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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
2
Tobacconist and Hairdressing Room Run by Percy and Peter Sullivan
The Tobacconist Department operates under direct supervision of Percy with the Hairdressing Room led by the genial Peter Sullivan and two other first class hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Peter Sullivan
Artificial Teeth Offer with Free Extraction
Notice promotes a special offer for artificial teeth with a painless extraction at no charge when the teeth are ordered. It lists materials such as gold, porcelain, amalgam, and cement and states no reduced fees apply.
Handsome First Class Parlour and Church Organs For Sale
UST opened Tp A presents a shipment of first class parlour and church organs. Elegant style and finish, full tone, 18 stones, with many sound combinations. Prices claimed 20 percent lower than any other music house in the colony. Includes music test and instruction book with each organ. Terme arranged. Be sure to call before buying elsewhere. 426 H. M. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UST
Firstclase
H. M. Jones
Mount Somers Domain Reserve Set Apart for Club Sports
Notice under the Public Reserves Act states Mount Somers Domain Reserve No 1688 will be set apart for the Mount Somers Athletic Club on Easter Monday April 20 1908. Admission charges will apply at a stated rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Somers
Mount Somers Athletic Club
Moon Phases and Dates for April 200
The text lists moon phase dates for April 200 with entries for New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter Apogee and Perigee times. It gives numbers beside each phase and notes times in a 24 hour format.
Ashburton Guardian Delayed Monday Publication
The Ashburton Guardian will not be published on Monday the 20th due to halting. Robert Bell, proprietor, confirms the interruption of normal issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bell
the Guardian
Taster
Election for Wakanui Road Board May 1908
Notice under road and local government acts announces an election of two qualified ratepayers to the Wakanui Road Board to replace retiring members George William Leadley and David John Doak. Election at the Road Board Office Moore Street Ashburton on May 5 1908. Nominations due by noon April 29 1908. John Nilgour Returning Officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Boards
Wakanui Road Board
Mesare George William Leadley
David John Doak
Moore Street
Ashburton
Road Board
John Xilgour
Taste and Genius in Art Across Poets and Poems
The essay argues that taste completes genius, with flaws in judgment marring works by Gray, Tennyson, and others. It cites the ending of Gray’s Elegy, Tennyson’s Day Dream and Gardener’s Daughter, and praises Morte d Arthur for its flawless opening, stressing harmony between subject and form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophocles
Gray
Tennyson
Election Notice for Two Members at Rakaia Board
South Rakaia Road Board announces an election to replace H J Harrison and Thos Morland retiring by rotation. Balloting will occur at the Road Board Office Rakaia on Saturday 2 May 1908. Nominations must be sent to the returning officer and delivered by 25 April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Boards
Messrs
H. J. Harrison
Thos, Morland
Road Board
Rakaia
Rakkaia
Bedese BQ
McDowell’s
Mayfield
Board Room
Hekena
Hinds
Anama Road Board Election Nominees Named
Public notice announces election for five road board members to replace James Gordon Cree and George Murdoch who retire by ballot and are eligible for re election. Voting details follow in the official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anama Road
James Gordon Cree
George Murdoch
Election for Coldstream Road Board Members
Public notice announces an election to fill two seats on the Coldstream Road Board replacing Maitland Gordon Rich and William Henry Stevens who retire by ballot and may seek re election. The specifics of date time and polling place follow in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldstream Road Board
Messrs Maitland Gordon Rich
Wiliam Henry Stevens
Mount Hutt Road Board election notice 1908
Notice under Road Boards Act and Local Elections Act for an election of two ratepayers to Mount Hutt Road Board Methven to replace retiring William Morgan and Alexander Orr. Polls at Road Board Office Methven on May 2 1908. nominations due April 25 1908. Returning Officer P J Mora. £282.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Boards
Mount Hutt
Read Board
Methven
P. Jd. Mora
Poem Critique on Arthurian Work and Taste
A long critical passage argues the poem ties self-justifying grandeur to Greek statue precision yet collapses in bad preface and postscript framing. It laments errant artistic judgment, compares the piece to Daphne or Clytie misplaced in a rubbish heap, and praises humility in learning from great men’s errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Sir Redivere
Daphne
Clytie
Honey Moon Train and Easter Contests Stir Temuka County
