For Sale Dwelling and Adjacent Land at Wakanui Road
Nearly new six room dwelling with water and conveniences on Wakanui Road near the post office. Includes 3 acres of land and a good garden plus an adjoining 1 acre. Annual rental £2. Easy terms offered for both properties, suitable for a retired farmer or horse keeping.
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Cameron Street
Prica Low
Wakanui Road
Allenton
N.E Belt
Moore Street
Dobson Street
Ashburton
Cox Street
Acre
Besant Links Greece and New Zealand in Education Debate
The essay references Mrs Besant in Auckland and parallels Plato and Socrates with modern Australian and New Zealand ideas. It cites Greece influencing New Zealand culture, critiques of ugliness in Auckland streets, and stresses the need for beauty to shape souls. It notes Labour leaders urging temperance and the Trades and Labour Councils advocating local option and state control of liquor.
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Athens
Auckland
Irom
Plato
Annie Bessant
Mr. Besant
Greece
New Zealand
Mrs Besant
Socrates
Republic
John Burns
England
Labour
Conference of Trades and Labour Councils
Wellington
Early Spring Green Grasses and Local Notices Spread
Paddocks in the country districts show green growth signaling early spring. Weather forecast predicts strong northerly winds and a falling barometer after 16 hours. Recent Auckland potato shipments and a Norfolk immigrant arrival are noted. Community notices include union resolutions for a 44 hour week and a weekly day of rest, Druids Lodge report, and a farewell for Lt Col McKenzie. Local governance complaints and road board critiques are recorded along with a controversial estate sale inquiry and a horse show event at O’Neil’s buckstation.
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Trades and Labour Councils
Wellington
New Zealand
Diverse notices mix reform, sport and trade insights
A busy Ashburton page reports a Thursday Oddfollower Hall meeting with Rev Buckingham and H D Ledford, remarks on Typhus in Britain and Ireland, and a Look at exports from Waitara. It covers a London Gazette noting doubloon withdrawal, divorce stats by country, and local lodge and militia activities with timbers tests and butter shortages in Wellington.
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F. Q. Buckingham
H. D. Ledford
Oceanic insurance firm plans NZ opening amid union reach
The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company intends opening an air insurance dept in New Zealand. Trades and Labour Councils Conference reportedly represents 13 000 to 17 000 unionists. Snow raking for stock dominates many stations while forecasts warn of heavy losses on Moutere and Matakanui runs.
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The
Ocean Accident and Guarantee’ Corporation
Aire Insurance Department
New Zealand
Trades and Labour Councils
Dunedin
Moutere
Matakanui
Blackstone Hill
Hore Hills
Fire at Normanhurst Court and Other Global Incidents
Fire in Normanhurst Court Lord Brassey’s Sussex estate destroys eastern sections of the mansion while treasures saved. five-hour blaze extinguished. Military barracks in Peking burn. three soldiers die and twenty injured. Tabriz revolutionaries urge fighting as Royalist supporters delay government reinforcements. Indomitable cruiser to reach Cowes, Davis Cup plan under financial review. Brooklands 30-mile race records 101 miles per hour. Canadian bush fires devastate Ternie township. 70 killed, 50,000 homeless. Lord Roberts returns to England. Zionist Ito movement seeks Jewish settlement in Western U S states.
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London
Normanhurst Court
Lord Brassay
Sussex
Sunbeam
Lord Brassey
Vancouver
Ternie
British Columbia
Res
Cadet Ragging Incident At West Point Leaves One Dead
A West Point cadet was fatally ragged by fellow students in a brutal attack. The incident drew presidential attention as Roosevelt initially approved expulsion but later canceled it, citing the cadets as manly fellows over-full of spirits.
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Press Association
Copryright
New York
West Point Miliary Academy
Roosevelt
Land for Settlements report on acquisitions 1907 08 estates and acres
The Land for Settlements report to Parliament shows 129 estates offered for purchase totaling 1 033 309 acres. 35 estates were recommended for purchase covering 294 521 acres, with 16 estates bought totaling 126 067 acres for 563 727 pounds. 47 967 pounds spent on roads and dwellings. Total land acquired 1 122 188 acres for 4 807 969 pounds. capital value 5 217 254 pounds. 114 150 acres selected by 420 tenants. 979 094 acres leased to 4292 tenants. Sheep 854 472. cattle 59 167. horses 12 456. pigs 160. Workers dwellings tenants 84. rent 2250 pounds annually. 58 percent of acres available for workers dwellings in Wellington and 913 acres in Auckland.
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Board of Land Purchase’ Commissioners
Wellington
Auckland
Paris Papers Hit By Labour Strikes Across Trades
Labour troubles in Paris halt many papers as Compositors and Printers unions obey the Labour Confederation. The Socialist Committee accuses the Government. a cartoon targets Premier Clemenceau as "The Assassin." Calls for violence rise, but the public urges strong law and order.
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Yor Press Association
Paris
Labour Confederation
Socialist Committee
M. Clemenceau
Turmoil in Turkey as ministers hold steady in changing cabinet
Press dispatch from Constantinople reports unchanged key ministers War Marine Foreign Affairs Education and Finance while Said Pasha names new ministers in a possibly temporary cabinet. The constitution proclaims equality of Ottomans, and Liberals gain support from Sultan’s fall of palace officials as Macedonian troops number about twenty thousand urged to back constitutional rule. Adrianople mutinies by nine thousand soldiers defer to action in Constantinople with fleet backing the constitution.
