize international relations and notable incidents across continents.
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Ottawa
Wilfred Laurier
Great Britain
United States
Great Lakes
British polities and licensing bill stance
The Earl of Carrington says defeat of the Licensing Bill is likely to halt any licensing legislation this generation, according to the Press Association.
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London
Earl of Carrington
North-West Manchester by Election Contest Planned
War correspondent and author Mr A G Hales plans to contest the North West Manchester seat as a Labour tariff reform and army reform candidate. Mr Joynson Hicks will oppose Winston Churchill again for Unionist backing in the same election context.
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Manchester
W. “Joynson Hicks
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Unioniste
British Ministry reshuffle details and Franco reaction noted
London reports outline resignations and new appointments in the Admiralty and Treasury with Robertson Lough Macnamara and McKinnon Wood shifting posts. France favorable to Asquith and press debate about ministerial status and salaries. Cape Town notes relief at Churchill's removal and Crewe's appointment.
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Argus
Churchill
Earl of Crewe
Russia Expands Universal Elementary Education Funds
The Duma read for the first time a bill granting 6,900,000 roubles annually for universal elementary education, reported from St. Petersburg on April 14.
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Press -Association
ST. Petersburg
Duma
Unil
Stolypin Urges Duma to Fund Far East Railways
M Stolypin urged the Duma to vote the money for railway projects in the East to strengthen Russia in the Far East. He warned that China would preempt the Manchurian line, hindering development of Amur forests and forty million acres of corn lands and auriferous wealth, and prevent alien influx. The speech drew enthusiastic cheers.
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Russia
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