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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 19, 1909

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Veriath Arwen Taipal’s Tonie at Athenic Poe

A fragment notes Veriath and Arwen Taipal facing Tonie at the Athenic Poe event. The readable text centers on two competitors and a scheduled matchup, with no further details available.

Too Late for Cure Experiences of Sir Frederick Treves

Sir Frederick Treves spoke at a London drawing room meeting on late hospital care and the danger of patients leaving too early. He cited cases in East London where delays and premature discharges cost lives and stressed the need for nursing in homes by Sisters of Mercy through the Inst London Nursing Society.

Sir Frederick Treves London Hospital London Trady’ Talbot London Nursing Society Flore Frederick Sisters of Mercy

Radium Order Marks Major Step in Cancer Fight

A British deal places a 28 gram radium bromide order worth £114 000 an ounce with British Metaliiferous Mines for a mass supply from Cornwall. Lord Iveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel present seven and a half grams to the Radium Institute under Sir Frederick Treves to aid cancer research by year's end.

Metaliiferous Minea, Limited Viscount Iveagh Robert Cassel Grampound Road Cornwall Messrs Bachler and Co Brunswick Pitchblende Giesel Lord Iveagh Ernest Cassel England

Oxford visit by Imperial Press delegates praised by Curzon

Imperial Press delegates toured Oxford on June 15 hosted by Lord Curzon of Kedleston. They viewed the Bodleian Library and college quadrangles, with Curzon praising Oxford's role in empire building and Rhodes scholarship contributions to civil service and public life.

Oxford Lord Curton of Kedleston Lord Curzon AN Souls’ College Ihe Osrer India Empire Sleepy Hollow Cecil Rhodes Aear Alfred Bell Rhodes England Dr. Hackett Perth West Australia G. Robinson Johannesburg C. Woodhead Durban

Blot on America's Honour as Justice Fails in Courts

A Dunedin Evening Star critique condemns U S criminal justice for hurry to verdicts, jury subterfuge, and fear of lynching. It cites Morse case and judge revolts, urging Americans to respect judges and laws like Britons to lift the national stain.

United States Laft Congress Morse New York Scafield Chicago América Dunedin

Grand Cough Remedy Endorsed by Northampton Secretary

Mr L Tomlinson of Mechanics Institute Northampton says Grand Cough Remedy works quickly and reliably for coughs and colds and recommends it to all. For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers. The piece notes the Victorian poets range from Tennyson born 1809 to Swinburne’s death this year.

L. Tomlinson Mechanics Institute Northampton Wia Chamberlain Tennyson Swinburne

Kidney Troubles and Kidney Disease Warn of Greater Ills

Mrs M A Harris of Kennedy Street Toowoomba shares her long kidney trouble experience. She describes back pain fatigue and relief after using Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills which she says cleared gravel and keeps kidneys working after a course and weekly dose.

Bright M.A. Harris Knight Street Kennedy

Love in the Valley by George Meredith Poem Fragment

A fragment from George Meredith titled Love in the Valley describes shifting light and night in a valley. It portrays a lone white owl, a mossy well spring, and a woman walking with fir companions while a distant dawn colors the sky.

London County Streets and Railways Report

Administrative County of London covers 2194 miles of streets Baz Aut houses and d20 railway sta ions noted in historic survey.

London

Railways and Farmers Debate Rolling Stock and Grain

North Canterbury Farmers Union leaders discuss rail supplies amid grain expectations. Minister promises about 600 L waggons and thirty engines, with rolling stock financed by loan. Emphasis on economy and avoiding port bottlenecks rather than railway blockages.

North Canterbury Farmers’ Union D. Mulholland R. Evans New South Wales Victoria Dominion Mulholland Evans

Darwin Centenary At Cambridge Draws World Science Leaders

A Cambridge Darwin celebration gathers a global audience of professors and scientists led by Lord Rayleigh. Delegates from the United States to Germany, India to Australia attend at Fitzwilliam Museum to honor Darwin and his enduring influence on biology and evolution.

London Daily Chronicle Cambridge Charles Darwin Fitzwilliam Lord Rayleigh United States South America Africa Australia Canada Egypt India New Zealand Straits Settlement Belgium Denmark France Germany Holland Italy Japan Norway Sweden Russia Switzerland United States of America Darwin Wheely Fitzwilliam Museum

Wireless telephony insights at Royal Institution lecture

Professor J A Fleming outlined recent radio telegraphy research noting sea transmission advantages and land losses. Experiments showed surface skin effects on high frequency currents and detectors using a tungsten filament lamp revealed speech transmission with persistent undamped waves.

Royal Institution J. A. Fleming Pender London University Zemeck Brunswick Fleming Ernst Ruhmer

Origins of the torpedo boat

The article traces torpedo boat origins from early ideas to practical use. It credits David Bushnell with an 1777 concept, notes Fulton’s 1805 British trials, mentions various attempts, and records Norway ordering a fast torpedo boat built at Chiswick in 1878. The piece frames a historical progression from invention to adoption.

David Bushnell Fulton Britain Norway Chiswick

Warmer climes for a poor man with bronchitis

A doctor prescribes warmer climates for a man with chronic bronchitis but poverty keeps him from traveling. The voice notes the impracticality of such advice for those who must earn their bread.

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