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Per Press Association
Constantinople
Said Pasha
Israel Pasha
Turkey
Maria
Dardanelles
Macedonia
Adrianople
First Water Races Claim Sparks Canterbury Debate
Correspondent contests a claim that Mr BD Cameron of Springfield was first to build water races in Canterbury New Zealand, arguing Mr Reed of Westerfield station preceded him by years by diverting water from the Ashburton river. The letter closes with a call for honour to whom it is due.
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Hardy
Flatman
D. Cameron
Springfield
Mr Hardy
Ashburton Guards and Rifles
McMenzie
South Canterbury
Foden
Healey
Hefford
Wy. Tucker
Childs
TR. Meechan
McAlister
P. L Our
Alajor Healey
McKenzie
Cameron
Canterbury
New Zealand
Reed
Westerfield Station
Ashlrton
Taxation Forecast Ties to Free Trade in 1909 Budget
The Spectator estimates a need for at least 16 million pounds in new taxation for 1909. It warns raising such a sum could jeopardise free trade and notes tariff reformers claim fiscal problems will vanish if the tariff experiment proceeds, challenging voter support for free trade.
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London
the Spectator
Asquith Urges International Peace Movement Toast
At a Hotel Cecil dinner for Peace Conference delegates, Prime Minister Asquith said universal disarmament unlikely in our lifetimes. He stressed national security first, prudent statesmanship, and minimising quarreling through growing international agreements rather than alliances. He urged nations to know and understand each other to suppress hereditary antipathies.
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London
Cecil
Asquith
Garson’s Cycle and Motor Car Service Prominent Local Shop
Tancred street’s G W H Garson runs the town’s oldest cycle and motor car business. He understands the trade thoroughly, keeps up to date methods, and offers low prices with first class workmanship. Have you tried him?
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G. W H.garson
Tancred Street
Jis
Gales and Floods Hit Sydney Suburbs and Coast
Received August 4 with rain continuing from Sydney to coastal areas. A gale damages suburban and rural homes while a high sea runs along the coast. Rivers flood and the Cobargo mail coach is washed away crossing the Bega river. the driver swims to shore.
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Pet Press Association
Sydney
Mareeba
Bega
Dominion Finances: Premier Reports Strong Position
Wellington August 3 The Prime Minister says New Zealand's finances are unusually strong with a treasury cash balance of £575000 and total government balances of £825000 plus over £600000 in imprest accounts. London securities amount to £856000 cost £800000 with further £445000 of land for settlements securities. total available funds could reach at least £1240000. Parliamentary authority for a £1250000 loan exists and debenture stock could be issued in London. Revenue for the year ending July 31 1908 shows a £309299 surplus vs prior year despite revenue reductions. Total 1907-08 borrowing small. Public Trustee and Life Insurance Dept loans also listed.
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Wellington
Dominion
New Zealand
Treasury
Bank of New Zealand
London
Reserve Fund
Government Life” Insurance Department
Unemployed figures slip as draft calls rise
The unemployed numbers show a shrinking trend as workers are drafted into billets. Last week about 130 men were sent to private and public work, with around 60 names still on the Labour Bureau books. Reports indicate farm work may resume soon and requests for married couples persist.
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Press Association
Wellington
Labour Bureau
Collins
Labour Department
Missing Maori found drowned after June disappearance
In Hastings a body identified as Pu Waiwaha, missing since June 17, was found yesterday. A jury returned a verdict of drowning. In DUNEDIN Mosgiel, jockey John Beale was injured when a companion's gun accidentally discharged while rabbit shooting. Beale sustained serious eye injuries.
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Hastings
Pu Waiwaha
Dunedin
Mosgiel
John Beale
Beale
Motor Car Accident Near Kilmog Hotel Injures Two Women
A Dunedin report from August 14 recounts a Palmerston bound motor car with five occupants skidding at the Kilmog Hotel. The vehicle overturned after a blown tyre. two ladies, Mrs Ainge of the Grand Hotel and Mrs Millar of the Oban Hotel, were trapped under the wheels but survived with injuries including three broken ribs to Mrs Millar.
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Dunedin
Palmerston
Kilmog Hotel
Ainge
Grand’ Hotel
Millar
Oban
Auckland Post Office Clerk Charged With Postal Theft
Percy Staples Bond, an Auckland Post Office employee, faced Police Court charges over theft of stamps and postal notes valued at 18s. He was remanded for eight days.
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Auckland
Percy Staples Bond
Fresh Air Fund Sends Draft to London
Fresh Air Fund aid culminates in a draft for 32440 being cableled to London today, following last year's £234 contribution.
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Napier
Fresh Air Fund
London
Otago Southland Licensed Victuallers Renew Engagement
The Otago and Southland Licensed Victuallers Association has renewed its engagement with Thomson as Organising Secretary for three years.
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Otago and Southland’ Licensed
Victuaters’.Association
Thomson
Maoris Form New Football Team Named Native One
The Maoris announce formation of a new football team to be known as the Native One and plan to compete locally this season.
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Byoney
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