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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
2
On August 22 at his Burnett Street West residence Albert Pearson aged 73, beloved husband of Mary Dorothea Brown, a patient sufferer gone to rest. On August 24 in Wanganui Frederick George Shury only son of A H Shury Ashburton and husband of May Potts Tapanui aged old years.
Archbishop Carr urges a new Ireland arising from wise use of powers, while Sinn Fein champions practical, nonmilitant self-realisation. The piece extols Gaelic revival, Irish arts, language, agriculture, and industry as core to national identity and independence within Britain.
The text argues for Ireland to become self developed and self governed within a Pan‑Britannic Federation while remaining harmonious with the world. It envisions Ireland as intrinsic to a broader cosmopolitan future, praising Sinn Feinism and foreseeing future admiration for Ireland’s example.
The Minister of Labour notes the need for an Arbitration Bill. Timaru hosts a General Labourers Union meeting over underground drainage wages with a demand for a daily rate of 1 shilling. Victoria’s railway and Crown lands proposals draw Premier Bent’s comment, while stock sales, weather, lambing, and fodder outlook brighten farmers’ prospects. A Methven court case, hawk predation on a newborn lamb, and local society meetings plus port and wharf upgrades round out the report.
A proposed Victorian bill requires all estate agents to be licensed with a £5 annual fee. Applications must include a certificate from six ratepayers attesting to good fame, except renewals. Unlicensed agents would be barred from collecting fees.
A patient testimonial claims relief from rheumatism and sciatica after twenty years of suffering when taking RHEUMO. Elisabeth Mowat narrates her long struggle and says the remedy provides notable relief after a single dose, with sales listed at shops in Yard and 4.6d.
District fire reports two blazes on August 24. In Christchurch Linwood a single dwelling of seven rooms owned by P. C. Wilberg was demolished off Buckley’s Road, insured for £250 with £200 furniture coverage. Temuka saw four wooden shops burn, Dr Hayes and Mr Edwards among heavy losses. total tenant losses near £5,000 amid 13 business fires in 18 months.
Wellington August 24 The Tongariro arrives from London on Wednesday carrying 73 assisted passengers. Most are seeking settled situations. among them 15 farmers, 6 farm labourers, and 6 domestic servants. One passenger brings £450, another £3800, a third £150, and two £109 each.
A Wellington deputation urged stronger government inspection of pigs killed for bacon, arguing current swine checks lag behind sheep and cattle. They cited 9 percent disease among 100000 pigs and 7.53 percent tuberculosis nationwide, seeking outlawing sale of uncared bacon and full supervision at slaughterhouses. The minister promised an obligatory pig inspection bill this session and hinted at farm slaughter regulation.
Record entries totaling 33 have been received for the seven-a-side tournament to be held in the Domain on Thursday under the Ashburton Rugby Union. Senior ten junior ten third grade thirteen teams from Merivale Christ Church Lyttelton Leeston Timaru Femuka and Ashburton County. Play starts at noon with fine weather expected and crowd turnout anticipated. Referees listed are FB Robilliard Cassells Pritchard Stonside Austin Lunn Woods and Nicoll.
A cable from the London office lists Lamb prime Canterbury light delivered at Smithfield 59 16d per pound and medium and heavy at 5d per pound. Mutton prime Canterbury delivered at Smithfield market multiple prices shown.
At the Supreme Court today John Chalker received six months imprisonment for stealing a bookmaker's ticket at Pahiatua. Herbert King, 22, was placed on six months probation under the charge of indecent assault on a girl under sixteen.
London reports Mr Lloyd George in Berlin on pension business and receiving German information on pensions and labour legislation. Also notes a hatmaker estate valued near half a million, a Brewers Exhibition to open October 17, a millionaire building a golf course and tracks in New York, and various 1908- era items from London and Wellington including university master appointments and land schemes under the Small Holdings Act.
The Times urges signatory Powers to press Belgium to end veiled slavery and forced labour before annexation. It notes natives' funds seized and taxes extracted under duress and backs Congo Reform Association in urging Mr Root to secure free trade and abolition of compulsory labour.
A dispatch from Constantinople reports the Sultan has dismissed sixty four aides de camp and closed his stud farm. The daily record notes restitution of lands and money by former favorites and arrested ministers. Izzet Pasha has arrived in London.
In Morocco August clashes fifty miles from Marrakesh end in a decisive Mulai Hafid victory. Abdul Aziz troops retreat toward the French zone as tribes attack them. Casualties include several chiefs killed. Abdul Aziz soldiers desert to Mulai Hafid. Proclamation plans for Mulai Hafid at Tangier underway.
London reports the government plans to build thirty improved Dreadnoughts or Indomitables at nearly two million pounds each. The move follows a program to have two British keels to Germany’s one.
An OCR fragment markets Woods Great Peppermint Cure with repeated claims of health benefits. It invokes seasonal imagery of autumn and winter to sell a peppermint remedy, suggesting chronic ailments and daily rain as contexts for its use.
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