Grigg faces claim over two roads in council note
S. Chapman of Willawhy condemns Mr Grigg in a Christchurch letter over road and railway reserve disputes. He defends a public Longbeach road as maintained by the Road Board, arguing a second river side route remains unopened for four miles, causing ratepayer hardship and demanding proper legal process and maintenance.
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Religious Statistien to the Editor
Reader cites 1904 American religious membership totals by denomination. Roman Catholics lead with about 9.9 million, Methodists around 6.2 million, Baptists 4.7 million, Lutherans 1.7 million, Presbyterians 1.66 million, Disciples of Christ about 1.22 million, noting multiple divisions within each group.
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United States
Disciples of Christ Churches of Christ
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Doctor Your Own Trees
The article urges each reader to become a tree doctor by inspecting their plantation after leaves fall. It advises removing suckers and fighting pests, eradicating borers in fruit trees, and using coal ashes around trunks. It also covers stabilizing loosened currants and berries by replanting and mulching with ashes.
Libel action and obs: Australian reports conflict in August
AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS Melbourne reports libel action by Mr Swinburn against The Age over criticisms of his water administration as a former minister. Sydney notes an obituary for ex Judge Foster and ongoing maritime probes. Perth covers murder inquest into the Morris family with a suspect, and Hobart identifies planks from a missing Orleans crew boat.
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Swinburn
Assembly
The
Age Newspaper
Sydney
Foster
Perth
Morris
Arthur Morris
Rendell
Thomas Morris
Napier Police Commission hears on force reforms
Detective Hill reports special men weeded out as Napier district improved. Inspector Dwyer cites pay, clerks and promotion rules, urging seniority, merit and medical checks for sergeants. Sergeant Polley notes cross-department duties. The hearing remains adjourned.
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Napier
Detective Hill
Inspector Dwyer
London
Dinnie
Polley
Supreme Court Sessions Reports From Wellington and Cities
In Wellington on August 17 George Quinn Donald Wilson and Joseph Keen were convicted of stealing and given three years each with a warning on possible indeterminate sentences. In Christchurch Jennings Shaw was found guilty of perjury with mercy recommended. sentence deferred. John William Smith pleaded not guilty to a false declaration charge. verdict guilty with legal point reserved. In Dunedin Reginald Baker and W Luby were acquitted on separate charges. Louis Allorris charged with bankrupts books placed under scrutiny with a guilty verdict but no sentence.
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Supreme Court
George Quinn
Donald Wilson
Joseph Keen
Myers
Christchurch
Jennings Shaw
John William Smith
Justices of the Peace
Smith
Court of Appeal
Dunedin
Reginald Baker
Highellt
W. Luby
Louis Alorris
Acting Premier James Carroll Honored at Convalescent Social
Risborne August 17 The Acting Premier James Carroll attended a social at Garrison Hall. The gathering, non party in nature, included an address praising his appointment. Carroll delivered a characteristic eloquent speech and avoided political topics.
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Per Proak Association
Risborne
James Carroll
Garrison Hall
Carroll
Waterside Workers Conference Progresses in Wellington
The Waterside Workers Conference in Wellington passes motions urging the Government to take over the Lyttelton Wellington ferry service and to strengthen ship gear inspections with chain gear stamped every six months. A resolution opposes wage reductions tied to employer concessions.
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Wellington
Lyttelton-Wellington
North Island selects team to face South Island in August clash
The selectors named a North Island football team led by Wall-back Menti and five eights Morse and O’Leary for the August 17 match at Aucklands and Wellington players Cameron Murray Green and Wilkes among the forwards. Earlier at Wanganui Poverty Bay drew 3 0 with a late Pollock try after a wet day. The Macris v New South Wales game in Sydney was postponed to next Wednesday.
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North Island
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Taranaki
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Auckland
Bruce
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Wanganui
Poverty Bay
Bydney
Macris
New South Wates
Wall Collapse Injures Three Men at Strand Arcade
At Auckland's Strand Arcade a wall collapsed during debris removal at the British and Continental Piano Company. Three workers were hit, faintly stunned and bleeding, carried to a chemist, then to hospital. Neil Howell of Wellington Street is badly hurt with a head wound and concussion. John Brown of Albert Street and Charles Lapwood of Symonds Street also sustained serious injuries.
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Auckland
Strand Arcade
British and Continental Piano Company
Neil Howell
Wellington Street
Johm Brown
Albert Street
Charles Lapwood
Symonds Street
Woman Reported Seen in Strand Arcade Fire
Unconfirmed reports describe a woman seen in a top storey window of the Strand Arcade after a blaze. A man recalls a woman in white frantically seeking to unfasten a window and cry for help. No missing person has been confirmed.
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Strand Arcade
Efort
Australian railways to evict non-smokers from smoking carriages
Special porters will eject non-smokers from smoking carriages on Australian Government railways. Groundwork for the first Commonwealth census in 1911 is under way with statistician G A Knibbs and staff actively preparing.
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Australia
G. A. Knibbs
Commonwealth Statistician
Licensee Convicted Over Drunkenness at Foresters Arms Hotel
Wellington August 17 Jurist Mr W G Riddell S M convicted John Shelley licensee of the Foresters Arms Hotel for permitting drunkenness on July 30. Hyde, a prohibited person, entered drunk and was not expelled promptly. Shelley fined £6 with costs 7s under Licensing Act sections 181 and 189 after legal dispute over duty to remove intoxicated patrons.
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Foresters’ Arms
W. G. Riddell
S.M
Hyde
Murphy
Riddell
Justice Willams
Mr Tiddell
Justice Edwards
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Williams
Alf Riddell
Defondanth
Remarkable 1908 British Rail Safety Record Highlighted
The London Globe notes that in 1908 no passenger was killed by railway accident in Britain and only forty five were injured. It cites a director’s boast that a first class carriage was the safest place and mocks the occasional injuries described as mere shocks.
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London Globe
Lane's Emulsion Advertises Health Benefit
Lane's Emulsion promises digestion aid, flesh building, and strength for Mr. Gookaon and others. It claims exclusivity versus substitutes and imitators and notes availability in chemists and grocers across the Dominion. Small size 2 shillings, large size 4 shillings 6 pence.
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Dominion
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KQREN’S OXFORD BLUE Promises Superior White Clothes
A 150 year tested product, KQREN'S OXFORD BLUE, claims to whiten fabrics brilliantly. The ad asserts it corrects yellowed whites from washing and provides a new blue that delivers a pure white appearance.
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London Directory announces annual trade guide and adverts
The London Directory lists merchants and dealers across goods, steamship lines by port, provincial trade notices, and agency adverts. It offers copies freight paid and postal note receipts for £20s, with trade cards from £1 and larger ads from £3. The London Directory Co., 25 Abehurah Lane, London.
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United Kingdom
London Hirectory Co
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Landou
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