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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
1
Gisborne reports the Acting Premier and Mr Millar discuss workmen's homes. They view recent schemes as partly failures with tenantless buildings. An amendment to allow residents to eventually own their homes is proposed to ensure tenancy permanency.
The piece discusses the Eugenics Review's broad scope from biology and anthropology to ethics and religion, stressing environment alongside heredity. It outlines plans to promote public health, nurture during pre and postnatal life, and a new religious-like moral mission for race betterment, with debate on marriage, parenthood, and social duty.
Short notice asserting genuine Ayer's Sarsaparilla by Dr J G Ayer & Son of Lowell Massachusetts U S A amid imitation products.
A Durban correspondent argues the South African coast remains perilous with uncharted rocks and shoals. He cites the Newark Castle and Ivertay disasters, urging Admiralty surveys and clearer charts to prevent loss of life and vessels.
In a domestic scene a jealous wife confronts her Irish husband about a rumored recommendation. A comical twist arrives when the man discovers a forgotten letter he meant to post, revealing the odd reason for the dramatic moment.
The Auckland Board of Education approves a grade list for all current teachers. Appointments and promotions will use this grade as the basis, considering efficiency length of service and certificates. The chairman says the system is better than relying on individual board members' knowledge.
The North Dunedin Rifles vote unanimously to disband due to dissatisfaction with the Defence Council’s officer appointments, a decision upheld by the Minister of Defence.
Mr Horrell told the North Canterbury Farmers Union that country scholars face unfair exams. Teachers can promote to sixth standard but seventh requires inspection at a distant centre. Travel over bad roads and rivers puts rural children at a disadvantage. He urged exams to be held in their own schools and a formal note to Education Department and Boards.
The Postmaster-General of the Australian Commonwealth plans to prohibit the conveyance of intoxicants by parcels post nationwide. The move follows reports that parcels post has been used to obtain alcohol where it is not sold, with officials noting abuses at interior stations. Sir John Buick supports extending the ban across the Commonwealth to curb distribution through the parcels post.
At the National Bank general meeting in London on 6 July, chairman Robert Logan warned of past setbacks and the tight money market. He noted imports restraining value and land speculation, but praised wool and dairy gains and an improving agricultural outlook, predicting a return to prosperity with cautious finance.
A vintage advertisement touts Rexona for skin relief and Paro Tonic Pills to purify the blood, claiming a double treatment cures eczema. It promises soothing night application, morning wash, and renewed health, with Rexona said to aid eczema and other skin ailments.
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