08 Aug 1908
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
1
A syndicate of prominent Australians has formed to place taxi cabs in Australia starting in Melbourne. Capital has been subscribed for the purchase of Renault cabs and the company will be floated in Australia.
The New Zealand Rugby Union announced that gate receipts from the Wednesday Sydney match between the British team and New South Wales totaled 266 pounds.
A Sporteman report questions arranging a test series before the matches, suggesting starting on Monday with tests on Sunday and noting Australians' willingness to rest three days amid a strong gate potential. It also records P. R. Johnson scoring 164 in Somerset versus Middlesex.
Palmerston North reports Tracey the New Zealand lightweight champion defeated Australia’s Rolle on points after a full fifteen three minute rounds. Tracey dominated early and rose to victory with aggressive attacks while Rolle relied on clever defense but offered little offense. Amatuer heavyweight McDowell from Manawatu beat Fale of Wellington in five rounds. Waterson of Manawatu defeated Lovegrove of Taranaki on points after a six round bout.
In the weekly market summary buyers hold back while sellers stay firm. Milling wheat quoted 8d to 4s with no sales at those levels. Milling Gartons for shipment show better demand, while Danish and lighter seeds remain unsold. Chaff prices show best offers from 3 12s 6d to 3 15s on trucks, limited quantities.
In Christchurch the local grain market shows no changes with wheat at a standstill. Seed potato demand remains brisk with orders from the North Island and West Coast, while table potatoes sell slowly. Butter prices rise by a penny per pound. London reports two Australian wheat cargoes selling at 37s 6d and 37s 9d.
Thieves forced a back door at Broad Small and Co on Dee Street in Invercargill last night or early today. They took cash from the register and a single-barrelled gun, which they damaged before fleeing. Police are investigating.
A Adelaide woman recounts seventeen years of constipation indigestion and biliousness and credits Bile Beans with a complete lasting cure after persistent remedies failed. The advertisement touts Bile Beans as a world standard family medicine preventing influenza liver chills rheumatism headaches and other liver ailments with a special price offer.
A Masterton resident reports a Scotland born pensioner lacking birth registration. The only record was a family Bible, sent to New Zealand for inspection, pension granted, then returned to Scotland. The anecdote contrasts scarce birth records with a Bible’s travel to validate a claim.
At a Taranaki District Teachers Institute meeting in New Plymouth on August 7, the executive and large gathering of teachers unanimously approved the Education Act Amendment Bill. They support improving conditions for small country schools, strengthening staff, and replacing pupil teachers with trained teachers, and urge insertion of a clause for interboard teacher interchange.
Gisborne August 7 Two prosecutions under the Electoral Act were heard. Keck pleaded guilty to wilfully misleading the Registrar in the electoral roll and was fined £1 with costs. James Cammons pleaded not guilty to making a false enrolment claim. information was dismissed after he admitted inability to read or write and claimed misinformation about qualifications.
A Victoria College Council deputation in Wellington on August 7 told the Premier that college finances have reached breaking point and government assistance is needed to cope with its work. The Premier expressed sympathy and recognition of the college’s valuable work but will not commit before consulting the Education Minister.
At a Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society committee meeting in Napier on August 7 a motion was carried declaring the Shearers' Accommodation Bill unnecessary and uncalled for. It would, if passed in its present form, provide no real benefit to employees and would impose hardship on employers.
In a Divorce Court session before Mr Justice Chapman an order for restitution of conjugal rights was made in the case William G Lintern versus Emily Lintern. A similar order was issued in Emily Baker versus Herbert Baker. Decrees nisi were granted in James Jamieson Tate versus Mary Elizabeth Tate, Thomas Henry Hatchard versus Mabel Hatchard, Ada Stimpson versus Henry Albert Simpson, and Frederick Edgar Martin versus Matilda Ada Martin.
A Watsons patent fence standard claims to save material by using a half width helically reinforced strip iron or steel. It promises stronger construction and quicker erection with eight inches in the ground equaling sixteen inches of a standard. It targets gully fencing and ground grip, with growing orders and full worldwide patent coverage.
A historical economic note states that gold worth eighty-five million pounds was produced by the world's mines in 1906, with about 61 percent of output from the British Empire. The total value of global mineral production was around 849 million pounds sterling.
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