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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
2
The piece rails against gambling as a social plague and urges a hard line. It cites a Transvaal bill banning racing except on select days, restricting betting, and taxing totalisators, arguing NZ should treat betting like burglary or arson and impose imprisonment.
The Salvation Army marks twenty six years of service in Ashburton with 6760 open air and 9464 indoor services to date. Officers visit about forty miles weekly, while other local notes report Timaru land value drops, high Gisborne rents, Kaiapoi Woollen Company finances, and openings for trainees on the government ship Amokura.
Small house on Alford Forest Road offers 4 rooms at 7s 6d per week with wash house bath room and scullery. Belt residence at 268 per week. Nida Ehwelling with 8 rooms and all conveniences on 2 acres land and a stable on Main South Road Tinwald asking 16s. Also 10 acres of fire-class land for lease with application required.
A Wellington telegram reports extended term for the Police Commission to September 30. Dunedin hosts a bond of £100 for a consump tive landed in the Morayshire area. Napier fears scarlet fever spread from reporting delays. Ongoing land and income tax reforms prompt prosecutions across the dominion. Gorlitz v Kubelik to be heard Monday with potential amicable settlement. Caterpillar outbreaks loom due to mild winter. threshing continues as prices for gash eaf chaff fall. Contingenters review Vanguard issues. a solicitor may demand apology in NZ papers. Prassa-grub appears in early sown wheat. some fields reploughed. Farmers Cooperative Insurance reports year revenue £16,036 Os 8d, dividend proposed at 7 per cent, reserve increase £1000. Syndicate wheat yields 67 bushels per acre on a good St Andrews paddock. 163 passengers expected to New Zealand on Paparoa with 126 in third class. assisted passages include 89 women, 4 men, 20 children. St Andrew’s Presbyterian women host social at Masonic Hall with contests, music, and refreshments. British Trade Commissioner Rolleston notes shrinkage in UK imports to NZ for six months of 1909, offset by NZ exports rising. Canon Law volumes near completion. Matrimony reforms discussed with bishops. Local industry praised as G H Larson Cycle and Motor Works keeps full employment, adds equipment and upgrades. invites new customers to tour Tancred Street works.
A national testimonial to W F Massey M P leader of the Opposition was presented at the Choral Hall Auckland in the presence of MPs and supporters. A 1000 guinea cheque a grandfather clock table silver and a diamond bracelet were given to Mrs Massey amid tribute to Massey as patriot legislator and future premier. He thanked supporters and defended honest administration while noting youths leaving for Queensland.
Reports from Ames Wanganui Wellington Christchurch and Dunedin detail drownings and suicides. Robert McCallane, 33, drowned off the steamship Albany near Ames. Oscar Olsen leapt to death in Wanganui. William Dempsey died from tramcar injuries misadventure in Wellington. Donald McLean missing in mountains near Hanmer. Louis Albert Eleiig found drowned in Christchurch river. Timothy Hogan at Benevolent Institution took his own life by drowning. Emma Smith drowned at St Clair after her husband Thomas Smith’s railway work.
Mrs Ellen Colbourne died at Outram this morning aged one hundred years in Dunedin.
Guardian report notes Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association planned to import a consignmen t of little owls. MP H G Ell cites Animals Protection Act Clauses 4 and 39, arguing import illegal without ministerial consent. clause 39 overrides 42. practice shows consent needed for import or travel for sport or acclimatisation.
Lea on land for plain or rock crops or pasture proves highly profitable. Lime is stomped on special terms for this purpose. Full details from Blackburne, Smith and Co., 122 Manchester Street, Christchurch.
Insurance rates on the Waratah ease to eighty guineas as others outside the market back the belief the vessel has survived the storm. A flotilla including Paparoa Gosler Ayrshire Arawa Tasmania Geelong from South African ports to Australia monitors the Waratah while Jeanne d Arc bound for Kergullen and other ships proceed up the coast.
The Capetown Government and the Admiralty officially announce that the search for the Wartoh has been abandoned.
The Defence Conference concluded yesterday with Mr Asquith congratulating delegates on their work. Overseas delegates will join an Imperial Defence Committee meeting, and the Conference results are to be announced in Parliament at an early date.
The Winnipeg Tribune condemns Canada building its own navy rather than joining colonies to fund Royal Navy improvements. The Montreal Witness fears independence in naval policy weakens imperial unity while the Montreal Press and Le Patriote favor autonomous defense as aligned with the Defences Conference.
Sir Joseph Ward met with Mr Lloyd George Mr Churchill Mr Buxton and Colonel Seely in London on August 9 to discuss mails and cables. The Press Association dispatch notes the interview covered communications and related issues.
The South Africa Bill faced resistance from radical labour amendments but passed its third reading. Asquith urged Parliament to support gradual relaxation of electoral restrictions for native subjects, while Walter Long supported the speech as representative of the Commons.
Grete replies to Porto promises conformation to protector powers decision and to halt agitation in Crete. Militiamen hoisted the Greek flag at Candia harbor fort and threatened to shoot protesting officers but were persuaded to return to barracks. Crete Government lowers flex unopposed to avert international occupation.
Madrid reports Spain will dispatch two naval divisions to Melilla to shell coastal villages after Moor forces harassed troops. The move follows intensified clashes as Spain strengthens its position in the enclave.
Reuters reports that an announced statement will soon confirm that all outstanding issues between China and Japan have been amicably settled, marking a diplomatic breakthrough.
Por Press Association. Asquith announced he would recommend a grant of 20000 pounds toward Lieutenant Shackleton's expedition. Shackleton said no further appeal was needed and thanked the Government, calling the action a national gesture likely to prove popular.
A Dunedin deputation of boiler makers led by Mr J Arnold MP met Hon ALM L Millar to seek help preventing imports of items that could be made in the dominion. They cited a gasholder and a voteru erected by local firms, plus steamers and dredges built abroad. The minister sympathized but rejected another tariff revision, urging local bodies to keep work in the dominion.
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