Coldstream Road Board Meets to Discuss Road Work and Finances
A Coldstream Road Board meeting chaired by M. G. Rich discussed Kelman Bros selling 8638 acres to the Government under the Land Finance Act. John Withell offered engines and ploughs for Coldstream Ealing Road, but no funds available now. Drains on Dobson Road to be cleaned. shingle reserve on Trig Pole Boat debated. Accounts totaling £102 6s 8d passed. meeting adjourned.
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Coldstream Road Board
M. G. Rich
W. Jewell
D. McKenzie
W. Hicheage
W. H. Stevens
Messra Kelman Bros
John Withell
Coldstream-Ealing
Withell
Acyung
Jewell
Dobson
Ashburton Borough School Committee Meeting Minutes
The Ashburton Borough School Committee met to discuss unauthorised expenditure on Main and Allenton schools. They agreed to close term holidays for two weeks and form a sub committee to select books, seek reinstatement of a gate, and improve urinals. Re-elections were made for the Visiting Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allenton
G. Schneider
Board of Education
Messrs
Andrill and Hayes
Ten Commandments of housing from Chicago group
The Chicago Wo men's Aid Association issues a sanitized decalogue urging better housing. It promotes lawful living, clear days, proper homes and playgrounds, open windows, tidy alleys and stairs, healthy air, and rejection of pollution and poverty. the reverse links good housing to health and success and bad housing to crime and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago School of Sanitary Instruction
Chicago Women’s Aid Association
Bank of New Zealand Shareholders Press for State Control Elimination
Wellington August 11 deputation from the Bank of New Zealand Shareholders' Committee met the Minister of Finance James Allen to present a memorandum resisting increased state ownership and seeking reinstatement of property rights. They asked to defer legislation pending Supreme Court opinion and promised suggested changes after cabinet approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Bank of New Zealand
James Allen
New Zealand
London
Supreme Court
Auckland breach of promise case settles before court
Auckland August 11. A breach of promise of marriage case was to be heard in the Supreme Court this afternoon but settled privately. Defendant Dr George Fenwick of Auckland and plaintiff Lily Hillis had claimed £5000. The settlement was arranged in an hour and a half and the case was struck out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Supreme Court
George Fenwick
Lily Hillis
Justice Cooper
Zam-Buk Featured as Indispensable Home First Aid
The advertisement touts Zam-Buk as a nationwide home remedy and skin healer. It claims rapid soothing of cuts burns and skin ailments, highlights pure herbal extracts and absence of animal fats, and notes suitability for eczema ulcers piles and school ringworm with prices at 1s 6d and 3s 6d per pot.
Smiling Through a Humorous Moment with Cigars
A lighthearted note praises smiles in good humor and promotes Smoke Regent cigarettes as fragrant and pure for inhalers. It also mentions forty free gifts as an enticing offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regent
Essay on Scotland by Bunbury schoolboy mocks nation
The piece reprinted from the Southern Times in Bunbury offers a humorous schoolboy view of Scotland. It notes a coastline, whisky, 4.5 million population, Andrew Carnegie, a Scots language test, mineral wealth, and legends like Burns while lampooning dress, bagpipes, and customs with light satire.
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Bunbury
Scotland
England
Andrew Carnegie
Harry Lander
Winston Churchill
Robert Burns
Battersea
Jock
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Studebaker
Mes E. Rule
Ashburton Ageit
Mercery and Boot Warehouse
East Street
Doglinh
Iroli
Bonnington’s
H. P. Arnst
Arnst
West Collins and Co
Tronmongers
Lane
Sanitary
Bank OF NZ
Minister OF Finance
Pet Press Association
Per Press Association
Zam-Buk
Ballantynes
The
Dresden Piano
Dominion
John
Broadwood & ‘Sons
Lipp & Sohn
Steinway & Sons
RON. Isch. W. Bohm. & CO
Bell & ‘Imperial
Dunedin
Christchurch
N.Z
Ashburton
Burnett
H. .P. Evans
Jhe
Ronn
H. Alen
Fdae
Oifce
Triangle
E. G. Lane
Camara
John Orr and Co
Mast Street
Sutherland
Cass and Wills
Sreets
Next Theatre Royal
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