World To Day Warns Of Eastern Asia Menace To New Zealand
The article argues invasion threats to New Zealand stem from Eastern Asia not Europe with Japan as a potential aggressor. It notes Japan’s debt and expansion avenues in Manchuria Sakhalin Formosa and the Philippines while China’s rise is seen as a greater long term danger. It urges strong defence building and vigilant citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Europe
Asia
T.mackengie
Australasia
China
Japan
Russia
Nobajenin
Tlash Felds
Jin
Jiaoting Peninsula
Manchuria
Sakhalien
Formosa
Philippines
United States of Americas
The Menace of Japan in British Press Opinion
The article argues British writers fear Japan’s expansion more than China, citing Japan’s overcrowding, population growth, and desire to colonise Korea, Liaotung Peninsula, Sakhalin, and nearby Manchuria regions, while noting limited Japanese emigration to these areas.
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Opinon
China
Japan
Russia
United States
Korea
Liaotung Peninsula
Sakhalien
Manchuria
South Manchurian
Formosa
Japan Faces Population Strain and Emigration Pressure
The article argues Japan must limit growth, expand manufacturing, or risk poverty as cultivable land shrinks. It questions where Japanese people would migrate if not north or west, noting current military and tax burdens keep policy options limited. It warns that without steady emigration, population rise will soon create an acute crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Trussia
China
Jhoth
Smiles for the Bay and a Bold Beggar Exchange
Dialogue captures a humorous scene as a gentleman mocks a blind beggar who retorts about taking a day off. Mrs Drake and Mrs Pratt discuss a strong character, noting that Pratt’s sister’s husband can compel Belle to comply with his will.
Ashburton Guardian Letters on Anti-Militarist Meeting
A reader condemns Mr C W Nicoll for his conduct at Friday anti militarist gathering in Ashburton. The letter accuses misrepresentation, calls for fairness, and asks whether Mr Wicoli will cover half the meeting costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Nicoll
Christchurch
Air Nicolls
Ashburton
Usfair
Wicoli
Young Ashburtonian
Fatal Te Archaea Bridge Collision in Auckland
A Maori rider on Te Archaea traffic bridge collided with an opposite vehicle. He suffered a compound leg fracture, was thrown from his horse, and died after hospital admission. In Dunedin Allan McKennie aged about forty five, a single man near Ayrburn Station, is recorded to have died by suicide after a recent leg accident and despondency.
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Auckland
Dunedin
Allan McKennie
Ayrburn Station
Arrowsown
Sunday sport anger spills into Tinwald cricket ground
A reader criticizes the shift of Sunday football to Tinwald cricket ground. The writer accuses a new crowd of self centered behavior and questions safety for children and parents, noting the entrance notice banning Sunday play does little to deter them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton
Tinwald Cricket Ground
Paris farmer and family charged in exorcism death
A Paris farmer Julien his wife and two children were arrested for beating their eldest daughter to death as they attempted to exorcise a devil the girl had said possessed her. The family acted in a religious frenzy after the alleged possession claim.
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Paris
Julien
Old Man Richard Knight Found Murdered Near His Hut
The body of Richard Knight, an elderly resident, was found near his hut in Melbourne on August 11. Police suspect homicide with robbery as the motive as the head was nearly blown off by a gunshot wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Richard Knight
Father and Son Shot in Sydney Tragedy
In Sydney on August 16 Mrs. Goldstein heard shots and found her husband dead and their adult son seriously wounded in a lower room. A revolver with three chambers discharged lay between the bodies. The son was taken to hospital unconscious. The cause remains unknown. The pair had a recent agreement and a quarrel is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Son Shot While Asleep In Sydney Case
Report from Sydney states that Goldstein shot his son while the boy slept and then turned the revolver on himself. The son’s condition is critical and cannot explain the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Goldstein
Burglars Sentenced by Wellington Supreme Court
In Wellington on August 9, Patrick Donovan and Thomas John Lewis faced the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Chapman for a Northland housebreaking case dated May 10. Lewis pleaded guilty while Donovan, after escaping from goal, was convicted with evidence of stolen clothes worth £4 9s. Both men received three year sentences to run consecutively. Lewis was declared an habitual criminal for the third time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Supreme Court
Justice Chapman
Patrick Donovan
Thomas John Lewis
Northland
Lewis
Donovan
Jordan Boiler advertised for hot water systems
Burnett Sitrest, district agent for Jordan Coil Boiler, promotes hot water service boilers for new homes or alterations. The ad claims brass gun metal construction resists rust, matches steam engine boilers, fits existing ranges, and guarantees satisfaction with a growing list of satisfied customers.
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Jordan Coil
Regent cigarette ad promising free gifts to partners
An advertisement urges women to influence their male partners to smoke Regent cigarettes so they can receive "splendid free gifts." It instructs readers to request a free gift catalogue by writing to Regent, Box 851, Wellington.
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Regent
Wellington
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Orrios
Correspondenor
Antimilitarists
Mgr Nicoll
Ashburton i Guardian
Per Press Association
Jon Orr & Co
Quibel
Alt
Defiance
Carden Seeds
Yates
ORR & CO
East Street
Sunday Sport
Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Entlemen
B.sja
NEW Hudson ‘Bicycles
Swift Bicycles
BP Sleamel
T. Turtill
Szealandia
Bernaett Tran
Wwe
Merchiante
BRUCE
Ef Collins and CO
Son
Fong
Craighead
E. Graidhead
Tailors
Sying
Jon Orr and Co
Taam
John Our and Co
Jordan
Ow. Hyde
Burnett
Remem
W. d. Sparrow
Wills
Mitchell
Turner’s
Moen
Odin
Tere
AL Ge
Dunlop
R. D. Johnston
Destors
Medico
T. H. Andrill ®& Co, House Furnishers
Tancred. Street
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