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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
3
Lord Girathcona offers half a million pounds toward a company operating the All-Red route. A mislabelled margarine brand Australia is challenged by Mr Taverner on behalf of Victoria. The Norwegian Minister of Agriculture may raise the issue with the Cabinet.
New York August 7 Herbert Knox Smith Commissioner of Corporations at Washington prepared a scathing report accusing the Standard Oil Trust of unjustifiable profits. He cites an increase from 1896 to 1904 of 5 400 000 and notes high dividend levels averaging 94 percent.
The Salvation Army will acquire tet townships in Ontario for colonisation, pending approval by a joint Army and Canada commission. The action was received August 8 after 7.38 a.m. in Ottawa on August 7.
Berlin dispatch says Kaiser and Czar, at a farewell aboard the Standart, voiced strong mutual admiration and vowed unalterable friendship. The Czar expressed German hopes to reconstruct the Russian fleet and strengthen ties between their two nations.
A London bound trunk reveals a headless, legless woman in Marseilles. Englishman Goold and his French wife, ex Waterloo Liverpool, seized after plans to ship the corpse to London. Locals report Livey, a Swedish gambling room visitor, murdered in Monte Carlo by a lover. Bucker held in Monte Carlo for disposing entrails. Jewellery linked to victim.
Sydney reports the first shipment of British maid servants arranged by the Domestic Immigration Society. The society advocates a Domestic College with about £5000 likely to be placed on the Estimates.
Sydney merchants expect tariff changes to favor protection. Activity at Customs remains high as £260,000 worth of goods were cleared since July 22, compared with £100,600 for the same period last year.
The Saturday race umpire, replying to criticism in a letter to the Press, says his verdict prevented a stain on New South Wales sport and justice. He asserts if Towns accuses lack of effort, the public must judge if this reflects many sportsmen.
Seeling told reporters before his departure that he was not a selector for the New Zealand professional side and called the published list a gross libel. He said most names on the cable were wrong and that only perhaps one member might belong. The NSW team faced health issues with dengue and influenza in Sydney and Brisbane.
They offer overhauled ladies and gent’s bicycles in perfect order at rock bottom prices to clear stock.
Reports from Melbourne show the Agricultural Department investigating a mysterious disease among Yarrawonga lambs. Bacteriological tests reveal scabby mouths and enlarged lymph nodes, with guinea pigs dying within 36 hours from gland juice inoculation.
Offs states that on the night of the crime he came to town to give himself up but fled in fear. He admits the crime, which was committed under the influence of drink.
In Wellington on August 7 the St. Andrew's Church Trustees Empowering Bill was read a second time. The Hastings Recreation Reserve Bill advanced to further committee work and was referred back. Trustees Act Amendment and Invercargill Public Offices Bill amendments were also read a second time before adjournment at 4.25 p.m.
In the House of Representatives debates the Absolute Majority on multiple bills including Hokitika Harbour, Makara County, Tevin Borough Reserves Vesting, and the Drying Act amendments. Ministers outlined planned Clanning Bill circulation and experimental farms, with Salvation Army grants and a rifle team tour under review. Legislative Council reform clauses passed amid party alignments. town districts bill moved toward passage. Unclaimed Sovereigns and Abbey Distribution notes conclude the item.
Wellington August 7 The New Zealand Licensed Victuallers Association reports Parliament faces important potential legislation this session amid cabinet intentions and labor union activity The Health Department annual licensing meetings prompt concerns over departmental proposals bordering on tyranny The no license campaign calls for stronger organization ahead of the 1808 poll and cites the no license party as an example.
In Invercargill on August 8 a district case at Miverton against Mary Wrensee and Sarah Jackson, mother and daughter, for stealing goods valued at £4 from Mr McCarthy, was dismissed. The judge condemned issuing warrants in private cases, noting repeated misuse and lack of proper justification. The defendants were arrested at the mother's Dunedin home and jailed overnight.
Commercial report shows small entry and weak demand at Farmers Yard. Breeding ewes declined from last week, bulk yarding passed. Prices included fifty 6 and 8-tooth at 20s 3d, 195 f.m. 18s 6d, fifty fat lambs 1ds 11d, hoggets 1d a.
The Wellington Post notes calls by Federated Boot Makers of New Zealand to inspect a boot exhibit at Parliament Buildings. It contrasts imported footwear with colonial products, citing prices for an imported welted boot and a colonial box-calf boot, and shows consumer costs from wholesale to retail.
Grand Jury in Finland Ohio returns 939 indictments while Commissioner Garfield brands the Standard Oil Trust a monopolist. Garfield cites secret rates discrimination and tank car practices that boosted profits, suppressed competition, and inflated shipping costs with railways complicit. Court actions and Interstate Commerce Commission findings highlight alleged rebates and controlled distribution as factors behind high oil prices.
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