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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 28, 1906
Page
2
Moon phases and lunar events for August. Details include full moon, last quarter and new moon times, perigee and apogee markers, with listed rise and set values for the sun. The text presents a compact almanac style row of celestial events and timing.
The next best despatch for the United Kingdom leaves Ashburton on September 4th and arrives in London by October 6th, via San Francisco.
Advertises samples of seeds and machine dressed seeds of all descriptions for farmers and others interested in improving crops.
On August 27 at Mr Hooper's Nursing Home Ashburton the wife of J E Upton a daughter Stillborn. Also notice of a 15 year old third daughter of Timothy and Margaret Bradley Tinwald deceased aged 15 years 4 months.
Strong winds to gale from north west and south west with possible heavy rain. Postal schedules warn slow departures. Ruapehu may be the best despatch for UK correspondence. Walking races for boys under 12 and 16 to be staged from the Mail Office at 2:30 with Mayor presenting prizes.
Ashburton Borough Council discussed memorial ideas for the late B J Seddon and endorsed a technical university concept after debate. They approved land leases, road and bridge works, and measures against willow cutting, with reports on finances, by laws, and cemetery fencing while planning tenders for a new pavilion and grazing leases.
W. H. Moses appointed registrar of births deaths and marriages at Springburn replacing resigned Mr Weat. Ashburton Gun Club drive on Laghome estate Thursday. Lyndhurst opening hall concert on September 27. Wakanui Presbyterian Church annual social Friday evening. Dr L L James gazetted public vaccinator for Rakaia district. G H Patrick Rangitata gazetted J P. Ashburton Borough Council to call tenders for Domain pavilion. Manawatu Standard cites cold winds harming early samba births with up to 60 percent mortality. State Coal Department operating in Christchurch a month with about 60 tons daily bookings. Mosere Strange and Co Christ Church circular on last ten days sale bargains. Methven residents urged to trade at Methven branch store. Findlay promises practical service for made to measure and repairs under cash trading. Stock's Cash Book Store Methven invites customers to shop.
Nominations announced for the Ashburton County Racing Club Spring Meeting to be run on September 13 and 14, 1908. Entries include numerous horses such as Sir James, Coronna, Early Van, Gold Bangle, Sychem, Design, Mango, Ben Blackwood, Jolly Roger, and Ivanoff among many others across the first day programs.
A testimonial touts Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a safe reliable remedy for biliousness indigestion headaches swelling and tiredness. Mrs Watson credits the pills with rapid relief improving health and urges them for women and households.
The newsletter reports the Duke of Oporto narrowly escaping a fatal car crash near Cascaes while Spanish strikers bomb railway lines near Bilbao. Moroccan pretender forces capture seven loyal Moors and execute them by cannon. Floods devastate Kayes in Senegal with many drownings. The steamer Rippingham Grande damages its shaft and repairs at Saint Vincent. An earthquake shakes Matlocl with effects reaching Derby.
General Minn commander of the Semonofisky regiment was assassinated at Paterhoff. A plot against the Viceroy was uncovered with many officers arrested. The Czar telegraphed to M. Stupin expressing sympathy for injured family members and concern over the country’s civil war mood.
General Minn and family stood on a railway platform when a young woman shot him in the back. His wife wrestled the assailant as a bomb near the scene was discovered and police warned to beware.
An explosion at M Stolypin's two story summer house struck during a struggle with servants as visitors had been barred. The blast toppled windows across the river, killed M Voronin and several officials and guards, with an ambulance arriving an hour later amid torchlight searches.
On August 27 in St Peturspur the Central Communities of the Social Revolutionaries draft a proclamation warning that hundreds of government representatives will be fatally hurt unless policy is altered.
Anti revolutionaries in Jitowir push propaganda for a Jewish massacre. Stolypin outrages row between perpetrators who paid for lodging in St Petersburg. Times Moscow notes merchants priests withdraw from reform movement, Moderates drift to autocracy.
Aug 27 report notes twelve armed men halted a train sixty versts from Moscow, stealing about five thousand roubles and causing passenger alarm with no further damage. The Social Revolutionary Party ordered General Minn's assassination. An ex-officer Boborykin sought to warn M Stolypin but was refused an interview and was to be examined by a magistrate. A Odessa girl reportedly attempted to assassinate General Kaulbars. her bomb exploded prematurely.
On August 27 General Woniazlarski, acting governor of Warsaw, was shot dead in a cab. The incident reportedly received another update at 9:57 a.m. on August 28.
United Press reports Cuban revolutionaries capture Palmira near Cienfuegos and seize ex-Congressman Carlos Mendieta, a leader in the Santacruz province insurgency. Washington officials say the revolt is well financed and organized.
Ottawa report says the Canadian Government weighs a conference to settle all questions with the United States. Lord Strathcona in London offered reassurance. Reuters notes Canadian experts advised the British Minister in Washington on the matter.
The Master of Elibank Hon A W C G Murray spoke in Lin ton Peebleshire that Liberals have finished the Protection fight and may face battles with Independent Labour or Socialist opponents. He warned that if Liberals collapse between two stools their disappearance could end British political influence and commerce.
Sir Frederick Pollock and Hon W. M. Clark clash over empire learning. Pollock advocates a common Intelligence Department to bind empire interests in a business like way. Clark laments Canadian ignorance and calls for imperial education campaigns.
President Roosevelt orders public printer to use Brander Matthews phonetic spelling in presidential messages and White House documents funded by Mr Carnegie. Newspapers resist the change, mock the move, and express astonishment at the step.
Alfred Will hires Cyril Monk, solo violinist, to perform at the New Zealand Exhibition. An Arbitration Court president warns the act may be dying, while suburban mayors pledge to retain temperance cupboards, and a Labour Party protest critiques the campaign in Labour strongholds.
The State Attorney General brings a case against Abraham Moses under the George the Second Act for obtaining a ticket in a foreign lottery Tatternall's sweep. The court will decide if the statutes remain in force and whether a Hobart lottery counts as foreign, with the matter sent to the Fair Court.
Auckland reports a serious accident as a derrick drops while a launch is hauled aboard. Captain Streeter and James Harrison suffer injuries, while Arthur Sinel is very seriously hurt with possible skull fracture and crushed hand. A separate fatal bush-felling injury is noted for James Summerfield of Macron Te Kuiti.
Craighead and Berryman announce a short lived sale offering a Vienna or Fox's Serge Sunday Suit for 57s 6d and a tweed suit for 45s, or two for 5. Exhibition demand rises and customers race to place orders. Royal Standard Pills now widely available in Ashburton chemists and stokers.
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