01 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 01, 1910
Page
1
A Dundee harbour labourer told his wife of a dream where four rats approached in order, signaling calamity. His son offered the interpretation saying the fat rat is the man who runs the public house, the two lean rats are the mother and son, and the blind rat is the father.
Canon Wilberforce argues the National Church must oppose the liquor trade and social evils it funds. He laments the church's self preservation while neglecting reform, and urges bold action against establishment over its worldly interests. He condemns disestablishment but demands moral leadership to empower reform.
Mr T. 2. O'Connor, M.P., urges young journalists to cultivate athletics to counter sedentary work and stay active outdoors. He adds that being a teetotaler benefits health and career prospects, predicting a future where non drinkers rise in all fields.
In Iowa a listener warned that a prohibition law would become tyranny. Finch argues that government derives from the people and must be organic or statutory by their consent. He asserts that in any case the people are the units of government, true in New Zealand as in America.
London July 30 A return shows the minimum for church livings in parishes with over five hundred population raised to £200 per annum affecting 149d livings at a cost of £90,893. Crossing items note Chinese colonisation in Manchuria and Mongolia and a Cairo plague report. Westinghouse head George Westinghouse is deposed after twenty five years by directors. Currency Association formed by 27 national banks in New York under emergency law. Brazil elects Marshal Hermes Da Fonseca president by 174 to 54. Catholic Congress in Leeds notes 1064 schools with 839,000 pupils and 3687 priests. Glanders in Austria concerns force Emperor Francis Joseph to abandon maneuvers. Sydney cross country champ T J Wood wins five miles in 32 14 2 d.
A Commons deputation urged Mr Asquith to invite dominion parliaments to the Imperial Conference. He could not promise government co operation and suggested Lords and Commons host the visitors. A Blue Book shows Crewe pressed governments for business ideas, with no definite suggestions received.
London heartbeats heard in Notting Hill Gate via a stethoscope and telephone relay magnifier. The device magnifies sounds up to twentyfold, enabling audible breathing in a room without a telephone. Inventor Sydney Browne notes one-way pull of the relay and envisions two-way amplification.
The immense orders for Frootoids sent by post to the Proprietor prove public demand for their claimed cures of indigestion constipation and sluggishness. The ad asserts Frootoids clear waste from blood and tissues and restore energy, with Agatoids aiding the liver and a weekly bedtime dose. It promises quick relief where other aperients fail and claims patients become independent of laxatives.
A summary list shows where each Royal Edward is buried from Edward I to Edward VII. Edward I rests in Westminster Abbey. Edward II in Gloucester. Edward III in Westminster. Edward IV in Windsor. Edward V in Westminster Abbey. Edward VI in Westminster. Edward VII in Windsor.
Federal Government backing a Pacific radio telegraph network proposed by a conference of Commonwealth, New Zealand, Fiji and A Western Pacific authorities. Stations would cover Sydney and Doubtless Bay with 1250 mile radii, Fiji with 1000 miles, and Ocean Island, Tulagi and Vila links forming a chain. Costs shared by Imperial, New Zealand, Fiji and Commonwealth governments totaling £42,000, with private stations barred.
An Osaka newspaper urges war between the United States and Japan over ongoing conflicts of interests. An American lawsuit by Elgin dairy farmers targets an electric railway for disturbing cows at night, cutting milk supply.
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