Wage questions stir about weekly pay in industries
At the Canterbury Employers’ Association meeting in Christchurch the president denounced union calls to treat the weekly wage as full pay for time not worked. He argued deductions for slack time are fair, citing industrial practice and the need to balance overtime and wage design amid the Arbiration Act. In Addington livestock market, beef, lambs, and sheep sold well with varied prices, notable records for Shropshire wethers and strong cattle demand.
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Canterbury Eimployers’ Association
Christchurch
Sair-mindel Euployers
Em-Loyers
Coal brookdale Goal boosts popularity of exceptional value products
The report notes that only products with exceptional value command rising demand. Coal brookdale Goal is highlighted as a prime example of this trend.
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Coalbrookdale
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills Advert Keeps Headache Cure In Reach
An old advertisement touts Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a remedy for headaches caused by toxins in blood from indigestion liver and kidney disorders. It claims pills offer a lasting cure rather than temporary heart focused drugs and includes a testimonial from B F Tobin praising their effects on general health and his daughter's headaches and dizziness.
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Morse
Burnsides Stock Market Report from Dunedin Auction
In Dunedin on August 7 cattle sheep and pigs were sold with generally higher prices. Sheep yielded best wethers 24s to 26s, ewes 19s to 24s 6d, lambs mostly 14s to 15s 6d. stores lower. Pigs firm with suckers 15s to 17s and baconers 47s to 58s. cattle 9 10s to 10 12s for best milocks. mid and ordinary from 7 to 9 3s.
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Sdty Ltd
Porkers
Medhim
Saale
Dunedin
1&S
Dunedin Grain Market Report
The oat market is quiet as shippers hold back on quotations. Seed lines form the bulk of sales with small lots traded locally. Seed line quotes range from 8s 4d to 3s 6d for seeds and 2s to ds 1d for prime milling. Wheat trades are slow as millers resist late bids and holders stay firm. Prime milling wheat quoted 4s 7d to 4s 9d. medium to stand 4s 6d to 1s 6d. whole fowl wheat 4d to 4d 5d. broken and damaged grain 4s to 2d.
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Dunedin
Clearing sale at Mitcham yields strong farm prices
Mr BD Thomas held a clearing sale at Mitcham for H Hepburn who sold his farm and plans to depart for the North Island. A large attendance heard prices for sheep including store lambs and ewe in lamb, cattle dairy cows and springing heifers, young store cattle, dry cows, horses harness implements and farm gear with produce and sundries also selling at full market value.
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Thomas
Mitcham
Hiy H. Hepburn
North Island
Spring Sing
Echoes of Lost Java and Bengal Fortunes in British Reflection
A contemporary notes historic missteps in Britain's colonial policy with France losing Java and Chandernagore to England and later back and forth. The piece cites diplomatic naivete from Lord Liverpool, misperceived geography about Madras and the Cape, and a Rouen police-log contest where attackers wore leather protection.
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Eagland
Java
France
Liverpool
Chandernagore
Bengal
Calcutta
Tavnce
West Indian Islands
Madras
Cape of Good Hope
Rouen
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A&a
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