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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
2
Mrs Ledgerwood 4d. directs sale of the goodwill of Lots 55 and 56 Highbank containing 20 acres. Improvements: cottage four rooms scullery stable loft chaffhouse trapshed. A comfortable home for a worker. Price and terms available on application.
Advertisement outlines two properties: a 3 acre sun facing section with a 6 room dwelling, fenced land, priced 18 LOW, and a near quarter acre cottage with 4 rooms and wash-house suitable for a working man. Terms allow weekly payments after a small deposit. Agent F Ferriman.
The August 24 1907 issue urges widespread school gardening competitions led by Mr W Studholme to boost practical horticulture in schools. It cites benefits for pupil interest and moral development and calls for wall posters, teacher support, and integration into the curriculum alongside play.
300 acres of prime land with buildings, good water, and proper rotation of wheat oats and grass. Includes 53 acres subdivided into paddocks, 40 acres in oats and 100 acres ploughed for turnips, remaining in English grass. Dwelling, convenient location, suitable for fattening stock and sheep farming.
Timaru August 24 press report states Mr W Maslin will contest the Ashburton seat in the next election in the Opposition interest, after Mr John Studhelme chose not to stand.
Wellington reports tariff changes with many items moved to free list or altered duties. Confectionery, maize, raw cotton and certain medicines shift rates. electric equipment and pipes see duty reforms. motor cars and car parts face new rules. several food and textile items are removed from the preferential list. Local bodies prompted the revisions. officials note more municipal pipes will be admitted free.
Staveley Cooperative Dairy Co Ltd registered August 14 with capital £750 in 740 shares. Subscribers include H W Sharplin Ashburton and others. Aims to establish a cooperative dairy factory and begin first season in October. plan to buy a large separator and commence building and plant setup.
Willowby Christian Endeavour Society held a social in the schoolroom on Thursday night to mark its anniversary. Members from Ashburton and Tinwald attended along with visiting societies. Rev. C H L Standage presided as superintendent.
In London on August 23 Worcestershire beat Yorkshire by 1 run. Yorkshire bowler Cufle took nine for 38 in the second innings, Hobbs scored 10 in the first. Flayward reached 2000 runs for the present season as the match concluded amid late excitement.
London reports persistent rumours that the battleships Forfailable and Queen have collided at sea. The Malta correspondent of the Daily Telegraph notes the claim.
In the House of Commons, Mr Crooks introduced a bill applying penalties under the Foreign Enlistment Act to Britishers who fill jobs during strikes or lockouts abroad, aiming to curb overseas staffing of labor disputes.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman stated he had assurances from all sides that those interested support the Government line on the Scottish Land Bill. The Unionists greeted this remark with derisive cheers.
Lord Elgin announces a three department plan for the colonial office with a Dominion Department handling self governing colonies a Colonial Department for Crown colonies and a General Department. Mr R Lucas to head the General Department and Mr H W Just to serve as secretary to the conference. The House backs the Peninsular and Oriental mail contract amid debate on Lascars conditions. Northern Nigerian railway approved. Campbell-Bannerman says no legislation needed before the New Hebrides convention and All Red route decisions pending Commons approval.
In foggy dawn near Casablanca a vast Arab horsemen army charged the French camp. General Drude sent Tiralleurs and mountain guns to the seashore force. The red-dressed Kaid led repeated charges despite heavy artillery and machine gun fire. many horses fell, but he rode away unhurt amid French cheers. A third attack was repulsed as the attackers sought cover behind the hills.
In a sea battle Arabs charged nearly two miles under heavy fire until their horses were spent. The second and third assaults repeated the same reckless bravery and failed. Four hours of intense combat followed. Raisali after heavy repulse pursued the Shereefian army amid hill tribe sympathy.
The War Office says it is preparing troops to reinforce General Drude if necessary, as Paris reports the situation in August with ongoing mobilization. The notice outlines potential troop movements and the readiness posture for key operations.
Goold admits borrowing 1000 francs from José tempey when Mrs Levin demanded payment. An argument over money preceded the fatal glow. Mrs Levin’s estate valued at £1800 plus an annuity of £450.
In Palermo a cabdriver and three men were arrested after placing two trunks in a suburb and setting them on fire. The trunks contained the remains of an unknown murdered youth, with one trunk partially burnt revealing a head, arms and a leg.
In Capetown on August 23 the Legislative Council read a second time a bill aimed at preventing meat monopolies. In Pretoria the mortality of Chinese on the Rand for the past year was 16.7 per 1000, and among Kat live 97.0 per 1000 as of August 23.
Pretoria reports the government asks Britain to reinforce garrisons as whites are unarmed amid a large native population. Two thousand unemployed workers petition to be repatriated. General Botha says he will work to remove the need for repatriation to grow the population.
Berlin August 23 The Würtemberg Government expelled Quelch for denouncing the Bagne Congress as a thieves supper His remarks at the Socialist conference were intensified by an interpreter misunderstanding among English Socialists.
Berlin reports show the Socialist Conference split amid uproar over colonial policy. The Extremists defeated a resolution opposing colonisation and carried a pro reform plan by 127 to 108, while English delegates largely supported moderation and international understandings on colonisation.
A married woman named Augusta Billett was found dead this morning at Nikau with her head in a tub of water. Mr Wm. Kennington of Willowby suffered a serious accident while carrying a bag of coals at the Willowby school fuel shed. the bag fell on him, dislocating his right shoulder, and Dr Hamilton reduced it under anaesthetic. Br Kennington is recovering but will be out of work for some time.
The final Ashburton Waccubiye Exhibition council meeting at Bor vegh Chambers today saw Mayor in chair with Wood Christian and Coward present. A balance sheet showed receipts from councils and donations totaling about £680 with expenditures including space lighting and photography. The group discussed refunds to councils, gifts to the mayor, and the distribution of the remaining credit, ending with votes of thanks to the mayor town clerk and committee members.
August 23 reports from Dunedin that police have examined the deputation led by Duluthy Kine to the Minister of Justice regarding infants homes. The Star notes police have no serious objections to take against any of the Hames.
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