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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
5
Wellington reports the steamer Devon is a total loss with stern collapse visible and wreckage along the Cook Strait shore. Captain Caunce refuses to comment pending inquiry while Chief Officer Maurice leads the remaining crew at the site.
The Devon lies between large rocks near Pencarrow lighthouse with little movement reported by passing steamers. If weather improves salvage of cargo seems possible, but salvaging the vessel remains unlikely. No cause for the stranding is known, and night conditions impeded observers.
News from Wellington reports life-line hoist operation at Heads to land Devon's crew. Six men were brought ashore per hour as workers battled seas and time to save those aboard.
Wellington Aug 26 A Post reporter from Pencarrow Head reports the crew say the ship’s engines slowed and stopped last night amid dirty weather and squalls at the harbor entrance. The boiler was blown off, water flooded the stokehold, and waves broke over the deck. Rescue lines by buoy and rocket failed until a shore party risked the surf to haul the life line. Quartermaster Johnston led the hazardous run and brought two of the ship’s kittens to safety.
All crew members were launched ashore by 3 80 p m. The captain was the last to come to shore. The crew are reticent about the disaster. The vessel's position appears hopeless. Wellington August 26.
Descriptions from Wellington dated August 27 depict the Devon stranded on rocks at Pencarrow near Wellington. The hull shows two wide breaches and flood in engine room stokehold and rear holds while bow remains high near the harbour entrance. Despite dire outlook, calmer seas and lighter winds give a glimmer of salvage hope after prior Indrabaras incident.
Sofia reports Bulgaria will not negotiate with the Porte over Adrianople. It contends the Enos-Midia line was imposed by the Powers and its maintenance is their concern.
In Bucharest on August 26, ratifications of the peace treaty were exchanged, formalizing the agreement between the signatory powers. The ceremony confirmed the treaty's full legal standing and the end of hostilities among the parties.
The members of the International Commission of Inquiry into Balkan cruelties and the economic consequences of the two wars have arrived in Belgrade on August 26.
London August 25 Pekin correspondent says the situation is not encouraging. Nanking resists three Government armies amid internal dissensions. Provincial administration chaos fuels isolated risings. Currency depreciates as scramble for concessions restarts. any cash buys railway contracts and war material orders. British enterprise suffers.
Thaw engages ten lawyers and faces possible deportation after habeas corpus hearings. Canadian authorities plan to send him to Vermont or New Hampshire, while New York prepares extradition. His team risks abandoning the case over his demeanor as Thompson remains jailed awaiting bail and Butler faces payment disputes with confederates.
Reports from St John New Brunswick claim a huge hull believed to be the Titanic is drifting in mid Atlantic. Expeditions planned by New Yorkers aim to approach the area for salvage if verified.
London reports a Blue Book on 1922 Chinese affairs up to November. It highlights Sun Yat-sen’s Nationalist hostility to Yuan Shih-kai and anti foreign sentiment. The document notes failed native subscription schemes and a four million unpaid soldier exodus causing mutinies murders and looting. It cites Canton naval observations of Chinese patrols fleeing disturbances on the Wei River.
From Mexico City on August 26 press notes report President Wilson plans to recommend non intervention and non recognition of Huerta. The United States seeks to deter foreign pressure and keep America out of Mexican affairs following Linda's departure as fruitless.
August 26 report says the Administration with general consent has summoned General Diaz to return and restore order amid prevailing anarchy. Diaz's return is seen as the only practical solution to the chaos.
President Wilson has postponed delivery of his Congressional message on Mexican affairs at the Mexican Foreign Minister's request. Envoy Lind seeks armistice and early elections, with Huerta to decide his next move, delaying the message.
General Diaz, former Mexican envoy to Japan, has been summoned to return to Mexico for unreported duties or reassignment. The move signals a formal recall and potential reshuffle within foreign service ranks.
