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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
3
Final counts from the Magisterial recount show no license carried by a vote margin in Hutt and Egmont polls. Reported totals include Continuance and Reduction tallies with no-license figures near 620,914 and 461,815 respectively, awaiting official confirmation.
Mr Milword, manager of the Pacific Cable Board, arrived by the Aorangi and said the penny rate is impossible to cover interest and expenses. He warned that higher traffic would force repeated cable duplications and suggested possible rate reductions with penalties. He favored extending wireless systems to Pacific islands.
Sydney dispatch says Aramuasanga, implicated in the Greig family murders, was surrendered by his tribe. In retaliation he led a punitive expedition to the village where the ringleader was shot. Aramasanga was transported to Fiji for life.
A strong quake struck near Wakatane at 8 50 am lasting about thirty seconds with aftershocks. A shed for the Waka tane bridge materials was damaged and dense dust enveloped Whale Island seven miles away, sparking reports of an eruption or landslide.
The Hon. W Hall-Jones was feted at a Wellington luncheon. Attendees included the Premier, Cabinet members, local MPs, and business leaders who delivered eulogistic speeches.
In Wanganui two brothers, the Kershaws, had been drinking. One tripped on a kerb and fell on a broken bottle, inflicting a severe throat wound. The other helped him to a doctor and hospital, but the wounded man died at 2 am.
At Ashburton yards few farmers attended as shearing peak eased stock entry. Fat pens sold 188 sheep mired in slow demand with Dutchers meeting outside needs. Store pens moved slowly. 1883 sheep, lambs, and hoggets yarded with over 1000 passed in at public auction. Fat cattle brought prices up to top rates, with cows and steers selling to £6 1s and above. store cattle largely passed in.
Feilding December 1 saw strong attendance on the second day of racing. Twenty-one bookmakers held licenses as warm conditions prevailed. In York Stakes Rangipapa won by a head over Cruci nella with Ballarat eight lengths back. Seaton Dale captured the Lady Men schikoff 1 Roosevelt 3 photo finish. Lime clocked 1 min 15 1 5 sec. Muskerry won the Manchester Handicap by two lengths ahead of Hire and Traganini.
A letter to the editor questions Mr Farbotton in the Insti meeting report about the Rangitani Road Board and the Allenton district in the county election, noting a stark population difference and humorously stating the dog's tail wagged or did not wag.
Police report at the Auckland Licensing Committee shows all hotels conducted satisfactorily with no complaints. Weekly licenses may be reintroduced but efforts will be made to stop them. Police visited 242 hotels finding 723 women with 24 children, none under the influence of liquor.
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