Missing settler after trap accident near Taupiri
Report from Auckland notes a missing settler Pat Tick McSweeney after a trap overturned two miles from Taupiri while traveling from Mangawara toward Huntly. Hogan recovered consciousness but found his companion gone. searches failed to locate McSweeney. An inquest in NAPYER reports Sarah Agnes Kirk 17 died after an operation due to a displaced heart from a cyst despite efforts to resuscitate. jury found proper care had been taken.
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Auckland
Taupiri
Willian Togan
Hukanui
Pat- Tick McSweeney
Sweeney
Mangawara
Huntly
Hogan
Napyer
Sarah Agnes Kirk
New Zealanders Draw Third Test With Australia in Sydney
In Sydney the final test between Australia and New Zealand ended in a draw after both sides scored a try apiece. Attendance reached 29,000 with takings near £1990, part of a total 152,000 attendees and £7464 across four matches. Teams prepared for travel as several players left for New Zealand and Auckland announced others joining the tour.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Cricket Ground
New South Wales
Phil
New
Bydney
Jack
Monowai
Onel Nicolson
Gillett
Francia
Cunningham
Fryer
Booth
Melbourne
O'Sullivan
Johnson
Webb
Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase results report
Melbourne August meeting details list The Gift Blueskin and Cardinal as top finishers in the 1400 sows four mile event. Bellis sustained a serious fall in the steeplechase. Adelaide meeting reports Grand National Handicap winner Mu iabs Concave and Royalty with eleven runners, dividend £5 8s.
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Melbourne
Victoria Amateur Turf Club
Caulfeld
Blueskin
Cardinal
Bellis
Adelaide
Adelaide Racing
New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club Meeting Results
At Ceristchurch on August 12, the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club held a meeting with fair attendance despite miserable weather. Totalisator investments reached £6363 10s, up from £6223 on day one last year, with multiple harness and saddle races producing varied winners and dividends for investors.
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Ceristchurch
New Zealand
Woodland Whispers
Vornado
Foreman
Smin
Tornado
Te Porangi
Floater
Amin
Lillian
Young McKinney
Hamlin
Tome
Thvidends
Lady Aethie
Aogamiire
Storm
Park
King ‘George
Time
Sminsee
Turk
Willowood
Miss Youngley
Nellie Tr
Simin
Nellie H
Norval
the Middie
Electrician
Woodthorn Maid
Cricket Board to Negotiate Visits With South African Cricketers
The Board of Cricket Control has decided to negotiate visits with South African cricketers to arrange potential tours or exchanges. Official discussions aim to outline terms, schedules, and player participation.
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Sydney
Board of Cricket Control
Faust? in Ashburton at Oddfellows Hall
A two night season by the Sperascone company opens at Oddfellows Hall Ashburton on Wednesday evening with Goethe’s Faust Sherlock Holmes stories and songs by Miss Fisher. The program includes a football match film New Zealand versus Australia from last month. The show runs on electricity from the companys 210 volt dynamo.
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Oddfellows’ Hall
Ashburton
New Zealand
Australia
Pault
Sydney
Pisher and
Wilson
B. M. Jones
Salvation Army to stay in Eltham with new barracks
In Taranaki August 12 the Salvation Army decided to keep headquarters in Eltham rather than move to New Plymouth. A new barracks for 350 will be built to supplement the current building.
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Eltham
Salvation Army
Taranaki
New Plymouth
Influenza Epidemic Impacts Nelson and Netson Services
An August report notes a sharp influenza outbreak in Nelson and Netson with widespread staff illness. Government offices such as the telegraph run short handed while schools suffer attendance declines. The Boys' College closes until Thursday and the first express from Dunedin arrives 20 minutes late with 18 carriages.
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Netson
Boys’ College
Dunedin
Divorce Laws to Correct Abuse of Restitution Grounds
August 12 in Weddington a deputation urged the Premier to amend divorce law. Dr Windlay explained the 1808 act introduced restitution of conjugal rights as a divorce ground, noting misapprehension and English law precedent. The Premier said government would propose legislation to remove the abuse of the divorce laws.
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Weddington
Windlay
England
Supreme Court opens sessions in Wellington and Christchurch
Wellington and Christchurch report Supreme Court sessions starting with charges listed. Cecil Cosgrove alias Furlong sentenced to three years for theft from a dwelling. several defendants face forgery, uttering, and manslaughter charges with probation or imprisonment. Dunedin notes eight prisoners on upcoming calendar with multiple thefts and joint charges.
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Wellington
Justice Cooper
Cecil Cosgrove
Furlong
Australia
Christchurch
Supreme Court
Chapman
Stanton
Alfred Welsh
Harry Cox
Cecil Waters
Fred. Cooper
New Brighton
William Barnard Rhodes
Dunedin
Theft of Fourteen Thousand Pounds Probed in Court
Alfred Michelly pleaded guilty to stealing £2200 from Wingate Barnes and Company and, before Mr Justice Denniston at Auckland, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for a long pattern of deliberate fraud and robberies using his entrusted banks.
