Stock Yard Sale At Addington Yards Before Grand National
Large attendance as fat cattle and store sheep topped by high prices, new season lambs and prime fat sheep selling well. Hoggets and ewes mixed. hoggets steady, ewes in demand. Fat cattle total 365 head with steers £6-£13 5s, heifers £4 10s-£8, cows £4 10s-£7 11s 6d. Pigs show strong demand led by high value choppers and various baconets and porkers.
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Christchurch
Addington
Portes
Leicester
W. F.cinton
Darfield
London meat slump linked to supply over demand says Nelson
Wellington letter from W Nelson argues UK price drop stems from excess supply and high early shipments of Australian products. He urges freezing firms to avoid expanding slaughtering and favor greater storage to dampen prices, noting figures from 1908 1909 and UK demand weakness.
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Wellington
W. Nelson
Tomeana
Hawke
North Island
Great Britain
Old Country
Growing Crisis of Child Labor in United States
A Appleton's Magazine writer argues official figures on child labor severely understate reality. From 1880 to 1900 the number of working children rose, with 1.93 million aged 10 to 15 by 1906, many in mines, mills, and sweat shops across Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, Kentucky, New England, and New York. The plea urges churches to heed the crying need.
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United States
Appleton
Tennesee
Alabama
Virginia
Kentucky
New England
New York
Carnegie Libraries Under Fire and Praise Across Realms
Collier's Magazine reprints an excerpt from Andrew Carnegie’s own remarks on library philanthropy. He defends large gifts while noting public libraries’ impact on youth and reading habits. He argues taxation funded libraries belong to the community and praises libraries as cradles of democracy. There are 1800 Carnegie library buildings worldwide.
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Carnegie
Collier’s Magazine
Carnegie Library
Cancer Research Progress and Tumor Behavior Report
An illustrated Royal Society account details Cancer Research Fund lab advances. Key findings include mice aging as cancer progresses, cancer type evolution from superficial to deep with continuous exposure, and that tumours change virulence by period and host. Microbe origin is challenged. immunisation results differ with tissue state.
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Royal Society
Burlington House
London
Cancer Research Fund
Aia
Bashford
Helping the Doctor and Child Care Tips
A contributor to the Weekly Scotsman urges strict adherence to doctors orders and emphasizes cleanliness for sick children. The advice covers sponging with warm water, brushing hair, keeping the face and hands clean, and ensuring a clean bed and ventilated room, with notes on accurate diet following medical guidance.
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Ranger
Weekly
Scotsman
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills Promote Bilious Relief
A testimonial from Mrs L Jones of Regent street Woolston Christchurch praises Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills for dyspepsia and biliousness. The ad claims the pills purify the blood cleanse the stomach and help the body function smoothly. Dosages range from two to four pills depending on age and robustness.
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Morse
Farm labourer's wife seeks maternity nurse for twenty fourth child
A Sandown wife, married to a farm labourer, applied to the Isle of Wight guardians for a maternity nurse to assist with her twenty fourth child.
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Sandown
Isle of Wight
Dunedin Burnsides Stock Market Report August Sale Prices
Fat cattle 170 head opened near last week then firmed with best bullocks £9 10s to £10 1s heavy to £12 15s, mediums £8 to £9 5s, lights £6 2d to £7 15s, best heifers £7 to £5 15s. Sheep 1900 yarded with best wethers 17s 6d to 18s 9d, extras 20s to 21s 6d. lambs 500 yarded best 1s 6d to 12s, mediums 10s 6d to 10s 9d. Pigs 135 yarded with suckers strong, porkers easier, various weights, baconets 45s to 50s, heavy 45s to 63s.
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Dunedin
Best
Daylight Saving Proposal Moves at Agricultural Conference
At the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Conference the president moved to recommend daylight saving from the third Sunday in October to the third Sunday in March. The plan aimed to boost summer attendance and evening leisure, with mixed support and opposition. The motion was defeated by a narrow margin as speakers debated private arrangements versus employer–employee mutual accords.
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Wellington
Agricultural and Pastoral Societies
D. D.macfarlane
New Zealand
Cincinnatti
Hose of Commons
Pemberton
Canterburyy
Wheeler
Manawatu
W. CG. Buchanan
Jack
J. G. Harkness
N Kettle
Napier
Pain Balm Promises Quick Cure for Aches
A sore throat may be quickly cured by applying a flannel bandage soaked with Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Jamaback or chest pain should be treated similarly. Pain Balm is also famed for rheumatism cures and is sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
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Chamberlain
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Addington Stock Market
VE New Zealand Shipping Company
Vic Monts Video
Teneriffe
Timouth
Clayton
Taparos
Ruapeho
Rinna
Waitoua
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Fons
Athenic
Corotett Arawa
Yainnit
Loenie
Reese
Waellingta
Wallington
Pate
fAlso
Rio de Janiore
Nicoll ‘Bros
NEW Zealand Insurance Com
Rpue, Premier and Wealthi
EST Colonial Company
Nicoll. Bros
Slinngton
Islington
Turnip
Slington
Micgll. Bros
Golman
Mae Ueparti
Ant
Sterling
Jones and Sons
Apanufan Jewellers
High Street
Cialghonu
Siade
Su't
D. Ballantyne & Go
Manchester Bros
Tronmongers
Barningham & Co., Ltd
George Street
Dunedinop
Knox Church
Pg Atanany
Kaitangata
MR OW. Nelson
Wl Nelson
Pyke
Bulletin
Scientific American
Chas
East Street
Ashburton
Telephane
America
Burnet Screet
Yburten
HERRY
Auches
Hereford Street
THE
Canterbury Co-Operative Egg, Poultry, and Produce Company, Ltd
GC. R. Wilson and Co
Eog
Marchants
Tuam Street
Christchursh
Wilson
Dominion
T.C
Chanticleer
A. and P. Food Co
Southland Frozen Meat Co
G. Meddins
People's
Burnett Street
Telephone
Newman
Proprietgs
Robinson
We H
White Glover
Reg Clover
Allike
Timothy and Trefoil
Hurst
Cancer Research
the Doctor
Burnside Stock Market
Millinery “Department
Our
NEW Season’s Goods
Balane
Cash “Draper
Istoce
Boot Importer
Tancred St
Tancred Street
Building Society
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