Coal Brookdale Coal Gains Precinct Support
Only those precincts with exceptional value command growing popularity. This holds true for Coal Brookdale coal precincts as evidence of rising interest and backing.
13 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
1
Only those precincts with exceptional value command growing popularity. This holds true for Coal Brookdale coal precincts as evidence of rising interest and backing.
An unsigned leaflet decries long hours and low pay for railway stationmasters clerks and cadets. It cites Brown at Gone Bang station and details overtime, unpaid Sundays and stagnant wages from 1900 to 1907, urging staff increases and hour limits. It also notes salary comparisons with post office workers and calls for relief staff and reform.
Misa Nellie Elliott of Hampton House Anteatenet Brisbane credits Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills with curing her habitual weakness skin eruptions and constipation. She says after a few doses she regained strength digestion improved and eruptions disappeared. She now feels well and recommends the remedy.
A motor car driven by Mr Dexter of Dexter and Crozier collided with a tram while headed to Newmarket. The car was badly smashed though engines remained intact. Mr Dexter and a boy passenger escaped unharmed.
The Commissioner of Customs informs the Painters Employers Union that a 25 percent duty on painters' brushware is applied because woodware is manufactured in the colony.
Auckland reports freighting by the steamship Setoria sailing for Sydney includes seventeen bars of bullion valued at £15302 shipped by the National Bank of New Zealand for transhipment to London and ninety two bars of silver valued at £9500 shipped by the Waihi Gold Mining Company for London.
Sir Robert Stout and Mr Ngata heard evidence on Otawhao and Walantahi leases. Fraser warned of vulnerable lessees who paid much to validate titles, while Stout blamed reckless solicitor advice and a chaotic Native Lands Act framework for the North Island plight.
Sydney reports on Beals patent medicine study revealing alarming claims about infant soothing syrups and foods. The suggested remedy is a protection statute banning sale of improper foods, with penalties for violations. Tailor-made costumes are popular this season as Craighead and Berryman showcase Kaiapoi fabrics and outfits for ladies.
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