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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
2
A special meeting on April 3 1908 passed a resolution to adopt a by law regulating lights on horse drawn vehicles on the Ashburton Traffic Bridge after sunset and before sunrise. The by law will be considered at a May 19 1908 council meeting at 10 am in Baring Square and a copy is available for public inspection during office hours until May 19.
Notice states no repeal of By-Law 3 for hire vehicles in Ashburton County and no new By-Law substituting fee scales. Meeting scheduled for May 10 1908 at 10 am, with deposit of documents at Council office until May 19 during office hours.
The Road Boards Act and Local Elections Act announce an election for two duly qualified ratepayers to Mount Hutt Road Board to replace retiring Messrs Morgan and Orr. Ballot held at Methven Road Board Office on Saturday May 2 1908. Nomination papers due before noon May 25 1908 at Methven. Returning Officer P J Mora May 1908.
John Davison as Returning Officer lists nominees for the Upper Ashburton Road District wards. Names appear for each ward as officially declared.
Me GIO. COOPER by Cooper and Duncan Limited promotes sale of a convenient residential property on the East Belt Christchurch comprising parts of sections 250 and 251. Five room dwelling with bath scullery verandah washhouse copper tanks water by force pump from permanent supply. Good fruit garden and easy terms. Adjoins Mr J Swanson residence. Apply.
For sale a Willon quarter acre section with six rooms a bathroom scullery wash-house copper and rain tanks plus good pump water supply. Very low price with payment terms on application. Ferriman Land and Estate Agent. Also 130 acre farm near Ashburton offered as a freehold with water in every paddock and ready for immediate use. Ferriman.
A listing notes a woven tweed cloth with striped pattern priced at 11d to 2s 6d and up to 7s 6d per yard. The item highlights price tiers for varying lengths and finishes.
Sunrise times listed for late April with values 6.48 to 6.52 hours. Entries show April 24 646, April 26 6.49, April 27 6.50, April 28 6.41, and April 30 gs suggesting minor transcription errors in the record.
On April 21 at Woodlands Beach Road Ashburton the Rev H E Bellhouse united Samuel Cedric eldest son of H E Vincent Ashburton to Ellen Kevin youngest daughter of the late H Zi Kevin Bluespur Otago in a formal ceremony.
A 1908 essay recalls Canterbury’s settler history from Lyttelton in 1850 to modern prosperity. It notes Deans and the Canterbury Association guiding early growth, Maori contacts, and vast land awaiting development. The piece links past remembrance to communal strength, education, and continued progress.
The Agricultural and Pastoral Association failed to secure Sir Joseph Ward for the Winter Show opening as he is too occupied with public business. The idea of inviting Hon. R. McNab was raised but the plan was dropped as political talk was taboo at meetings. A cable from London reported the sudden death of Mr Rous Martin, a veteran journalist.
A digest of Ashburton area items including farm sale prices per acre, lease bids for railway refreshment rooms, military service medals awarded, volunteer corps returns, housing tenancy, local land values at Frimley, wage comparisons by country, Christchurch license vote activity, river angling, hemp grading figures, oyster prospects, and immigrant arrivals with local impacts.
The New Plymouth meeting of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows NZ branch passed new secession rules requiring central consent and lodge funds payment for dissolution. A key rule allows women in districts with no female lodge to join male lodges with district consent and pay contributions under existing female member rules.
A late express train crossing Thames street with two engines lifted bogie wheels off rails and ploughed onto sleepers. The engine detached and moved to a siding, delaying service by about fifty minutes. Passengers felt a fright though damage was minimal.
The Victoria chief engineer Mr Hastilow died in Auckland after blood poisoning contracted at sea. He had attended the Hllerslie races with the chief steward, was found in his cabin in a dying state, and died four hours after admission to hospital. An inquest will be held.
Weather fine and cool as New Zealand faces New South Wales at Burwood green. Scores listed for players Donaldeon Waddell Brancis Thompson Thorpe Coltman Gelding Goldstone Sears Chegwin Johnston Maynard Morgan Scouiley Strong Bentley Hale Bastings Eldey Johnston Aitken Bishop Reedler Alinmutt Mackenzie Wallace Bromwich Smith Phippard Findlay Howe Ham 86 al 7 8. The second rubber game will be at Strathfield tomorrow.
In Brisbane on April 21 Queensland piled up 341 in the second innings with Hayes 36 and Evans 102 not out. New South Wales, chasing, were 121 for 7 with Waddy 70 not out and Macartney 24 as the day ended.
News briefs from New York Ottawa London Paris and Pekin report legal moves for Harry Thaw habeas corpus filing a planned Hudson Bay railway from Ottawa a plague report from La Guayra Venezuela a Turkish dispute over Porté claims and closure of opium houses chosen in Shanghai ratepayers action with a July deadline and related updates across multiple nations.
At Huddersfield the Independent Labour Party conference, with Mr Remsay Macdonald presiding, accepted Mr Grayson's pledge to join without signing the constitution, following a press association copyright notice.
Mr Churchill in Manchester argued a rational Irish settlement is essential to Liberalism. He said Parliament should have a free hand, with Mr Asquith agreeing, to handle home rule beyond devolved limits. The Times notes Dublin Nationalists shifted toward Churchill and Redmond faced misreading of party views.
Reuters corresponds from Tangier that Sir Edward Grey told British subjects at Mogano that the British Government will no longer be able to relieve them from dangers tied to living in Morocco.
It is semi-officially reported from Rome that Turkey grants Italy the same post office privileges as other powers and affirms enduring friendship between the King of Italy and the Sultan. Signor Tittoni is satisfied and seeks immediate resumption of passenger and goods sarves between Tripoli and Misrata. The Italian naval demonstration is countermanded and the first division remains in Buda Bay while others stay in Italian waters pending full settlement.
The Times describes Izzet Pasha as the dominant force behind the throne in the Yildiz Palace. It asserts his influence fuels reaction and obstinacy, and questions how he continues to prevail after repeated discomfiture and humiliation.
In Blenheim a verdict finds death from a fall on a footpath with no blame. In Palmerston North Henry Kruse dies from earthfall in a metal pit at Ashhurst. Abel Kerr maimed in a coach incident dies next day. In Wellington Edward Meredith, 19, dies after a bath room incident at Upper Plain. In Christchurch Miss Dalton survives a gig axle break. Miss Brown is dragged but reaches Amberley. A Lake Road accident at Leeston injures D Cant and daughter with jaw and wrist injuries.
Fragmentary text shows a druggist discussing peppermint Cuore and its supposed cures with phrases about not curing everything. The readable lines imply a casual negotiation or exchange among sellers and buyers in a snubbed trade context.
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