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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
3
Capt Bennett testified the voyage carried about 1940 men and 4 officers with several stowaways. He blamed squalor and drunkenness for sickness, lamplight vandalism, and near mutiny risks. Second and third officers noted heavy drinking and lax discipline but argued overcrowding was not decisive.
The Commission of Enquiry into overcrowding on the troopships Bri tannic and Orient began in Wellington with Major General Babington representing the Imperial authorities. Six Wm. Russell listed witnesses include Colonel Davies Surgeon-Major Perless and Captain Levin. Press access denied. proceedings to be recorded by shorthand notes. About a dozen troopers waited to testify.
August 18 report states Tisler confessed to murdering Sangol after illicit relations with Mrs Bangol. She allegedly urged the crime, admitted him to the bedroom, watched as Sangol slept, and helped dispose of the body in a well. Mrs Sangol later paid him two pounds.
A correspondent argues bakers overcharge despite cheaper flour and potato market rates. The writer urges local storekeepers to challenge prices, recalls a new Christchurch traction service, and proposes a mass meeting on Burnett Street extension after a temperance mission to address the issue.
In the return cricket match at Lonpor on August 18 rain delayed the start. The Colonials won the toss and batted as Duff and Hill fell with the score 6 and 21 respectively while Trumper contributed 12 before rain halted play for the day.
At the New Zealand Cricket Council meeting Lord Hawke reported it is hard to assemble a purely amateur eleven and asked to hire two professionals at £100 each plus expenses. He expects to include C J Burnip T J Naylor NT Drace and ABR Biller JBR Head Bromley. The council authorized two professionals and rejected an Australian visit proposal.
Loxpon reports on August 18 that Janan ordered two first class cruisers to be built on the Clyde with larger displacement than the Admiralty latest. Viscount Sayashi says the Japan–Britain review show strong public support and the envoy’s visit signals Britain Japan alliance. Alpine fatalities rise as tourists and guides perish in escalating Alps accidents across this season. Repatriation of Boers in Natal progresses with 500 enlisting in Border Police. Floods in China’s Kwangsi drown thousands and Hong Kong houses collapse killing twenty. Tahiti steam line extension urged with subsidy talks between French Government and Marseilles to Sydney route to San Francisco via Tahiti.
In AverLAND two deaths occur from charcoal fumes aboard a yacht after a cargo from l'atranga creek. Alfred Ray Sr. and Jr. died in suspected suffocation. hatches removed revealed embers nearby. In Malvernon a dynamite blast at Mauriceville lime works injures Lars jar and damages a building. he is hospitalized. A young man named David White, from Halkett, dies en route to Christchurch Hospital for consumption treatment.
The Supreme Court heard the manslaughter charge against Harriet Drake for her daughter Dorothy Drake. The jury returned a guilty verdict and sentencing was deferred while Mr Justice Edwards considers evidentiary points raised about treatment of the deceased prior to June 28.
Australian report notes the Mount Kembla inquest resumed with a miner claiming damp coal dust was used for tamping shots and another witness saying gis were not frequently found in the mine in sufficient quantity.
Private J Bourke died at the quarantine hospital, the 14th death since the vessel's port arrival. Private Nicholson is in a precarious condition. The remaining sick are reported to be doing well.
The Union Company settled a £3000 salvage claim for the barque Gladys by paying £780. Obituary notes Robert Laery’s death after a long illness. The Supreme Court sentenced William Edward Barrow to eighteen months for false pretences and theft plus six more for escaping custody. John Culshaw is committed for trial for a murder on 9 inst. Fisheries committee aims to pass the amending Fisheries Bill before season opens October 1, with trout releases planned. Meat prices rise by a penny per pound. Forged passenger tickets warned. Coronation Memorial Fund totals £217 with £200 City subsidy and matching government aid. The Star Bowkett Society reports £18,982 contributed over six years. £462 profit to be distributed per share. Rowing Club carnival nets over £600. plans for new boats and shed expansion.
A large yarding at Ashburton Yards featured many turnip sheep with good attendance. Prices reported include cattle stores and dairy cows from £3 15s to £7, fat steers up to £8 10s, merino wethers 10s to 12s 6d, crossbred ewes 9s 3d to 10s 9d, hoggets 11s 1d to 13s 3d, and turnip sheep 10s 2d to 13s 4d.
The Timaru Deceased Troopers Fund tops £300. Mrs Cowie wife of the late Bishop Cowie dies in Auckland. A ten meet in aid of church funds at Greenstreet is set for Friday October 17. Mrs Alcorn draper offers lace at half price. In Taranaki 100000 cows with 15 percent TB. Paper bottles for shipboard use. Wellington Acclimatisation Society urges government to use taxa for rabbit poisoning. Five acres of oaks planned for Victoria Park Christchurch with native trees to follow. About ten acres to be fenced for the plantation. Dunedin hairdresser Mr E Tes advertises cantharides and rosemary hair growth product. Capetown fowls sold at 10s per pair and eggs 2s 6d to 3s per dozen. Weather: gale from north and west and south-west. rain expected after 12 hours. Fallen Troopers Memorial subscriptions urged to be paid promptly to Mayor or Town Clerk.
The troopship Montrose docked in the gulf and entered Port Auckland amid Health Officer inspection. Fifty troopers land at quarantine with forty nine ill and one measles case. vessel and gear fumigated. rest remain aboard. No deaths reported.
The Wettingron Conference of Education Boards opened with a plan to increase administration funding and capitation grants for boards. It backed higher building grants, pushed for bringing primary and secondary education under board control, and opposed centralising the inspectorate.
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