Capetown reports the battlehips Australia and Sydney sailing for Simonstown. The Cape Times views the visit as an object lesson for South Africa while Onsland warns Britain’s loss of sea command could expose SA to a new master and demands direct Empire defence costs and shared burden.
Ten thousand skilled workers in London's building trades have struck, with as many as sixty thousand labourers expected to join. Warl Beauchamp refused to raise wages for Board of Works laborers and proposed arbitration, but acceptance seems unlikely.
London reports the North Staffordshire Miners Federation delegates have given notice of a strike at the end of September unless all non unionists are enrolled. The notice arrived August 26 and was dated August 27 in the dispatch.
Ottawa August 2 Mr Borden opening the National Exhibition in Toronto urged Canadians to honor duties to the Empire as well as to the Dominion and expressed confidence they would meet their imperial obligations.
Ben Tillett addressing the International Transport Workers Congress in London urged strikers to consider armed defense against armed force. His message reflects the tense labour climate in August.
Westport readers learn miners at multiple collieries plan a three point ballot. Voters will decide on supporting Blackball workers, stopping work if Blackball boats load, and referring the matter to the Federation of Labour executive. Two Blackball steamers have sailed and a third is loading. The company had planned to send ships to Reeeeee but canceled.
Senator Millen, defence minister, discusses Britain’s Pacific fleet plan at the 1909 Premiers Conference. He notes provisions for East Indies, China, and Australia units, remains to provide capital ships, and aims for joint action with Imperial authorities to secure full British interests in the Pacific.
Hawker lands at Beadwall after starting at 10 hours 244 minutes of actual flight. Fog at Netley and haze at Ramsgate slow progress as crowds greet the waterplane. A 96 mile northbound leg to Yarmouth takes 90 minutes and a 150 mile Scarborough leg lasts 3 hours 5 minutes with gusty winds.
Johnson and his wife arrived in London to defend himself against a preposterous outcry. He accused the United States of trumped up charges about white slavery and denied clergy involvement. He plans to lecture and take questions with a salary near 5000 dollars a week.
The Daily Chronicle reviews the Blue Book on China noting the long legacy of Manchu rule and declares the Chinese steeped in dishonesty and individualism. It argues there is no substitute for the national unifying principle of religious respect once provided by the Manchus.
Three hundred Rustenburg residents welcomed General Botha outside the town with enthusiasm. General Hertzog arrived with a 50-strong escort and was greeted by a mix of cheers and hooting from the crowd.
Keir Hardie in an interview predicts women will win the vote after the next general election. He notes the present House is favorable but quotes Mr Asquith as opposed to discussing the issue. Hardie adds that Asquith is unlikely to remain Premier, with Sir Edward Grey poised to succeed.
A mass meeting of miners at Black Ball Greymouth on August 27 resolved to place the dispute in the Federation’s hands. Representatives are expected soon to take up the matter. The Premier’s telegram regretted the strike and offered Commissioner Halley, if agreed, and the union secretary was instructed to wire Mr Massey that the issue is now in the local union’s hands.
Melbourne dispatch reports a cadet and Freedom League secretary charged with failing to attend drill. He cites Christian pacifism and liberty under the Union Jack, while the magistrate presses how the Union Jack is kept flying by such beliefs. The man quotes Queen Victoria on the Bible as England’s greatness.
The Advisory Board for the Ulster Volunteer Force appointed Edward Schlater as chairman on August 26. The notice was received August 27 at 12:45 p.m. in London.
Spectators at the Euston Music Hall jeered and cheered as Johnson appeared. Women performers refused to share a stage with him causing two artistes to be unable to sing. Outside, a mob gave Johnson a warm ovation while hostility and hooting occurred in part of the crowd. He later thanked attendees from a box before returning to Euston Hall for further cheers.
Immense crowds greet Hawker as he passes controls in London on August 26 with excellent weather apart from coastal fogs. Hawker, delayed for engine work at Beadnall and Montrose, maintains 68 mph after leaving Aberdeen and hopes to reach Dublin via Oban, a 450 mile leg, with limited chances of success.
