Ashburton Seven-a-Side Rugby Tourney Results
Ashburton County Rugby Union hosted a seven-a-side event at the Agricultural and Pastoral Association ground. Twenty-six teams from Estelurch, Tenvlca, Timaru, Dun sandel, Geraldine and county districts competed for senior junior and third grade medals amid a mild wind and strong attendance. Rakaia defeated Albion to win the senior final 5 to 0, Temuka Avy beat Temuka B 3 0, Springburn defeated Celtic 6 0, Zingari beat Ashburton 7 0, Athletic beat Geraldine 8 0, Old Boys lost to Sydenham 12 0, and Merivale beat Springburn 3 0 in the final.
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Ashburton County Rugby Union
Agricultural and Pastoral Association
Estelurch
Zingari
Timaru
Ashburton
Lamont
Edarroch
TE. Berry
H. Rudkin
Athletic
Temuls
Geraldino
J. Spillane
W. Gerrard
Old Boys
Christchurch
Sydenham
Ballagher
D. Thompson
T. King
Gallagher
Thompson
EF. Pritchard
Dansandel
Ashburton High School
Temuka
Edgler
Rodgers
Temuka High School
K. Rollitt
F. B. Robilliard
Geraldine
Southern Cross
Wannacott
Bydenham
Rakaia
Brunsden
Greathach
Inclair
Matthews
O'Malley
Merivale
South African Rugby Board declines tours for 1910
The South African Rugby Board in London on August 26 declined invites for New Zealand and New South Wales tours in 1910. It resolved to ask the English Rugby Union to reconsider its decision not to send a team to South Africa next season.
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London
South African Rugby Board
New Zealand
New South Wales
English Rugby Union
South Africa
Auckland vs Marlborough tour opener in Blenheim
In Blenheim on August 26 Auckland Rugby faced Marlborough in the tour opener. A large crowd watched Marlborough win eight to three with Gallagher replacing Wilkes on the wing for the visitors.
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Blenheim
Auckland
Marlborough
Gallagher
Wilkes
New Zealand University Team Representing Willington
Willington reports the University of New Zealand will name its official team on August 26 to represent the university in upcoming intercollegiate competition. The announcement lists the squad members and coaching staff.
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Willington
University
Correspondence Note on Opinions and Responsibility
A correspondence item notes that the writers’ opinions are their own and the publication disclaims responsibility for them. The disclaimer appears amid reader letters and editor’s notes.
Ashburton Undesirables Debate Strains Local Opinion
Letters attack detractors of Ashburton open bar and defend absence of a public bar as key to upholding character and order. Writers reject labeling youths as degraded swine and urge firm but kind action to remove wrong doing while preserving merit and truth.
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Ashburton
Shakespeare
Baring Square Girls Guild Holds Sale of Work
The Girls' Own Guild of Baring Square Church staged a charity sale featuring needlework dolls flowers and utility items. Rev H E Bellhouse opened the event praising the young women's industry while a church concert in the afternoon drew a near full house.
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Baring Square
H. E. Bellhouse
Carter
Amy Dixon
Daisy Good
M. Rattray
Annie Dixon
Stoddart
Emily Cambell
Ladies’ Guild
W. Humphreys
Mrs Chapman
R. Stoddart
Alice Harria
Norman Rusden
Clara Smith
Misses Bryant
Guild Girls
Butterick
Local Railway Extension Approved by County Council
A poll of Inangahua County Council on August 26 showed overwhelming support to introduce a Bill in Parliament. It would guarantee interest and working expenses for extending the railway from the current station into Reefton itself.
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Reefton
Inangahua
Sandier’s Extract and Remedies Promoted Amid Market Claims
A reader endorses GENUINE SANDER & SONS EXTRACTS for coughs, rheumatic pain, and lung trouble, praising long use. Advertisements tout eucalyptus based products with claims of superior healing and antiseptic properties, amid reports of a death and potential harm from another brand.
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Halderness
Dappil
Sander & Sons
KUCA
LYPTI
Sander
Gander
Sandier
Trouble at Otira Sparks Miner Union Dispute
Mr Murdoch McLean defends firm stance in Otira clash saying the Public Contracts Act is satisfied and wages exceed the union award. He notes tunnelling is special work, gangs lost ramps over carelessness, and electricity lighting not yet devised. He accuses a few unionists of causing trouble and calls for a free vote.
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Por Preas Association
Wellington
Inangahua Miners’ Union
Murdoch McLean
Miners’ Union
Church of Christ Fair Continues With Satisfactory Sales
The fair held on Thursday evening showed good support and sales across many competitions. Prizes went to Mrs Harvey for nail-driving and Mr Greenwood for hat-trimming while Miss Palmer and Mr Readhead won needle-threading. Stalls were run by a roster of local women and men, with a decision to extend the fair into tomorrow afternoon and evening.
