Land for sale in Freehold lots near Graham and River Roads
Subdivided and fenced land totaling 42 acres with frontages on Graham s Road River Road and the Terrace Road. Includes Lot 20 21 acres and 88 perches Lot 19 8 acres 8 roods 380 perches and one third of Lot 18 6 acres 4 roods 2 perches. Workman s Home at Waterton township offers 14 acres with house and wash-house. Rent from 1s 6d weekly. Apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham's Road
River Road
Terrace Road
Waterton
W. Hopwood
Maginness Dies at Lyndhurst After 62 Years
Elizabeth Maginness widow of William Henry Maginness died at her residence Phe Grange Lyndhurst aged 62. The notice records her passing on August 14 and notes her long widowhood following her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maginness
Lyndhurst
Elizabeth
William Henry Maginness
Ashburton News and Local Notes Across Dominion
Ashburton officials discuss meat industry links with the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company and Abbatoir Committee. Notices describe a NZ band tour, church finances, new religious movements, engineering advances, and a London to Brighton walk record set by T. E. Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waymouth
Canterbury Frozen Meat Company
Ashburton
Messrs J. and
Niall
Besses O' the Barn
New Zealand
Australia
300 Acre First Class Farm With Buildings and Water
A highly regarded 300 acre farm offers two well subdivided fields with all necessary buildings. It is well watered and in a rotation of wheat oats and grass. Nicely situated near town rail and school at the asking price.
Ashburton notices and New Zealand briefings in one column
News items report death by heart disease in Ashburton, Boring Rights Syndicate gaining acres for a trial boring company, church calls and presbytery moves, street plate naming and pole work, and various notes on forestry, population, and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
W. G. Day
S.M
Rakaia
Edward Mullins
William Umver
Ife
G. G. Holiwnes
Ashburton Hospital
Ashburton
A. Joyece
Joyce
Faust Opera Company Opens Season At Oddfellows Hall
Grand Opera Faust series opens at Oddfellows Hall with vivid coloured moving pictures of Faust scenes and a Sydney Test match clip. The program features Fisher and Wilson musical sketches, Louie Fisher mezzo soprano, and a 3.30pm children's magazine in Ashburton with a full evening program. Tickets at H. M. Fones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oddfellows’ Hall
Faust Operascope
Australia
New Zealand
Sydney
Wallace
Ashburton
Compaany
Lamb
N.Z
Messrs Fisher
Wilson
Louie Fisher
H. M. Fones
Death Penalty Report and Global Briefs From London
London dispatch notes Brinkley executed for Becks murder at Croydon. Also reports on British labour in Queensland, an All Red mail service offer with Canada and Australia funding, military appointments naming Sir John French and Smith-Dorrien, Lahore rioters' appeal, US antitrust questions involving Harriman and Chaicago-Alton, and violinist Joseph Joachim nearing death with ties to Hungary and British universities.
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London
Brinkley
Becks
Croydon
Queensland
Horace Tosier
The
Times
Queensland Canfields
Daily Chronicle
Ottawa
Canada
Britain
Australasia
Pacific
New York
Bonaparte
United States
Harriman
Okahu
Chicayo-Alton
Intertates Commerce Commission
Joseph Joachim
Joachim
Kitsee
Hungary
Cambridge
Oxford
Glasgow University
Rioting in Belfast Worsens Police Barracks Damaged
Cullingtree barracks wrecked as protests escalate in Belfast. Rioters pelted police. troops, reading the Riot Act, charged forty times and fired twice, killing a man and a woman while hundreds were wounded or maimed across hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per
Press Association
Copsright
London
Belfast
Cullingtree
Desperate Bel fast riot ends after volley and retreat
Captain Welsh ordered infantry to present arms as the mob charged. Rifles fired twice, killing and wounding rioters including a boy. Awful shrieks followed. AIi Larkin urged restraint. riot subsided at midnight as lamps were extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belfast
Welsh
Boy
Aii Larkin
Frenzied crowds pelt Belfast soldiers with stones
From Belfast reports soldiers and constables faced hours of bombardment by 2000 to 8000 frenzied people. Women carried stones, houses hurled missiles, troops used rifle butts, and a volley of stones prompted an order to fire as Captain Welsh urged dispersal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belfast
Welsh
Hand to Hand Fight Grips Fall's Road in Street Turmoil
The Times and Telegraph report that soldiers and wounded men faced furious mobs in the street. Infuriated troops with fixed bayonets charged as mobs surged along Fall's road. Hand to hand fighting broke out with 3000 rioters and soldiers clashing, soldiers driven back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times and Telegraph
Fall's Road
Belfast Wounds Deepen as Streets Torn Up
A third death from wounds occurs in Belfast as damage mounts. Many houses are destroyed and severed streets, once paved with stones, have been ripped up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belfast
Staffordshire vs Burham Bowler Shines In Tight Match