A lively Easter program is planned with bands from Christchurch Elite Lyttelton Marine and Timaru Marine to perform at Temuka Park on Easter Monday plus cycling running and jumping events. The Honey Moon Train carried 16 newly married couples and a Christie involvement in a railway pass through Dunedin to Christchurch. A motor cycle record attempt by S Stedman from Dunedin to Christchurch was reduced by 3 hours 11 minutes. A passenger on the Ionic from London to New Zealand, Mrs Gilmour, died by suicide on March 21. London suffragists heard Winston Churchill back woman suffrage in a cable. South Africa accepts a 1909 triangular football invitation from the Marylebone Club. Easter services and church events are noted across Ashburton and Wellington. A planned ranger for Peel Forest bush is discussed to conserve timber and aid picnic tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Telegraphs
Temuka Park
Lyttelton Marine
Waimate
Christchurch
Timaru Marine
L. Orbell
Australasia
New Zealand
I. W. Flatman
M.P
Peel Forest
McNab
Flatman
Ashburton
Gunnion
Temuka
Te Moana Gorge
Annual conference and community notices in Victoria Park region
Wanganui telegram records Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class Union conference in Victoria Park with over two hundred delegates. Nearby a shooting party near Anama station bagged more than 280 rabbits and about 50 hares as the rabbit population remains high. A Prince Albert boarding house gathering honored Mrs Paterson with a gold bangle and songs, with tributes to her motherly care. Lodge South Rakaia No. 31 held an annual meeting with officers invested and a harmony-filled close. Lyttelton shooting case hearing set for April 24 with Frederick Hall charged for attempted murder and firing at a constable. Lauriston Sabbath School social drew a good crowd with musical interludes and thanks to performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanganui
Presbyterian Young Men’s Bible Class Union
Victoria Park
Prince Albert
Paterson
Bon Youave
Old Country
J. Naylon
Lauriston Presbyterian
A. Begg
Ashburton
W. Hain
Mayfield
Kerr
Clarkson
Lands for Settlement policy under McNab interview
In a Guardian interview with Hon. Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, he defends the Lands for Settlement Act. He denies plans to repeal it while arguing for automatic, taxation-based mechanisms to curb subdivision pressure on large landowners and to fund up to half a million pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNab
Guardian
Acro
McNab
Weekly Sales At Ashburton Co operative Sale
Busy holiday week reduced attendance at Ashburton branch weekly sale of five and dead stock with strong clearance of poultry and produce Prices included hens two shillings, ducks four shillings six pence per pair, wheat fourteen shillings per sack, potatoes six to eight shillings per sack Beef three pence per pound Mutton twenty three pence per pound Apples and pears one pence per pound Plums one pence to thirteen pence per pound Fruits and vegetables priced per item with tomato entries and general stock cleared despite low turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association
H. Stephenson
Illicit sale of liquor on the Main Trunk line
Wanganui reports eleven people fined two pounds each plus costs for selling over proof hop beer along the Main Trunk railway line. Government analysis found samples with double the strength of ordinary beer. F Brinston faced fines totaling fifty pounds and imprisonment in two informations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanganui
F. Brinston
MacDonnell Served Writs For Libel And Slander
In Napier on April 18 Inspector of Police Mr MacDonnell has been served with a writ for slander at £1000 and alleged libel for £500, issued by prominent solicitor Mr H. B. Lusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier
MacDonnell
H. B. Lusk
Wool Growers Form 225 Million Trust in West
Four thousand five hundred wool growers across Utah Nevada Wyoming and Arizona plan a trust with a 225 million capital to influence terms with Eastern units. New York banks resume gold exports. National City Bank ships 1 million dollars to Paris as reserves exceed required percentages. Sir Edmund Robertson gains a barony in Admiralty affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Utah
Nevada
Wyoming
Arizona
National City Bank of
Paris
Prisoners Escape Penza Prisoners Murder Warders
Reuters report from London says eleven political prisoners at Penza freed themselves after killing two warders and wounding a third. They climbed to the roof via a ceiling hole, used bedclothes as a rope, and fled to the countryside. Seven were killed by pursuing guards. three remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
St. Petersburg
Penza
Thirteen Tobolsk prisoners sentenced to death
In Tobolsk thirteen prisoners were condemned to death for mutiny and the killing of a warder, reported from St. Petersburg on April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Tobolsk
Redmond urges united Irish push on Home Rule in coming election
Mr Redmond, speaking in Dublin, called for a strong, coordinated effort in Parliament and Irish constituencies to press Home Rule as a top issue. He opposed merging Liberal and Irish parties and urged a vigorous land agitation to keep Ireland’s question front and center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per Press Association
