Monoplane Progress and Pioneers in Flight History
The article notes Hubert Lathamy at Chalons Camp and various aviators favoring monoplanes. It recalls Cayley’s 1848 model in South Kensington Museum, discusses monoplane advantages and drawbacks, and cites Wrights and Santos Dumont debates on balance, stability, and propulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Lathamy
Chalons
Aquila
London Globe
MM. Santos Dumont
Bleriot
Ensault-Pelteria
R.E.P
Board of Education
P. Y. Alexander
Henson and Stringfellow
G. Cayley
France
Wright
Henry Farman
Watch Beside a Grave Edith Wharton Verse
A reflective lyric by Edith Wharton from Artemis and Actaeon contemplates a grave scene. The speaker seeks an answer to love and fate while watching beside a grave, contrasting heroic ambition with inward sorrow and ruined dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dram
Crav
Edith Wharton
Artemis
Resignation of St Johns College Warden Over Theosophical Ties
Rev. C W Scott Moncrieff of St Johns College Auckland resigns after joining the Theosophical Society. Board meeting accepts the resignation unanimously as the warden’s position is deemed incompatible with his role. This bulletin also notes Liverpool port traffic decline by 940 fewer vessels and £28713 lower receipts in the year to June 30. The peanut crop in the United States valued at £2,000,000 is now a growing staple across the southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. ‘Scott-Moncrieff
St. John’s College
Auckland
Theosophical Society
Liverpool
United States
Sunlight praised as pure and safe for clothes and hands
A praising note extols sunlight for preserving fabrics and keeping hands gentle. It claims its absolute purity protects faces and linens from injury and avoids drudgery in daily care.
Wellington Girls College to admit free-place pupils
The Wellington Board of Governors decided to admit free-place girls to the Girls College as existing vacancies allow and with further space to be provided by the Government under the Education Act. The move followed a deputation from citizens and a debate on class distinctions in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
de Bathe Brandon
Windlay
Brandon
Findlay
Air Brandon
Conciliation Commission Sets Wages for Furniture Trades
In Christchurch a Conciliation Commission session set minimums for cabinetmakers carvers upholsterers turners frame makers polishers and machinists at 1s 3d hourly Mattress makers 6 3d per hour Apprentices receive five shillings weekly first year rising to 1 5s by year five Apprentices serve five years with three months trial and a ratio one to three journeymen The week totals are 44 hours except Timaru at 48 No piecework and employers may hire boys for stacking timber cleaning shops and errands under designations of under rate and conditional preference to unionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Conciliation Commission
D. R. Triggs
Timaru
Kaiapoi Woollen Company Sees Dividend Recommendation
The Kaiapoi Woollen Company annual meeting reports a 7 percent dividend on ordinary shares and 6.4 percent on preference shares. After depreciation repairs and reserve provisions, and dividend, the profit and loss show a balance of £841 7s 1d to be carried forward. The report was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Kaiapoi Woollen Company
Money in Patents and Henry Hughes Patent Agency
Henry Hughes, a longtime patent agent, reports strong New Zealand patent business. His Christchurch office under A. R. Holdship handles Canterbury patents and liaises with inventors to secure patent protection worldwide. Inquiries claimed answered personally by A. R. Holdship. pamphlet "Advice to Inventors" available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Henry Hughes
Mr Hughes
Christchurch
A. R. Holdship
Canterbury
A. RR
Boldship Direct
Leeds Assizes: Mark Greene Sentenced for Wife Murder
A shadow on the blind described a life or death struggle as Mark Greene received ten years penal servitude for murdering his wife. A policeman who forced entry found the aftermath too late to save her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Mark Greene
Market Report Wheat and Oats Prices for Week Ending Aug 27 1909
The market sits unchanged as millers buy prime wheat lines with limited merchant opposition. Prices show slight ease with Tuscan and Pearl at 4s 4d 4s 5d and Hunters 4s 8d. Oats values follow London basis, Gartons at 18s 6d per quarter, with other grades ranging from 1s 4d to 1s 7d.
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London
Gartons
Ashburton
Christchurch Grain and Produce Market Update
Christchurch market notes no wheat movement for the week with no new arrivals. Oats trading halted for London shipments, local trade only. Potatoes firm with limited northern response. Derwerts preferred for longer storage.