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Harvey
Greenwood
Miss Palmer
Readhead
Ware
Olsen
Osborne
W. Shearer
Kilgour
Monson
R. Jamieson
O. Brunton
N. Bradshaw
E. Knox
Gudsell
Missing Man Calderwood Seen Near Judgeford After Night Walk
John Robert Calderwood, a young man who vanished from his Wellington area home Sunday night, left letters hinting at self harm. Police say he visited a Judgeford house, claimed recent employment with Mr Carroll of Newtown, and walked from Wellington to Haywards then Judgeford. He bore a two and a half inch cut on his arm from a sythe blade incident, received food, then continued toward Paekakariki.
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Wellington
John Robert Calderwood
Pahautanui
Judgeford
Carrol
Newtown
Haywards
Paekakurili
Peculiar wage claim shocks Gisborne court
In Gisborne a magistrate heard a wage claim by Elsie Linder rean wife of a local butcher suing Ethaniel Burgess a boarding house keeper for 45 pounds wages as housekeeper. She testified she met Burgess in Wellington in May last year and later believed they were married during a mock ceremony. Burgess admitted living with her as his wife but denied any ceremony. The case adjourned until Saturday.
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Gisborne
Elsie Linderrean
Ethaniel Burgess
Wellington
Burgess
Victorian Flood Sufferers Prompt Tagore Heartfelt Aid Offer
Bir Prodyet Kumar Tagore heir to the Tagore family in Calcutta telegraphs Captain Collins offering sympathy for Victorian flood victims and pledges to raise a subscription if acceptable.
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London
Bir Prodyet Kumar Tagore
Joteandra Mohun Tagore
Tagore
Calcutta
Captain Collins
British Association Opens in Ottawa Under Sir Joseph Thomson
Sir Joseph J. Thomson, president, opened the British Association meeting in Ottawa. He criticized Cambridge and Oxford for scholarship competition, noted Cambridge spends over £35,000 yearly on undergraduates, and urged closer ties between mathematics and physics and greater student exchange between universities.
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Ottawa
British Association
Eet Aas
Joseph J. Thomson
Cambridge
Oxford
Joseph Thomson
Salvation Army Anniversary Tea Draws Large Crowd in Ashburton
Brigadier Albiston of Christchurch and officers from Timaru Temuka Geraldine and Rakaia attended the Salvation Army anniversary events in Ashburton. The Reverend K R J Liddell spoke as Brigadier Albiston outlined global and missionary work. Proceeds from the tea will fund a new officers residence in Ashburton.
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Salvation Army
Albiston
Christchurch
Timaru
Temuka
Geraldine
Ralaia
KR. J. Liddell
Ashburton
McKay
Increase of Dental Caries and Stone Milling Losses
A letter argues rising dental caries in England links to roller milled flour and bread acidity. It cites 1900 tests showing stone milled flour yields slower tooth decay, while roller flour accelerates decay, suggesting no school dental service is needed if bread returns to stone milling.
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Thomas G. Read
Harvard
Pall Mall Gazette
France
England
London
India
Merit overcomes prejudice in local suit offer
A local firm, George Davies Suit Specialist, claims high quality made to measure suits at about £2 less than rivals. They guarantee satisfaction or refunds and tout direct-from-mills sourcing, own warehouses, and 38 cash-only branches. Readers urged to order with new spring tweeds arriving at the Arcade Ashburton.
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George Davies
the Arcade
Ashburton
Davies
New Zealand
Rae
Our
Death of Rev. Dr. Dawson Burns Temperance Leader
London obituary notes the death of Rev. Dr. Dawson Burns born 1828 in London. Early pledge at seven, maiden speech at twelve, later roles as joint secretary of the National Temperance Society and Metropolitan Superintendent of the United Kingdom Alliance. Lifelong temperance work with leaders like Archbishop Temple and Sir Wilfrid Lawson. praised for testimony at a London reception for Sir Robert and Lady Stout.
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London
National Temperance Advocate
National Temperance Society
General Baptist College
Leicester
United Kingdom Alliance
National Association For the Promotion
Social Science
Archbishop Temple
Canterbury
York
Robert Anstruther
Wilfrid Lawson
Robert
Lady Stout
Dr. Burns
Dominion
Fight With a Whale Aboard Samson Ends With Harpoon Try
The Samson with the Edda and Hercules set sail from Plymouth for Sandefjord after a record season off South Georgia. A blue whale 120 feet long was struck by an explosive harpoon but towed the steamer at eight knots for four hours before weather broke the line and the whale escaped.
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Plymouth
Sandefjord
South Georgia
Robinson's Patent Barley Featured as Infant Food
Advert shows a customer endorsement claiming over twenty years use of Patent Barley feeding ten children with it. It promises as an excellent food for infants and invalids and notes that mothers receive free recipes with each tin.
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