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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 04, 1909

Page

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Meat trade critique calls for reform in Australia

An experienced meat trade observer details chronic abuses in Australian stock handling from preshipment to shipping. He cites poor trucking, lengthy train loading, hot stock conditions, inhuman practices, and weak wrappers, urging upgrades to trucking yards, end loading cars, better driver supervision, and closer stock-delivery controls to raise quality and prices.

Australia New Zealand Argentina Uruguay Great Britain South Africa Congress of Refrigerating Industries Paris Smithfield New South Wales Aorrentina Sydney Monte Video London

Report on State Afforestation Endorsed by British Commission

The British Commission chaired by Ivor Guest reports afforestation is practical with nine million acres available without harming farmland. It argues soil and climate suit high quality timber, notes rising softwood demand, and forecasts 18000 winter jobs plus many in related trades. Permanent posts scale to ninety thousand later, financed by a loan with deficits for forty years before self-sufficiency.

Ivor Guest Leonard Lyell Rider Haggard Summerbell M.P W. Somerville United Kingdom

Distance sense in the blind and its neural basis

The article explains that blind individuals can sense distances without sight, independent of hearing. It discusses experiments with blinded bats, rejects auditory theories, and suggests the distance sense may rely on trigeminal nerve fibers near the forehead, urging further study to improve blind independence.

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Inventor's Frying Pan with Three Partitions

An American inventor proposes a frying pan divided into three compartments to cook three items simultaneously without mixing. Aimed at small households with limited quantities, it saves time labor and fuel. For influenza use Wood's Great Peppermint ca Never Fails. Ts 6d and %

Domestic Servants Union Proposed in Britain Echoes American Model

A London letter reports plans to form a domestic servants union in Britain inspired by the U S Household Employees Union. Provisions would limit workdays and wages, ban certain tasks, and grant Sundays and one weekly half day break, with an agent handling employer complaints. The piece notes such rules suit American affairs but may not transplant well to British homes.

H. Ww. Lucy London Sydney Morning Herald United States Household Employees’ Union Man Orimaid Bella Sarah America

Lane's Emulsion praised by New Zealand readers

Readers hail Lane's Emulsion as a powerful remedy with many testimonials from sufferers across New Zealand. Letters describe asthma and bronchitis relief after one bottle and overall health gains after months of use. The ad asserts doctors prescribe Lane's and advertises prices 4/6 and 2/6 with orders to New Zealand.

Lane New Zealand Annie Hanagan Dunedin Petar Boyd Lovell Fiat G. McKeon Mornington Lane Medicine Coy Oamaary, N.Z

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