Court hearing resumes for Frederick Marshall fraud case in Ashburton
Indictment against Frederick Marshall of United Farmers' Coal Company Limited is pursued in a long hearing. He admits receiving cash but claims no criminal intent and says money was handed to the office. Jury returns guilty verdict. he receives twelve months imprisonment. Concurrent sentences for other burglars and a Wellington assault case are noted.
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Ouristchurch
Frederick Marshall
Acland
United Farmers’ “Coal Company, Limited
Ashburton
4Eland
Marshall
John Finnerty
Cerrier
Saunders
United Service
Field
Exchange
Wnt
T¢Ivas
Ffice
Idlipal Nyaema
Mr Stringer
Bltter Australia
Mitchell
al Stringer
William
Nottingham
Frederick Wiliam
Dennett
Wellington
Supreme Court
Harry Lee
Haining Street
William Brown
Richard
McCann
Maton
Brown
A. B. Reynolds
Board of
Justice Cooper
Fire damages ten room Wellington house
A two story ten room house in Lerne owned by Mr E G dellieve was damaged by fire early this morning. Insurances total £ 1 100 on the building and £ 4200 on United and Royal furniture. Mrs Margaret Milroy sustained a badly injured leg after leaping from an upstairs window as stairs were blocked. A fireman was injured by a live wire but not seriously.
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Per Presa Association
Wellington
Lerne
E. G. Dellieve
Royal Furniture
Ocean
United
Margaret Milroy
Land Sales Reported by Guinness and LeCrew Ltd Timaru
Messrs Guinness and LeCrew Ltd Timaru report land sales in the past week. Transfers include 80 acres at To tara Valley Pleasant Point to Mr Edwin Cook for Canterbury College reserve sublease, 61 acres 2 roods 28 perches at Milford to Mr Michael J Quinn, and 584 acres at Gapes Valley to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. The firms note satisfactory prices and improved money market conditions easing investment tightness.
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Messrs
Guinness and LeCrew, Ltd
Timaru
Robert J. McKeown
Tara Valley
Pleasant Point
Dwin Cook
Canterbury College
Milford
Michael J. Quinn
Tomuks
Supreme Court
Gapes Valley
New Zealand, Loan and Mercantile
Agency Doy.,Ltd
National Mortgage and Agency Coy
Lad.d. Messrs
Gainness
LeCren
Unemployed man assaults door at Nelson Labour Bureau
John Dadge, an unemployed man, visited the Nelson Labour Bureau and threatened to break in for lodging. He smashed the glass door when refused work and lodging. He was arrested, fined £1 18s 6d plus costs, and given seven days to pay before a warrant may be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
John. Dadge
Nelson Labour Bureau
New Plymouth Harbour Board Approves Immediate Deep Sea Works
The New Plymouth Harbour Board in August 20 announced plans to proceed with harbour improvements. It will widen existing wharves to 72 feet to accommodate five rail lines and dredge the basin to thirty three feet at low water. A new dredge is being built in England and works aim to admit Horeliness within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Flymouth
Hart Works
Deep Sea
England
Developments at Taranaki Oil Wells Draw Local Interest
August 20 report from New Plymouth notes Splenoid samples of oil are being secured from both bores at the Taranaki Company's wells, especially at the new deep level seam. The developments attract keen local attention as stakes rise in oil production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Borns
Taranaki Company
Municipal Baths Proposed After Ratepayer Meeting
In Dannevirree August 90 a ratepayers meeting supported a plan to establish municipal baths at a cost UFUD. A poll on the project is scheduled for September 1.
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Danneviree
Wragge Reports Sun Storm Telegraphs Seismic Watch
Mr Clement Wragge telegraphs on August 20 describing a solar storm as a center of great activity with the photosphere ripped adrift. He urges watching Melbourne seismographs and telegraphic perturbations for indications of the disturbance.
What to patent for profit and patent advice
A Wellington or Christchurch patent agent urges inventors to seek patent protection for new useful improvements. He notes a truly new invention must be known to no one before and be useful, with emphasis on improving widely used items. He offers guidance at 83 Hereford Street, Christchurch.
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Henry Hughes
Hereford Street
Christchurch
Domestic Economy Centres Proposed for London Schools
The London County Council Education Committee proposes 266 domestic economy centres to serve eligible elementary pupils. A Loans and Estimates Sub Committee report warns the £155000 yearly maintenance cost by 1937 88 is high and warrants careful policy consideration.