London
Redmond
Dublin
Ireland
Manchester
Winston Churchill
Sir Antony Macdonnell’s Retirement Tackled by Treasury
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Sir Antony Macdonnell, Under-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, views his Ireland role as hopeless with reduced powers and negotiates retirement terms with the Treasury. It is understood his successor will be Sir Tents Dougherty, his current subordinate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall
Antony Macdonnell
Ireland
Treasury
Tents Dougherty
Lord Tweedmouth Addresses Cadets on Resignation
Lord Tweedmouth told Britannia Naval College cadets that resigning as first Lord of the Admiralty stemmed from political reasons not malfeasance. He noted Mr Asquith hoped the Treasury War and Admiralty would be led by heads in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tweedmouth
Britannia Naval College
Admiralty
Asquith
Free Trade and Social Reforms Advocate by Churchill
Winston Churchill, speaking in Manchester, argued free trade would fund social reforms and a prudent old age pension scheme. He cited a current surplus of four million seven hundred fifty thousand and noted yearly tax increases of nearly two million. future gains could yield ten to twelve million annually for social reform without harming national credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Manchester
Earl of Kerry Elected Unopposed in West Derbyshire
The Earl of Kerry, a Unionist, has been elected for West Derbyshire without opposition. No other candidates stood in the riding, securing a clear victory for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Kerry
West Derbyshire
Manchester By-Election Fierce Tory Split Over Tariff Issue
The Manchester by election is contested with energy. Conservative candidate W Roynson Hicks evades tariff reform questions and avoids making tariff reform a campaign issue. The Free Trade League executive urges voters to back free trade as Churchill’s main plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Wroynson Hicks
Freetrade League
Churchill
Imperial Conference urged on Oriental immigration issue
The report from London dated April 17 notes Mr Munro Ferguson and other leading Liberals press the government to convene an Imperial Conference on Oriental immigration. Lord Ampthill argues the issue is ripe for settlement and that economic need, not racial prejudice, drives the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Munro- Ferguson
Lord Ampthill
Congress Rejects Naval Budget Amendment for Four Battleships
The American House of Representatives voted 190 to 79 against an amendment in the Naval Appropriation Bill that would have funded four battleships instead of two. Chairman Towner stated the U S shows greater peacetime readiness than any nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
House of Representatives
Towner
Naval Committee
United States
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WWE
Chapman & Pavis
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America
Cooper
Messrs Cooper and Duncan Limited
J. Swanson
Ferriman
Technical School
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J. McLeod
Cameron
F. Ferriman
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Son
Tion
FURS
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Earrlers
Ansilation
West Street
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British Dental
Esat Sirest
Andrew Om & Co. Ltd
ETHOS
Ashburton Drug Co., Ltd
Buslic
John Hood
Mount Somera
Ephemeris
Sun
Price
Joseph Price
Macka Pet Veritas BT
South Rakaia Road Board
Laurence Oxley
Anama Road District
Sha Eatie Place
J.C. Bell
Lismore
Coldstream Road District
J. O. Bele
Coldstream Road
Harold BE. Curtis
General Commission
Cameron Street
John Moffat
N.E
S.E. Belt
Agre Land
Cass and
Dobson Street
Algo
Otago
Harold E. Curtis
Mount Hutt Road Board
Long Beach Road Board
James Small
T. McKay
Wheatstone Hall
Liffelton
Alfred A. Fooks
Methven Salnyards Company
J. Mora
Woods
Manchester Bros
Losal and Genera
Dunedin
S. Stedman
Chiistchurch
Gilmour
South Africa
Marylebone
Domain
Lyttelton
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Church of the Holy Name
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Kerr and
Murray
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Sit. Stephen's
E. Whitehouse
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Presbyterian Church
Anama
Lodge South Rakaia No. 31
Bro. C
Tubb
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J. Shannon
J.W
J.D
J. P. Cameron
W. J. Biliatt
Bro. Nicoll
Grand Lodge
Magistrate's Court
Frederick Hall
Alexander James Muir
Moriarty
Muir
THE
Land For Settlement Policy
MR McNab
Farmers’ Co-Operative Association
Havelock Street Mart
Cable News
Home and Foreign
United Press Association
Telegraph
Edmund Robertsan
H.C. Bannerman
H. C. Bannerman
H. G. Bannerman
Fortunate Clowns
the Central News Agency
Charles Meredith
Color Bros. Circus
Glassow
Richard Blaine
Quebec
Canada
Battle Fields
Mansion House
Russia
Irish Affairs
British Politics
Lord Tweedmouth
AMERICAN_NAVY
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