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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
2
The item explains Pan as a prefix meaning universal including Pan Anglican and Pan Britannic terms. It notes a reader must submit a proper home for satisfaction of the editor and not for publication.
The article notes a remarkable wireless telegraphy achievement as the American fleet nears Auckland, with messages sent without wires from Sydney via battery systems. It outlines historical groundwork by Mr Lindsay in 1831 and 1844, and praises Marconi's role, while linking past experiments to current naval communications.
Thanks extend to residents of Ashburton for patronage during a great sale of cycles and cycle accessories. Stock has been replenished with latest cycle and phonograph lines. Phonographs from leading makers priced 27s 6d to £50. Canterbury's largest Edison records stock highlighted.
On behalf of clients several properties are offered in Ashburton including 2 acres with a six room house stable trapshed and conveniences at Allenton end of NE Belt and 8 acre blocks with 8 room house on Moore Street with water and up to date stable. Also 1 acre on Dobson Street with a 4 room house pantry bathroom washhouse and water. Additional acre on Cox Street with a 4 room cottage foundations verandah and garden. One more acre with a 5 room cottage near town. Call to inspect. opportunities for builders and private boarders. Also four to five acre town and suburb sections for building. TO LET small houses available for rent in town. Insurance, rent and accounts collection services offered.
The article outlines wages for conductors from 6s 6d to 7s 6d daily, drivers from 7s 6d to 9s 6d daily, and ticket inspectors up to 6s weekly for a six day week. Uniforms and outer garments are issued, holidays provided, and free passes issued for rail travel within the State for the employee and family. Two special passes allow free travel. two passes may be used by the member's wife.
The report notes butter retailing at 4d per lb with Christchurch as the main supplier and mentions slim profit margins for the traders. It also covers rising building costs, church pew rents, chaff market drops, temperance debates, and local community events in Otago and beyond.
A ploughing match will be held tomorrow at Mr John Hunt’s farm on Wakanui road Hampstead with 22 ploughmen in several classes. Admission is free and luncheon is provided. Also reported are local weather notes, railway and public notices, and various regional items including court actions in Geraldine and agricultural statistics from Kyld and Feilding.
Captain Edwin reports a southeast gale and colder weather as butter prices rise in Auckland. S.S. Rakaia sails for Dunedin Bluff and Lyttelton. Timber royalties on Main Trunk lead to high per acre values. A Timaru hotel dispute leaves a man with a severe facial wound. The Orchestral Society rehearses under Herr Scherek with 26 in attendance and plans a mid September concert. Annie Besant discusses reincarnation in Christchurch. Oregon pine gains due to American mills' efficiency. Canterbury snowfall blocks Mackenzie passes, forcing mail and station owners to reroute via Kurow and Pukaki.
The Paten Harbour Board chair G G Pearce is named the Opposition candidate for the Paten seat. Wellington mayor T Whislop is pressed to stand for Wellington Central and will decide tomorrow. W H Williams, recently a Crown Lands Ranger, will contest Geraldine.
GISBORNE August 4 The Rugby Union investigated a junior football match last Saturday. One line umpire was suspended from playing for a month a dissenting player received a year ban another team captain was disqualified for life and warned off all grounds under union jurisdiction while football is in progress.
August 6 report from Sydney states Maori players reversed their plan to form a New Zealand Native team due to no ground. The inter union Ashburton County v Ellesmere will be played tomorrow at the A P Show Grounds with Milesmere winning earlier 3 2. Fittock cannot play and will be replaced by J Bonifant.
In London on August 4 1930 Surrey faced Notts with Marshall taking five wickets for nineteen runs. In Sydney on August 5 the Australian Board received a cable from the Marylebone Club inviting Australia to tour England next season.
GISBORNE reports Frank Kingston dies after severe bush-selling injury in Motu district. PALMERSTON NORTH notes a printing office worker loses a finger after belt hooks catch. Willis Wilson from Ghakurie attempts self-harm with a broken knife. WELLINGTON records Lily Gibbons burns while lighting a gorse fire. medical condition critical. DUNEDIN relays an elderly man dies while digging a grave near Tuapeka Mouth. GORE covers J Williams injured in a railway gravel pit fall. John Weis of Temula dies suddenly from heart failure while under care of Dr Warren.
Wellington August 4 The chairman of the Parliamentary Sessional Committee on Education advises education committees will have facilities to give evidence on the Education Act Amendment Bill as it affects school committees.
United Press reports the Indomitable reaches Cowes and averages 25.18 knots, often over 26, with the Prince of Wales and officers assisting stokers. The Congo note outlines Belgian and British positions on taxation and arbitration. Bank Holiday crowds and London weather highlighted. London Territorials encamped at Salisbury Plain with battalion strengths around 888.
August reports describe a vast Kooteney Valley fire in British Columbia with up to 800 dead and 10 000 homeless, seven towns destroyed and damages around £4 000 000. West Coast coastal fire, Michel town dynamited to halt spread, and Tampico oil blaze with huge crater. Burlington dock fire in Chicago destroys two elevators and over half a million bushels of grain.
Teheran August 4 Turkish Embassy grants asylum to refugees after Persian protests. Refugees refuse to leave and stay within the embassy precincts.
In Constantinople on August 4 the British ship Maria, linked to Tazet Bey’s escape, awaits extradition talks as no treaty exists. Balkan notes report Bulgarian and Albanian leadersat Salonika forming fraternal ties. The Union of Progress committee seeks withdrawal of foreign gendarmerie offices and hopes Powers recall their representatives.
Durban August 4 The Natal Assembly read a time a Bill terminating licenses on a certain day after compensating the licensees.
Paris reports show most trade unions ignored the Confederation's appeal, declaring the strike an utter fiasco. The government chose to prosecute leaders individually rather than suppress the Confederation as a whole. The day remained quiet aside from a clash between police and about one hundred demonstrators.
The third International Art Congress opened at the University of London with about 2000 delegates, mainly teachers, from around the world. Lord Carlisle criticized the British Government for not sending an official representative and for perceived indifference to art teaching, noting gaps between instruction and market demands.
In London on August 4 Mr. W. H. Long urged a Council of Empire seated in London claiming Britain would gain tenfold strength. He warned that Germany seeks to expand and that other powers may release possessions that could be taken if Britain does not unite under imperial governance.
A fragmented exchange shows a husband and wife joking about a Saturday outing, mentioning Peppermint and Ma as companions. The garbled text hints at a casual domestic conversation about bringing someone named Woode and Mei, with dismissive notes about indispensability.
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