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London County Council
Education Committee
Aub
Begging Arrest in Moscow Man Arrested for Begging
An elderly man arrested in Moscow for begging was later found to own a mansion in the town’s fashionable quarter. In a Wymondham Police Court case Norfolk England a man said he could not obtain housing due to nine children in his family. Belgian postal authorities propose red envelopes for Brussels yellow for the country and grein for abroad to aid past office workers.
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Moscow
Wymondham
Norfolk
England
Brussels
Waterside Workers Conference endorses nationalisation stance
In Wellington on August 20 the Waterside Workers Conference backed the principle of nationalisation of the land as the sole solution to labour and economic troubles and urged each port to stage employments of its own laborers to crew ships. Two Wellington delegates questioned the secretary's voting rights and were asked to retire after a turbulent issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Waterside Worker's Conference
Messrs
Aucann
Jones
Tl.mckaren
M.P
McLaren
Hac
Air’ AfeLaren
Messrs. McCann
Minister assures temporary stop to Lawrence Roxburgh line
Dunedin August 20 the Minister of Public Works tells a Dunedin deputation that the halt on the Lawrence Roxburgh line is only temporary and that work will resume after other Otago lines already under way are finished.
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Dunedin
Lawrence-Roxburgh
Otago
Lands Improvement Act gazetted to aid unemployed men
The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act of 1894 gazettes new regulations aimed at helping unemployed men and those without land to become self supporting. The provision focuses on enabling them to obtain land and improve livelihoods through the act.
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Wellington
Wellington Employers Nominate Scott For Arbitration Court
A special Wellington Employers Association meeting considered a successor for the late Mr S Brown on the Arbitration Court. The advisory board is urged to have the Industrial Union of Employers nominate Mr W Scott of Dunedin if he consents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand Ladies Hockey Championship Opens in Hastings
Brisk opening day in Hastings with ideal weather for the New Zealand ladies hockey championship. Ten teams compete with 112 visiting players as Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Wairarapa, Nelson and Wanganui send top selections to vie for the cup. Nelson 4 Wairarapa B 0. Taraogiri 3 Herowhenta 0. Hawke's Bay B 2 Wellington 0. Aystlagd 2 Wairarapa 1. Hawke's Bay A 4 Wanganui 0. Beginning at 9:45 this afternoon.
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Hastings
New Zealand
Auckland
Taranaki
Horowhema
Wellington
Wairarapa
Nelson
Wanganui
Wairarawa B.hy
Taraogiri
Herowhenta
Hawke's Bay B
Aystlagd
Goele
Hawke's Bay A
Influenza Cure Promoted by Wood in Historic Ad
An old newspaper ad touts Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for influenza and claims it “Never Fail” against the illness. The short copy emphasizes quick relief and universal efficacy without medical guidance.
Grain market report week ending August 1908
The grain market shows little change with prime Tuscan in demand at week end. milling quality wheat remains saleable though shipping season closed. Oats decline locally with sellers cautious. Millars better supplied and sales difficult. Oatsheaf chaff scarce with nominal price of £2 on trucks.
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Gartons
Christchurch Grain and Produce Market Update
No fresh market news as trading stalls with prices for Derwent potatoes at £3 per ton. London wheat up 6d per quarter yet below local values. Tasmanian potato import fears, eel-worm risk, and government import restrictions discussed. Local country station prices listed for wheat oats flour bran pellets oats chaff and various potato varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
London
Tasmania
New Zealand
F.o.b
Timaru Grain Market Silent as Prices Hold Firm
Timaru grain brokers report holders unwilling to sell amid expectations prices will not fall, while millers and merchants refrain from buying. Velvet fetches 4s 5d, Tuscan and Red Chaff 4s 4d. oats soften with Dunedin and Bluff. Gartons, Dans quoted with compressed margins. potatoes firmer on disease and import risk, at about £3 per ton Timaru delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timaru
Dunedin
The Farm and The Body Health Talk Warners Safe Cure Ad
The article extols nourishing a farm and body with cleanliness irrigation and drainage led by kidneys and liver health. It promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for urinary and biliary poisons and invites requests for a free pamphlet from H H Warner and Co Melbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wraresséa
Warner
H. H. Warner and
Go, Ltd
Melbourne
Charge withdrawn in stabbing case menaced by dispute
Hamilton August 20 police withdrew the charge against John Murray arrested in connection with the alleged stabbing of William Bradley during a disturbance. Bradley says he was injured by a foreigner and the case appears unlikely to be solved though Murray is regarded as guilty by some.
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Hamilton
John Murray
William Bradley
Bradley
A. Myyber
Actoimita
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