In a match reported from London on August 18, Barnes took 6 for 25 and 6 for 7, with four wickets in a row. Rhodes Blythe Barnes and Hutchings agreed to visit Australia while Hurst Lilley and others declined. The Marylebone Club’s £300 offer is seen as insufficient to cover losses, newspapers remark on defections of leading batsmen. The Daily Mail suggests Australia raise terms to £400 to keep professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Staffordshire
Burham
Barnes
Rhodes
Blythe
Australia
Marylebone Club
Belfast Strike Gains Support From Trade Union Federation
The Belfast strikers receive strengthened backing as they join the General Federation of Trades Unions benefits. A regular weekly payment is provided to each striker, independent of amounts voted by individual unions within the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belfast
General Federation of Trades Unions
Sir Thomas Esmonde Stays on as Irish MP After Resignation
Sir Thomas Esmonde told the North Wesford Executive of the Irish League he would resign due to poor Home Rule prospects but withdrew the move after four hours of discussion. He renounced Sinn Fein and will remain a member of the Parliamentary party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thomas Esmonda
North Wesford
Irish League
Ireland
Thomas Esmonde
Sinn Fein
British Butter Bill progresses in Lords as August reports
In London August 13 the Butter Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords. Dispatches from Morocco dated August 12 note tribesmen outside Casablanca armed with modern rifles, with the Governor of Casablanca arrested and taken to a warship for not following orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Morocco
Casablanca
Monte Carlo Murder Statement From Mrs Goold
In Paris on August 13 Mrs Goold admitted possessing most of Madame Levin’s jewelry and planned to throw it into the sea. She noted a recent acquaintance with Levin whom she met through three visits during the months prior. Officials consider the Goolds tasked a Marseilles hotel waiter with a dead box to transfer body parts, as Levin had lost heavily gambling in Monte Carlo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Evening Post
Paris
Madame Levin
Goolds
Marseilles
Native Administration Bill Withdrawn For Rework
Pretoria August 18 Native Affairs Minister Mify Rissik announced the withdrawal of the Native Administration Bill with plans to modify and resubmit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Mify Rissik
Churchill Says Government Lacks Chinese Provisions Details
In the House of Commons on August 13 Mr Winston Churchill replied to Mr Harold Cox saying the Government has no official information on the Chinese provisions within the Transvaal Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Harold Cox
Transvaal
Cape Colony Finances A Way Deficit
Capetown August 13 1907 Treasurer Watson delivered the Budget showing a deficit of £600,000 for 1907. Expenditure for 1908 is estimated at £8,063,000 with revenue of £7,765,000. Retrenchments in the civil service and a tax increase on income are announced, plus creation of an official department to promote South African industries over imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Watson
Watsui
Ciml
Wall Street In Throes Signals 1907 Market Collapse
In New York on August 1 heavy London sales triggered rapid liquidation. Northern Pacific Railroad fell five points, Canadian Union Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio dropped three points within half an hour. Supportive orders later steadied some losses, but many shares ended well below Saturday, marking the sharpest collapse of 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Northern Pacific Railroad
Canadian Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Slump in Shares Attributed to Roosevelt Roil
From New York on August 13 a favored Wall Street explanation for yesterday’s market dip blames too much Roosevelt. The item notes investor nerves and reaction to Roosevelt policies or statements amid the trading session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Telegraph and postal workers strike spreads nationwide
Telegrap h operators in Los Angeles joined Friday action and quickly spread across the United States with Associated Press operators striking in Chicago and New York at midnight. Western postal unions also walked out, signaling a broad service strike by unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Los Angeles
States
Associated
Chicago
Postal ‘Company
Desperate Deed At Bendigo Dynamite Shaft Incident
Australian report from Melbourne dated August 13 notes a jobless man threw dynamite down the Extended Hustlers mine shaft injuring the cage but causing no explosion. The suspect Orchard was arrested. He attempted suicide in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Bendigo
Orchard
Auction and market roundup from Sydney and Melbourne reports
Australian market notes detail price ranges for wheat flour oats barley maize and potatoes across Sydney and Merbourne with several regional variations. An Auckland hotel fire destroys Martin's Hotel Te Puka with extensive damage and a large uninsured loss while furniture and stock insured elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Merbourne
Adelaide
Brand
Pollard
Auckland
Martin's Hotel
Te Puka
Tames
Timothy Kenealy
United Office
Fragmentary note hints at owed money and names
A garbled message mentions debt and payments with unclear references to persons or groups, including a possible name Abbey and a phrase about money owed. The text appears incomplete and does not specify dates, places, or concrete actions.
