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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 17, 1908

Page

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Lane protests Hawke's Bay Land Board decision

At Napier August 16, Mr Eustace Lane, ejected for refusing to withdraw a remark, sent a letter to the chairman asserting any yesterday decision in his absence is illegal and alleging liability for incitement to assault and for assault by others. He says he endorses all other board decisions except one Crown tenant matter.

Napier Hawke’s Bay Land Board Eustace Lane Taylor Thomson Lane

Fever ward fire destroys plague hospital in Wanganui

Early this morning a blaze gutted the fever ward of a hospital in Wanganui. The ward had been built as a plague hospital and was well equipped. Eight patients and a nurse escaped unharmed, all leaving the building safely. The structure was insured, though details were not available today.

Wanganui

Germany builds new Baltic port and naval base

The German government plans a new war port at Apenrade on the Baltic to serve as a major naval station named Pring Heinrich Haven. Rapid expansion includes Brunsbuttel dockyard, Kiel and Wilhelmshaven upgrades, widened canals, fortifications around the Ems and Emden, and a direct rail line between Wilhelmshaven and Aurich. Heligoland is fortified as a North Sea base likened to a German Gibraltar.

Baltic Apenrade Apenrader Firth Schleswig-Holstein Pring Heinrich Haven Germany Pring Heinrich Havén Buti Brunsbuttel North Sea Kaiser Wilhelm Canal Admiralty Rosyth Wilhelmshaven Java Jimdhen Aurich Heligoland Kiel Canal Heligolandia Gibraltar

Frootoids advertised as powerful cure all ailments

The advertisement touts Frootoids as a reliable cure for congestion blood poison and bilious attacks claiming rapid relief and improved liver function. It stresses superiority over ordinary aperients and urges purchases via chemists or direct mail from W G Hearne Geelong with an NZ branch in Wellington.

Editor weighs Roosevelt bold call against rich fools

A New York Post echoed in European press as Roosevelt pushes legislation to curb abuses by the wealthy. The commentary argues law cannot reach all fools including rich heirs and notes court limits while praising Lamb and Cato as guides on folly and public spectacle.

Roosevelt New York Post Little Brother Angel of Light Matthew Arnold Arnold Court of Last Resort Charles Lamb Lamb Augecheek Malvolio Rosalind Newport Cato Plutarch Catole Congress Swift

City Beautiful volunteers spur child led civic reform

Mary Higgs reports in Oldham and another Lancashire town civic youth programs to promote good government. Junior branches formed from a boy's idea pledge cards and school councils 2000 cards quickly grew to 5000 and then 106000 in one town. Young Oldham Society created to link school leavers with civic work 300 members.

Mary Higgs Oldham Lancashire City Beautiful Association Young

Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Endorsed by Ashburton Resident

Mrs Si M McKee of Beach Road Ashburton testifies that Doan's Backache Kidney Pills cured her backache headaches and giddiness six years ago and continue to keep her strong. The ad warns kidney disease arrives quietly and urges early treatment with Doan's pills, sold by chemists and storekeepers at 3s per box or posted by Foster McClellan Co Sydney.

Holland Ashburton Si. M. Mckee Beach Road Dean Tam Foster- McClellan Co Pitt Street Sydney Doan’s

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