24 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
1
The judge upheld the Book Gift Tea coupon scheme as legal, allowing continued sales. Traders and buyers gain reassurance that the program does not violate the act. purchasers can collect standard books from a list of over 1000 volumes with each six pounds of tea purchased.
Kaye and Carter operate market stalls on Tuesdays and Saturdays at the Ashburton Arcade offering wheat oats barley peas chaff and related produce with varying offerings each week.
The British Government introduces a Licensing Bill to cut licenses by between 32 000 and 80 000 within fourteen years. The plan sets one on license per 750 people in towns and per 400 in the country, with latitude for special cases and compensation funded by a central levy. A three member Central Licensing Commission would oversee the process, licenses reverting to the State after the term.
The article outlines natural growth patterns in children, noting separate phases of breadth and height increase for both boys and girls. It explains why temporary thinning occurs during upward growth, and tracks changes from early childhood through adolescence, including head-to-body proportions across ages.
A ten foot high beeswax candle weighing 318 pounds was produced in New York for an Italian cathedral. Designed by Reffease Cascone, a former murder trial acquitee, the candle features colored floral and religious images and is intended to burn for two to three years after shipment to Italy.
Robinson's Patent Groats are treated by a special process that preserves grain quality while aiding digestion. It makes a grand porridge and is marketed as highly digestible.
A committee of the American National Educational Association studies rural education to strengthen country life. The report argues schools reach all, economics drive farm work, cooperation replaces grievances, citing Ireland and Denmark as models of rural organization and training.
A 1920s era article praises a new policing style in Cleveland where officers emphasize restraint and guidance over arrest. Chief explains arrests harm public trust and aims to steer youths toward reform, treating offenders as humans and avoiding harsh punishment whenever possible.
A new stamp linker machine automates postage without human help. It accepts pennies, weighs coins, and stamps envelopes via a lever and dial. Enclosed in a cupboard, it will be mass produced for business use, with post offices supplying stamp rolls for fast, gum-free mailing.
A Timaru man John Sullivan testifies RheumG cures rheumatic gout by neutralising uric acid in the blood. He says the medicine relieved his pain and recommends it. Bottling Stores Timaru sells RheumG at 6d and 4s 6d.
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