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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
2
A Christchurch court case highlights breach of contract by a domestic servant. Mrs Georgina Mande sued Miss J Banden for 12s damages after the defendant failed to enter service as a housemaid at 12s a week. The judge's ruling supports enforcing engagements to improve domestic workers' accountability.
Tremendous sacrifices in prices to clear stock of Muslins. Dress and blouse lengths shown at bargain prices with embroidery, voile and mercerised muslin options. Wide range of patterns and colors offered with substantial savings across many fabrics and yardages.
View in Domain shows Pavilion Kilmar nock Weeping Willows in back background. Fallen Troqpers Grigg Memorial and Post Office appear with hospital and the residence of the late J Grigg Esq Longbeach. Seven views on one card of Fairfield Freezing Works.
A sizable property listing describes 58 acres near Ashburton with 200 acres in oats 40 acres just sown 120 acres in turnips 80 acres rape and remaining in new grass. The estate includes a secure fence a good house a five stall stable chaff house and workshop. Rice priced at £9 per acre. Inspection via office appointment.
8281 acres freehold 2633 acres, 648 acres lime stone country 450 acres flat and cropped. Owner refused £40 per acre. Includes 1400 ploughable acres, nine room house huts stables sheds outbuildings two hemp kilns machinery and implements. Near railway station homestead close to school post office and telegraph office. Sluicing claim yielded gold government expert report favorable. Carrying capacity all year sheep per acre. Suitable for subdivision or ongoing concern with easy terms and reasonable price.
Local notes report Mr T F Taylor visiting Christ Church and denying any definite plan to stand in elections. He would not decide on any constituency until nearer general elections. Additional items cover a Hampstead fire water supply debate, a strong strawberry and stone fruit crop, probate granted for Donald Williamson, Ashburton Catholic Club meeting, Aysh burton Rifles shooting, and insights on Canterbury frozen meat exports amid drought.
Farmers statewide voice concern over ongoing dry spell limiting soil moisture as weather woes hit light-lands, with oats and wheat crops showing early signs of damage while observers note roving pests and bird predation. The Otekaike estate near Oamaru will open for selection next year under the Lands Act, with 55 farms totaling about 48,675 acres and a capital value of £16,494.
A second alarm fire destroyed a newly built Hampstead residence near Beach road owned by Mrs Susannah Tusker and occupied by Abram Reddington. The steamer failed due to lack of water, two hand pumps supplied a small jet, and buckets were used. Walls collapsed by 11 o clock. nothing was saved. The house valued at £200 with £163 insurance and £75 furniture insured.
The Ashburton Horticultural Society met in the secretary’s office with D Wood in the chair. Topics included inviting Richawes for a lecture, organizing a musical programme, arranging display tables, approving A E Kies exhibit, and forming a Working-Committee to finalize show plans, with six entries received for Mr J Stueholme’s school garden competition.
Commodities prices listed including wheat flour oats bran potatoes onions and butter with latest figures from Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide dated December 4. Dalgety and Company report a London cable noting a 5 percent price decline anticipated for sheep skins and no near improvement while feed sales continue and tallow is firmer due to Russian orders.
The Conciliation Board resumed inquiry into the farm labourers dispute at Timaru. Landowners working for wages may join the Union. some sympathetic small landowners enrolled. Witnesses criticized wage levels and contract work, urged co operation and preferring unionists, and the sitting adjourned to the next day.
Probate has been granted in the Ashburton District Court during the past two months in several settlements. Harriet Maria Beach to Robert Alcock executor. Philip Maguire to Dean O'Donnell. Fane Williams to R Kennedy and T Williams. Philip Clements Williams to W H Collins and I G Berryman. Sarah Ann Paterson to R B Paterson and M Finlay. Thomas Rountree to J and Rountree.
River reports from the county at 9 this morning describe all streams as in satisfactory condition and fishable for anglers.
Sir Joseph Ward announces daily through trains Wellington to Auckland with fares for first class at 11 shillings 1d and second class at 11 shill 2d. Return fares double single rates. holiday return fares 3 pounds 11 shillings for first class and 1 pound 16 shillings 6d for second class. Carriages wider by one foot. service departs at noon both ways and arrives at 8 o'clock next morning.
