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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
2
The Boxing Committee set up by Sir Joseph Ward may summon several figures prominent in the sport to Wellington to testify. A related Auckland matter saw Mr Kettle awarded £200 damages after a tram collision with a horse and trap.
The report lists multiple items including a £13,000,000 French Navy estimate, Ashburton County Council bonus payments, a New Liberal Party Christchurch meeting, butter price hikes by NSW co operatives, Dunedin borrowing for gasworks, Mr 3.5 McClurg offering engagement rings by post, a complimentary concert for Mr Pat Cullen, North British Railway motor car service plans, a substantial Rothschild bequest to Vienna charities, Sydney racehorse transport, Wellington tramways band formation, Bishop Grimes on large families, New York population growth warnings, and Sir J G Ward announcing the Civil Services Superannuation Bill and cabinet support.
Advertising column notes Professor Fred Andrews of Liquid Air fame will perform at Oddfellows Hall next Tuesday night. In London his feats with a magic kettle charged with liquid air astonished crowds, including boiling on ice, snow on heat, grapes into hail, and lighting a cigar from the kettle. A selected troupe, including Alma, Miss Hsia Dwyer, and the English Pierrot Society, assists. Reserved seats through Dresdel Piano Agency.
Advertising copy lists numerous cheap goods from Rubber Hot Water Bottles to Electric Candies and Flour. Includes coal by Mount Somers Coal Company and Woods products for coughs and cold relief. Prices shown in old currency with many items highlighted as sale highlights.
Correspondent argues against clothing and colouring of Show sheep, noting dust protection and wool care. He defends judges discretion, criticizes disqualification for dye, and warns abolition of clothing could end sheep shows. Fairfield reader W Andeereson signs the letter dated August 3, 1905.
Rakaia secretary defends the team against charges of delinquency over missing a trial match on Thursday August 27 1905. He says the Ashburton Union failed to notify Rakaia and that players only learned of the match when in Ashburton or upon visiting Rakaia, demanding better communications from the union to ensure a successful county competition.
Aur. J. YeReLo- Baxter writes to defend the Ashburton football selector against criticisms from "Ex-Rep." and "No Bias." He argues the team strength is 19 players, notes traveling squad of 17, cites club representation splits, and recounts personal football background in Taranaki. He dismisses accusations of bias and offers a remnant touch-line bag as a keepsake to honor the debate.
An old health ad extols Sanper and Sone Pure volatile extract as a universal remedy. It touts mouthwash use to prevent tooth decay, gargling for nasal throat catarrh, steam inhalation for colds and bronchitis, and internal doses for diarrhoea, dysentery, and rheumatic pains, with claimed rapid healing of wounds and skin issues.
William Walker fined 54 and costs for riding a bicycle without a light in Soroush. Civil cases include John Grand Co v P Bailey in default for £6, Whedlander Bros v William Aston and Les Aston for £32 10s over a horse and sheep sale, with evidence from Charles Dixon and Mrs Aston about lease, accounts, and liability. judgment for plaintiffs against William Aston without costs as the court adjourned.
The Hospital Committee met this morning with Mr H. Friedlander presiding along with the Mayor and Messrs C. Reid and Nosworthy. The House Surgeon's report noted stable hospital work with 15 residents on June 30 and 20 on July 31, 61 fresh admissions, 18 discharge, and no deaths. Anaesthetics were used four times. No new scarlet fever admissions in four weeks, cost of maintenance £35122. Accounts £132 4s 6d approved. Visiting Committee appointed for the month. Tenders opened by Reid and Nosworthy. bids accepted for moat grocers bread and fuel. Drug Company tender approved subject to item costs. Mayor to handle interments tender. meeting adjourned.
The New Liberals met at Garrison Hall in Dunedin under chairs by A Brinsley. Youths booed speakers including Laurenson Radford Taylor and Fisher as crowds swelled outside and inside. The assembly adjourned near 11 with a plan to charge the surplus to hospital funds.
The United Press reports heavy rain across the country causing rivers to rise rapidly and threatening serious damage if it continues. Coastal and inland mail coaches are blocked by slides and washed-out routes, with navies noting the impact on the countryside.
London Aug 3. Owing to continuous rain the match Australians v Worcestershire has been postponed until tomorrow. In Worcestershire v Kant J Foster made his debut for this season with 248 not out.
The real cause lies in polluted blood with excess uric acid. Liniments provide relief but do not remove the cause. RHEUMO claims to cure rheumatism, rheumatic gout, and sciatica, selling at 25 6d and 4s 6d per bottle with wholesale agents Kempthorne Prosser. Royal Standard Pills are now available from chemists and grocers in Ashburton.
London reports debt swelling from £12,722,019 in 1874 to £61,238,256 last year, a 166 percent rise. Buller denounces policy as worsened by state of affairs. Parliament approves £50 million for civil, military, and naval estimates in two hours. Pole-Carew resigns Third Army Corps command over promotion of younger officers. Obituary notes Joo Mullett. New Orleans sees yellow fever. Mississippi Arkansas Texas mobilize to guard Louisiana. Alpine accidents claim five lives. Paris sugar firms fail. Lundberg forms coalition in SroceHoLM. Sweden-Norway dissolution talks begin.
United Press reports M de Witte presented a statement that the Czar’s acceptance of President Roosevelt’s invitation signals friendship toward the West in peace negotiations. Japanese delegate Mr Sato says Roosevelt is not acquainted with Japan’s terms.
In an interview M. de Witte argues Japan must advance four times further to threaten Russia proper before seeking peace. He says Russians undervalue distant colonial wars but would mobilize if national security is at stake, while desiring peace himself yet warning Japan that peace is not indispensable to Russia.
Aug 3 report from Lonovon notes Russian press reflecting growing anti peace sentiment spurred by Irinie vitch's optimism and the Czar's recent utterances. The notice arrives with a timestamp of Aug 4 at 9.42 a.m.
Count Ignatieff, after a tour in Southern Russia, warned the Czar that the dynasty would be imperilled unless the widest reforms were conceded promptly. He said revolution was certain if Bulignine's scheme alone was accepted. The Czar appeared impressed by the warning.
The first Grand Counsy meeting is seen as bad omen for a Liberal Constitution. Critics fear any assembly would be only consultative and bureaucratic, echoing M Buliguize original proposal.
Vremye argues disruption of the British Empire will trigger an imminent proclamation of an Australian Republic. The Novoa asserts this forecast in a report dated August 3 under the United Prose Association by Elestria Telegraph.
London reports the St Petersburg paper The Russ asserts Baltic closing helps Germany monopolize markets while the German government counters fears over a British fleet visit to the Baltic.
The announcement notes salary raises proposed by the United Prose Association in connection with the election of Voelegraph. It also promotes Woods' Great Peppermint Care and Woods' Great Coppermint Cure for bronchial issues and nighttime cough, priced at sixpence, aimed at children's relief.
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