Johnson declares that the demonstrations in his favour prove the clamour does not come from the public. Received August 27 at 11.5 a.m.
The hawker resumed at 8.5 this morning and arrived in Aberdeen at 10.45. He later arrived at Obat, where he remains for the night.
In Sumarú August 27, Walter Shaw cases resumed. Accused committed for fraudulent failure to account for £2022 in McKechnie trust funds. Three cases of alleged wrongful conversion altered to theft. accused committed for trial on all three. Other cases proceed.
The steamer Arctic carrying Dr Stefansson's expedition was caught in ice off Nome Alaska and badly damaged. Details are scarce but the vessel is reported to be in trouble as of August 26.
The Conciliation Council failed to settle the drapers' assistants dispute in Christchurch and referred the case to the Arbitration Court on August 27.
Sir William Dunn the banker leaves a large bequest of seven hundred fifty thousand pounds to alleviate human suffering especially among children and to promote education and emigration.
Two airmen died when their aircraft plunged 150 feet at Villacoubry near Paris. M. Quilleux flew from Biarritz to Scherisel near Bremen, a 982 mile journey, and is the Pommery Cup winner to date.
The notice reports a remedy called Woods’s Great Peppermint Cure for children’s nighttime coughing. It mentions Ja d and 2a Gd as part of the offering or dosage details.
The Adelaide observatory records a faint Alpha comet traveling northwest between Beta Gygni and Vulpeculae in August, noting two faint objects in the night sky.
Mr Lloyd George told Welsh educational authorities that the time is opportune to secure Welsh educational autonomy under the proposed Education Bill. The exchange signals a push for regional control within national reforms and reflects ongoing policy discussions.
In Sydney on August 27 the Industrial Court ruled that a union cannot levy its members to fund a proposed daily newspaper, blocking the funding measure and affecting the paper's financing plans.
In London on August 26 Kent played Northampton where Hardinge scored his fourth consecutive century in a week. Surrey faced Gloucester as Hayes hit 130 runs, while Gloucester’s Dennett delivered a hat trick in the match.
In Wallizo villagers blamed an innkeeper for ruined harvests after heavy rain. A deputation questioned him but he would not change. When rains continued, the group held a field court and beat the innkeeper to death.
A brief item records chronic chest complaints from residents near Great Peppermint Creek. The note mentions a local health concern centered on respiratory symptoms with no reports of severe incidents or official actions.
Berlin reports publish two parts of Count Hayashi diary suppressed by Japan. It notes Germany proposed a three nation alliance in 1901, with Salisbury and Eckardt involved. Hayashi says Japan and Britain shared China interests and Japan ultimately prevailed, warning against Franco Russian influence.
Sydney August 27 report says the censure debate on the government failed, with the motion defeated. No further details on votes or speakers available in the fragment.
Brisbane August 27 The Budget records revenue of £6,378,213 for the past year, £169, OLE above the estimate, and expenditure of £6,872,097, £8,464 over. Resulting surplus stands at £6,116, reduced by transfers to revenue accounts.
The 1913 estimate places Queens land population at 636,425, up 14,298 from 1912. Loan funds tightened due to a hard money market, railways earned net capital of 385 6d percent, and land settlement expanded with 6,964,388 acres selected during the year.
Professor MacMillan Brown reports from the Pacific islands that food abundance correlates with low birth rates, while subsistence struggles produce many children. The observation is offered as a warning that easy living may lead to sterility, framed as a critique of Labour and Socialist aims.
Wolff began from Cape Grisnez toward the Channel crossing but failed seven miles from Folkestone. Sullivan, an American, started from South Foreland on a similar attempt and has not been heard from.
After ten hours in the water Sullivan abandoned the effort six miles from Cape Grisnez, reporting exhaustion at sunset amid rough seas and fading light.
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