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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
2
The central figure in the Venice murder trial of May 1910, Countess Tarnowska, was found strangled in a railway carriage between St. Petersburg and Kiel. The report notes the discovery comes from a press association dispatch dated August 18.
In Auckland on August 18 Henry Nazlor and Claude Nazlor faced Police Court charges of carrying offensive weapons at night without cause and assaulting Archie Douglas. A tomahawk and other weapons were found on them after a ditch collision. they claimed to scare a brother in law over a mistreated sister. Henry was cleared of assault. Claude was fined 25 and prohibited.
In New Plymouth on August 18 police and private search teams comb the Kaimata area for missing Virgin amid ongoing efforts. River holes were dynamited with no findings and the inquiry set to open in Inglewood on Thursday as rumours of sensational developments circulate.
Wellington July 18 Mr R Fletcher council member urges the corporation to consider taking fire risk in house insuring its property valued at £124000. Annual premiums to insurers run £500 to £600 with ten to eleven year totals around £5000 and prior losses only about £300. He proposes the council set aside £3000 as the nucleus of an insurance fund.
The Supreme Court session before Mr Justice Chapman heard John Fuller jun. petitioning for divorce from Gertrude Alice Fuller on adultery grounds with Herbert Percy Adams of Sydney cited as co respondent. The judge ordered the court cleared and forbade publishing any part of the evidence. He warned he could not bar outside-country publication but would hold responsible any transmitter. The hearing is expected to last several days.
A Morning side train arrived at 7 30 this morning and the engine took the wrong points causing two trucks and a carriage to derail the latter. No injuries were reported among passengers. The incident is described as strange since the points normally stay on the main line automatically.
An advertisement touts Dr Morse Indian Root Pills as a universal liver tonic curing jaundice and related symptoms. It asserts bile overflow causes yellow skin and eyes with digestive distress, claiming the remedy reaches the liver and cleanses the blood. It also links benefits to kidney disorders constipation and female ailments.
City Council debated tramways amendments and street widening with a £380,000 borrowing referred back. The Scott Memorial Committee proposed a monument near the Council Chambers. A court case featured sharp exchanges with the magistrate. The Laymen's Missionary movement aims to raise £11,400 for Dr. Kirk's Canton village work with an early September "every member" campaign. By‑laws will cancel licenses for misconduct or serious breaches. A Masonic Temple project was approved with provisional directors named.
The steamer Indrabarah in Port Chal mers dock at Dunedin begins temporary repairs by Stevenson and Cook. Work focuses inside machinery and frames with outside repairs to stern frame and rudder. Permanent repairs will occur after arrival in Great Britain. costs likely about a third of full repair price.
In a sharp Times letter responding to Bernard Shaw, Algernon Gissing argues that hunger strikes and martyrdom by suffragists corrupt justice, ruin proportion, and harm womanhood. He condemns criminal acts and warns that calls for sympathy for the criminals undermine law and social order.
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