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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
5
An essay in Nash's Magazine warns that smallpox fears in Auckland Province revive emphasis on disease prevention. It cites flies, fleas, and rats as vectors, urging vigilance in garbage control and pet care to protect families from typhoid, dysentery, and tuberculosis.
The article explains that many germs are not airborne but carried person to person or by insects. It notes protozoa and bacteria, and stresses mosquitoes as carriers of malaria and yellow fever. It urges draining pools and sealing water sources to reduce pest breeding and disease risk.
The article argues that flies spread typhoid tuberculosis diphtheria and cholera and even can be victims of disease. It urges extermination of flies as the best protection and asks citizens to act as one-man committees to reduce the nuisance and save lives.
A compilation of aphorisms on returning to balance after disturbance and on the value of self praise. It notes that true discernment of world complexity comes from an instinctual, almost maternal, insight found in some philosophers and common to many who observe nature.
A dialogue style feature discusses age perceptions and gender roles with lines about a man’s seven ages and a woman’s stability. The piece hints at social attitudes, financial value of letters, and marriage dynamics through character remarks.
J A Williams argues that dirt and common creatures have essential roles in nature. He cites pigs bees rats and flies to illustrate order and cleansing, claiming even pests perform needed functions, and ends with a Shakespearean moral about earth’s hidden good. August 28, 1913.
Wellington August 20 Budget debate continued with Mr A Harris asserting Opposition will reveal public opinion at the next election. Dr Pomare defended government statements on Cook Islands. References made to Judge McCormack's report, drinking patterns, and elder vs younger consumption. Robertson attacked ministerial turncoats and defended Social Democrats against alleged religious hostility. Calls for tariff reform, cost of living relief, and local government finance were raised as the session adjourned at 11.85 p.m.
Wellington August meeting of the New Zealand Alliance Executive adopts a resolution expressing surprise and regret that its previous repudiation of a post card on Bible in schools was misunderstood as tacit approval. The body disclaims forcing members to take sides and deplores the temperance reform attack on Bible in State Schools League supporters.
The Minister in Charge of Pensions declined to alter the system to mail pensions. He noted agents can collect for those unable to travel, while critics argued mail delivery would remove the stigma of charity and ease hardship for some pensioners despite officials not adopting the change.
A blaze on the top floor of a five storey York Street building damaged Read hat and umbrella maker stock to about £1000. The fire, reported tonight, involved the top three floors of the structure.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are claimed to provide permanent cures for kidney trouble after twelve years of well being in Ashburton resident Mrs Lockhard. The advertisement touts the pills as both tonic and curative, urging readers with deranged kidneys to try the remedy from Foster McClellan Co. at Pitt Street, Sydney.
A public notice urges women to seek relief from nervous indigestion and related complaints such as backache and fatigue. It promotes RENZIE'S PEPSO as a quick cure, claiming it restores digestive juices and health. available from chemists and grocers for sixpence.
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