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Advica
W.H. Collins & CO
T. H. Andrill & Co
Furniture Wardhouse
Tancred Street
F. Potter
Mitchell and Turner
Drapers OF Quality
Garnett Street
Westil
G, Hefford & CO
T. Morris
Apts Tit
Hayeloel Street
Benny Stephenson
A. Kidd
J. H. Scott
Salvation Army ‘Barracks
Havelock Street
Andrew Om
Carter’s Terrace
Yinwald
F. Ferriman
Christchurch
J. Mackenzie
Wlenington
Tinwald
B. J. Westbrook
Methven
Inglis
Pilgrim's Progress
A. Begg
Balkaia
Dowie
Ohio
Dion
Chronicle
Levi Lupton
Disciples of the Gift of Tongue
Alliance
Bupton
Lupton
Vienna Fire Brigade
Oliver Lodge
H. Albrecht
Wilhelm Hospital
Vienna Medical Society
Albrecht
Solingen
Prussia
Cutlers Ohliger and Co
Cutlers
Ohliger and Co
Beretaungs
Allerton
Hawke’s Bay
Paris Zoo
de Gramond
Clyde
Glasgow Evening News
Brighton
Surrey Walking Club
T. Ek, Hammond
London Stock Exchange
H. W. Horton
W.howes
A. W. Sinclair
New Zealand Times
Worl
Contrell of
Defence
Vletchee Bros
Phoenix Mick Peel
H. Gresham
Burnett Street
West
East Street
Ave
Philadelphia
Frank Curtis
South Canterbury
R. Y. Ferguson
Live Stock General Insurance Company and
Yorkshire
Live Stock) Insuranc Company
Ferguson, Ashburton
Violetta
H.F. Stevehe
Christchurgh
I Parcs
Manchester Bros
Oamaru Presbytery
Mahon and Tacholms
J. C. Patterson
Flemington
Christchurch Presbytery
Vaughan
Masonic Hall
Bairnstrate
Victoria
R. D. Hay
New South Wales Forestry Commission
McKinley
Provident McKinley
American Post
Canterbury
Exeter
Government
Wellington
Dunedin
Wanganui
Napier
Taranaki
Nelson
Greymouth
Floritika
Invercargill
Mears Gordon
Gotch
A. H. Raskiville
Native Lands Commission
Takatau
Yaranaki
Welington
Otago
Westland
Marlborough
Southland
France
Psranaki
Hawera
Rhodesia
Bulawaso
Misson’ Hall
Cass Street
A. H. Sbury
Herald
Ma Iy
Yimara
Johnstone
Ander
Percy
Hill
Corporal Shearer
Freeman’s Bay
Auckland Herald
Francis Murphy
Wexford
Pittsburg
Murphy
England
America
Spain
Palmerston North Borough
Andrew Carnegie
Nilding
Leithfield
Fonthars
Cable News
Home and Foreign
Gaited Press Association
Per Blectsi: Telegraph—Copywright
Sir John French
First Army Corps
Smith- Dorrien
Indian Army
French
India
Reuter
Lahore
LAW
Irish Affairs
PROM
Per Press Association
Boston
Thomas Esalonde
Kaid Maclean
Kaid Macbean
Fez
Khama
Monte Carlo
Mrs Goold
South Africa
Cape Colony
Flippant Vinancliers
Commercial
Markey
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