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Christchurch
London
North
Timaru Grain Market Reports Quiet Trading and Softening Prices
Timaru grain trade remains quiet with no notable sales. Millers offer 4s 8d to 4s 4d for prime milling wheat, but sellers reject these terms. Oats drop to 1s 6d 1.0 lb or 8.1 for best Gartons. shippers reluctant to bid higher. South Canterbury stocks are light, while Southland holds large reserves and prices ease. Potatoes see subdued activity though samples command £3 10s per ten. free from blight.
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Timaru
Bluff
Lyttelton
South Canterbury
Southland
Edendale Farms Sold in Edendale Estate Parcels
Friedlander Brothers report selling Lot 6 of 120 acres to J A Barron of Balclutha Lot 7 of 840 acres to Mrs Mary Kelly of Southland Lot 8 of 292 acres to Livingstone Bros of Brydon Edendale and nine sections totaling about 2000 acres to Mrs Ross of Verdale Rakaia all at satisfactory prices to vendor and purchaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedlander Bros., Limited
Max
Friedlander
Edendale Estate
J. A. Barron
Balclutha
Mary Kelly
Southland
Livingstone Bros
Brydone
Edendale
Well Park estate subdivided with five sales to local farmers
Guinness and LeCrew of Timaru report selling the balance of the Well Park estate Totara Valley on account of Mr Robert J. McKeown to Mrs BE H Cook of Pleasant Point. The 1087 acre property was subdivided into five lots: Lot 1 445 acres homestead to W S Buxton of Fendalton. Lot 2 270 acres middle block to D M Skinner of Port Chalmers. Lot 3 160 acres Totara Valley to Arthur Bishop of Pleasant Point. Lot 4 80 acres Totara Valley to John Cook of Pleasant Point. Lot 5 balance Totara Valley to Mrs WW Cook of Pleasant Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinness and LeCrew, Ltd
Timaru
Robert J. McKeown
Well Park
Totara Valley
BE. H. Cook
Pleasant Point
McKeown
W. S. Buxton
Fendalton
D. M.skinner
Port Chalmers
Arthur Bishop
John Cook
Bile Beans touted as modern cure for biliousness
Advertised as a safe modern remedy, Bile Beans claim to stimulate the liver and digestive organs naturally, cleanse the stomach, and relieve constipation and other ailments. Each box contains one bean per dose, with no harmful drugs, marketed as a pure vegetable standard family medicine.
Church Army acquires Marylebone building for social welfare
The Church Army has bought a large property at Marylebone London and is converting it into an institution and workshops for social derelicts and stat offenders. War Office orders require enlisting only bona fide Scots for Seaforth Highlanders and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
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Church Army
Marylebone
London
War Office
Seaforth Highlanders
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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NHE New Zealand Shipping Company
Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Clayton
Tongariro
Fuapel
Turekina
Baikono
Friedlander, Eros., Ltd
Corinth
Athenia
Fons
Bevel
Wyese
Pate
New
Elington
tAlso
Nicoll Bros
NEW Zealand Insurance Company
LTB
Colonial Company
Nicoll
Slington
Islinngton
Islington
Turnip
Nicoll Brgs
iSurang
Fas Bevartmant
Ayes
Old End Ney
Afl Glasten
Foraa
Sterling
Laa
Jones and Sons
High Street
Cbristorurch
Monoplane
Gambric
Cee Ea
J. Ballantyne & CO
the Drapers
Manchester Bros
Barningham & Go., Ltd
George Street
Dunedin
Knox, Church
Tery Patents
Hereford Street
Canterbury Co-Operative Egg, Poultry, and Produce Company, Ltd
C. BR . Wilson and Co
Arid Commission
Tuam Street
Wilson
Dominion
P.O
Chanticleer
A. and P. Food Co
Southland Frozen Meat Co
Kaitangata
MENT
Mall Order
Akeag Emag Bamor
Telephone
Sunt Sacar Pet
Newman’s Livery Stables
Somerset Hotel
Algo
J. Newman
Red Glover
Allike
Timothy and Trefoil
Lah
Per Press Association
Per Press’ Association
MONEY
Gehain Market
Boot Warehouse
the Wall
East Street
P.D
Essenti
Ladies
New Spring
G. Meddins
People's Popular
Burnett Street
T.H. Andrill & 66
Building Society
Tancred Street
Loasey
Stevens
Christchurcss
A. Mr. Loashy
Galombo Street
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