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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
2
Borough council provides no estimate for the Water Supply Scheme. rough calculation puts annual cost at £1650, meaning higher permanent rates. Readers urged to avoid heavy rate burden by clipping the top line and awaiting future economical proposals if any.
May entries list sea phase timings with dates May 3 to May 6 and May 22. Times include 8 10 53 p.m. and 23 11 47 a.m. plus 21 10 a.m. adjustments and positions. Ephemerides note lunar or solar references for sailing days in a historical seaside calendar.
Tomorrow ratepayers will decide on a £15000 loan for a town water supply scheme drafted by James Crawford O B under council guidance. The measure, debated March 9, plans a separate water rate and a sixpence pound special rate to secure interest and sinking fund. repayment due July 1, 1949, with initial costs covered by the loan.
Speaking on church expansion Rev BH Whitehouse noted after inspecting Wellington churches that none matched the St Stephen's structure in quality.
April vital statistics for Ashburton show births 24 and deaths 7 with 17 marriages. next month 1907 records births 22 deaths 7 and marriages 12. notices include council election candidates Burgess Hillier Silcock and a plea for high pressure water supply by G W Nicoll along with various local reports and society notes.
Lauriston elects Mesary A J Maidene chair with A McCormack A Crowe A Ross and W Goodwin. Qorar South chooses W Mason chair with G ONeil B Richardson A Pieres T Austin 5 Casey and d Henderson. Arundel lists George Cooper I Bateman D Pearce A Cooling i Major. Rangitata Station selects J Blis sett W McClanchlan S Webb D B McSweeney and R Brown.
A letter expresses ignorance of the new Special Rate and argues against a 25 percent concession for water supply consumers. The writer notes unequal treatment versus General Rate payers and warns of opposing the law until amended, claiming households and small ratepayers funded the scheme.
Christchurch mourns the death of George Gatenby Stead born 1841 in London. He arrived in New Zealand in 1865, worked in the Union Bank of Australia, and for a quarter century was active in Canterbury sports and business. He died after a seizure this afternoon.
M. Armegand president of the French Society of Aerial Navigation developed an apparatus using electric devices to supplement vision enabling viewing vast distances perhaps from Paris to New York.
The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company lists Napier Wellington and North Island prices for frozen meat. Canterbury mutton 44d. Lamb first 54d second 54d. Beef hinds 39d fores 3d.
A friendly ad notes Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for a persistent cold. The verse urges readers to send for the treatment when a cold lingers, claiming reliable relief from the familiar remedy.
Sir Gilbert Parker telling the Austral Club that Australia will become a great civilising power and a bulwark of British prestige in the East, highlighting its influence on empire relations. Massacres in Persia reported with 3000 Kurds plundering villages and 2000 deaths. Page Millions case dismissed for shadowy evidence. Dane Whnudsen demonstrates wireless picture transmission at the Hotel Cecil. Wincott Cooper and Company report liabilities of £462,643 with £70,071 expected for dividend. Francis Hutchens wins Thelberg scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music.
A Cape Town deputation including MPs met the Colonial Secretary to protest the planned disbandment of naval volunteers. Leaders urged the Admiralty to cover costs from the colony’s Royal Navy contribution while Mr De Waal pledged to consider the idea as the Ministry plans a one million rand expenditure cut.
Tangier report by Reuter's correspondent says Raisuli's alleged assassination is untrue. Later dispatches say men in a bush fired at Raisuli, who escaped on horseback.
In London on April 29, Asquith moved the second reading of the Licensing Bill noting the 1904 act reduced licenses though unevenly. He pledged uniform, cheaper, fuller enforcement and consideration of practical curbs on bogus clubs. The debate adjourned as Churchill and Labour figures contest Dundee. Archbishop of Canterbury backs the bill’s principles at Lambeth Palace.
Advices from Broome report a sudden storm scattering the pearling fleet. Several luggers sank ashore and others are missing with two whites and about fifty coloured men drowned. About 200 boats and 2000 crew affected. search for survivors arranged.
The Herald notes New Zealand's plan to build ton-poing yachts for coastal defence is viewed with humor rather than utility by local naval circles. Commander Brownlow, State Naval Commandant, finds the proposal impracticable as presented.
Wellington reports an accident at Queen's Wharf where T Hickey was trapped by a falling sack heap. he suffers likely spinal injury and is to be moved to hospital. Christchurch records Mr T F Armstrong injured in a horse accident while driving with his daughter. he remains hospitalized with concussion. daughter uninjured. An inquest at Southbridge returns a verdict of death by self inflicted gunshot wound for John Craig found dead in a shed. the deceased was in an unsound mind.
Tests yesterday showed the Westinghouse brake stopped trains but did not act on one or two carriages and the mail van. The Prose Association notes that if it can fail on individual vehicles, a complete failure could occur in certain conditions.
The American fleet accepted the invitation to visit Fiji. Auckland reports the arranging committee will invite appearances for the secretaryship. The Mayor expects government plans soon while Labour Congress protests the 50 000 pound spending on entertainment, arguing the navy’s purpose is destruction and its men killers.
At Ahaura Court Henry Fox president of the Blackball Miners Union sues Blackball Coal Co for £55 alleging wrongful dismissal on February 26 after a three month engagement at 2s 4d per ton. The case, with Mr Guinness for the plaintiff and Messrs Hannan and Harper for the company, adjourned to tomorrow morning.
Edwin Geach's Dramatic Company returns to Ashburton for one performance Friday presenting The Midnight Hour a new realistic comedy drama with Helene Burdette and W Diver in leading roles. Australian rights secured by Geach new scenery and effects promised. Plans on display at M Jones bookseller shop.
The Dominion praises Mr Pollard for a charming musical comedy in Isle of Bong-Bong at Oddfellows Hall on Monday. Scenic tropical effects and bright costumes described, with Filipino and Spanish stage imagery and a cinemagraphic chorus. Box plan opens at 9 a.m. today at Dresden Pinna Co. theatre.
Ashburton opens to a complete stock of golf requisites as R D Johnston starts a new materials shop. The venture promises a full range for the coming season.
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