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Auckland
Alfred Michelly
Wingate, Barnes and Company
Justice Denniston
Areused
New Arrival Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement in Dunedin
William Dougall a 22 year old newcomer from the Old Country pleaded guilty at Dunedin Police Court to several embezzlement charges from Thomson Bridger and Co totalling £218. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Dunedin
William Dougall
Old Country
Thomson, Bridger and Co
Supreme Court
Disgraceful Roads At Northern Traffic Bridge Approach
A letter to the editor from Ashburton laments the poor condition of the footpath near the traffic bridge and describes mud, vehicle spray, and splattered clothing after cyclists and motor cars passed. The correspondent calls for immediate council attention to improve safety for pedestrians and public. Constable Donovan departs for Rakaia tonight to relieve Constable Middleton on sick leave. Barrett announces ongoing annual stocktaking sale.
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Tinward
Ashburton
Donovan
Rakaia
Middleton
Barrett, Dreper
First Class Land at Kermode Street Corner Sale
This notice advertises land at the corner of Kermode Street and Hast Bolton with a five room dwelling, verandah, washhouse and conveniences. Space for two more houses on Kermode Street available. owner has moved south and seeks disposal. Details on application. TY Bullock Agent, Mr Freeman to attend to valuations for offices or private clients.
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Kermode St
Bolton
Kermode Street
Bullock, Agant
Freeman
Iherty
H. M. Jones
Hom. Jones
Land sale offers eight high quality Canterbury farms
Frienlander Bros. Ltd advertises a sale at two oclock of land fronting Hinds River described as premier farmland. Eight lots ranging from 100 to 210 acres will be offered, presenting a rare opportunity for buyers seeking convenient sized high quality farms in Canterbury.
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Winslow
F. Ferriman
Hinds River
Canterbury
Prize awards and coupons for a local competition
The notice lists prizes including Cheques of £3 8s and £2 2s and items like a 6 piece illuminated dinner set and a 26 piece gilt dinner set. It offers a handsome clock as a prize and a 21 piece china tea set for higher prizes. All participants sending at least 30 coupons receive a cash or goods prize.
Fletcher Bros. Low Prices Advertise Food Goods and Oils
Local advert for Fletcher Bros sells a range of foods and supplies with quoted prices. Items include roller flour in sacks and bags, oatmeal, kerosene, cane sugar, oats, bran, rock salt, sheep netting, castor oil, and Noatsfoot oil with per-unit rates listed.
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Pines
Auckland
Corrants and dried fruit assortment with jams and peas
An old market listing features Corrants and dried fruits including Valencia raisins, seeded prunes, dates, figs, and apricots. It also advertises jams such as raspberry, strawberry, and black currant, marmalade, and various tins of pies and peas. Prices are shown per unit, dozen, or case.
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Valencia
S.d
St. George’s
New Season Seed Sale Promises Best Quality At Low Prices
Nimmo and Blair advertise first prize garden seeds for the season. They urge buyers to skip inferior seeds and choose the best, offered at the same price as lesser brands.
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Nimmo and
Blair
Vegetable Seed Ad From Packet List
Advertising a large assortment of vegetable seeds per packet. Includes beans beets broccoli cabbage carrot cucumber lettuce melon radish spinach tomato turnip and herbs with various varieties such as Conovers Colossal Fong Darlington Broad Wilson Shiels.etag. lists many named varieties and old market types.
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Carden
Darlington
Veitche
Varieties in Stock at One Penny Per Packet
Per Packer offers a catalog of 100 varieties in stock including Asters Auriculas Balsams Calliopsis Candytuft Canna Carnation Chrysanthemums Nicotianas Phlox Petunia Poppy Sunflower Sweet William Verbena and more. Novelty packets offered at one penny each.
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Betteridge
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William Anderson
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Tove Cnt
Advanture
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Russia
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Pedbeciler
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Carhson Bicycle
Ilin
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Cy Hite
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Bulletin
Australasian
John Norton
Truth
Sportsman
World'’s News
Otago Witness
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Scotsman
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Chums
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Chicken
Canterbury Bottle Exchange
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H. Manning
Christchurel
Wtutton and Sons
The
King’s Seeds
National Mortgage and Agency Co
Triangle
Yill
Teswa
Tagr
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Percy
Tos
Grant & Minors
Kergaia
Saunders’ Buildings
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Tha
JTMA
Eaeeee Meese
Fletcher Bros
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MO Tueka
Scrymger
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York
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Voiche
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Chrystal
Stockwood Ridge
de Stuart
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McLean
William Thurst
Musselburg
Teytuce
James
Parsley
White Stone Laing
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Gome
Stestesten G. Meddins
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Henry Stephenson
Kidd
Genuine Fypson Phonographe
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Taraj
A. T. H. Williams
N.B
Lee Yeeeere
Andrew Or &0. Ltd
Donald
Burnett Street
J. H. Scott
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Larcer
R. McCallum
Grocer
Manchester Bros
Agoror
Per Packer
Per ‘Packer
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