The Star must pay Westminstar town clerk Mr Hunt £900 for libel after being charged with obstructing Progressive agents during an election. Other items note a postponed New York murder trial, a Vienna protest by Poles, a Belgian Congo annexation, a London railway crash injuring 31, suffragist disruption at Nottingham, and a wrecked Mount Temple liner with 600 passengers.
Capetown Times correspondent notes a stop in the trend of emigrating to Australia as South Africa abides. Workmen prefer local chances while operations in Zululand proceed with troops deployed to Ginginhlovo. Nearly 2000 are taking part in the Zulu frontier actions.
In Paris December 3 French media rebukes German semi official papers accusing France of provoking clashes with Berishassens to expand influence. Le Temps calls it unwarrantable interference with France's treaty rights to police the frontier with the Sultan of Morocco.
Archbishop of Tuam denounces cattle driving as immoral and illegal, prompting many in the archdiocese to desist and police withdrawals in most cases. Mr Justice Wright sentences five men from last week’s Galway case to four months in prison. A Dublin jury earlier disagreed on twenty six Galway men for cattle driving despite admissions that they drove all day.
Mr John Stevens of Bulls MIA for Manawate writes Rheumo cured a severe rheumatic attack after two bottles. He declares it the best remedy he has used and recommends a fair trial to quickly cure rheumatism gout sciatica and lumbago. Also notices on bicycle stock and Stock's Realisation Sale footwear at Stock's Burnett Street.
In Auckland Supreme Court Charles Simich seeks dissolution from Clara Simich amid mal misconduct with co respondent James Mack. A decree nisi was granted to be made absolute in three months with costs against the co respondent. In Tekopuru John Wheeler petitions against Maria Wheeler for misconduct with John Mahon. a decree nisi granted to be made absolute in three months with costs against the co-respondent. In Dunedin Divorce Court McCulloch v McCulloch rests on non compliance. decree nisi made absolute in three months. J Kelly v Kelly desertion leads to similar order. both defended.
The report notes Mr Ginnell member for North-West Meath urging cattle driving as a response to Mr Birrell's promise and Parliament urged to prosecute inciters. The Westminster Gazette highlights incitement by MPs including Ginnell and urges government action.
Berlin reports Germany desires to settle Burns, Philp and Co. Sydney matters with equity. British side shows equal goodwill on Boer war claims. London announces Sir Edward Grey weighs arbitration on the subject.
The Labour Party published its programme and plans a vigorous effort at the Hull Conference in January to capture the party's parliamentary machinery in the interests of pronounced Socialism.
December reports from London quote Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, announcing contracts to establish a naval base at Rosyth. The facility will house 112 warships and is expected to be completed within a decade.
A vintage ad touts A PREY Boot Polish as spreading smoothly over boots, delivering even coverage and fast polishing while preserving leather. The copy emphasizes easy application and quick results for footwear care.
The Goolds stand trial for the murder of Madame Levin in Monte Carlo. Goold tells the court he cut the body to hide its ugliness and to make it look uniform, describing the crime with cold indifference. He cites a voyage to Marseilles driven by a taste for bouillabaisse.
Twenty one of about sixty miners trapped by an explosion in a New York mine escaped via an air shaft but died from fumes upon reaching the surface. Authorities fear all workers may have perished in the incident near Penneslyai'a.
An influential group of financiers at the Academy of Political Science meeting in Philadelphia urged creation of a Central Government Bank. The bank would manage government finances and hold exclusive authority to issue bank notes.
Photographer Naylor linked Druce to past portraits taken in 1881 and 186%, noting a false beard. Witnesses placed Druce in Baker Street Bazaar in 1863 and George Philips saw him there between 1865 and 1868 or later. Public knowledge claimed Druce alive after a mock funeral, with Caldwell arguing the brother must live up to his assumed name and tombstone.
Twenty sappers at Vladivostock are sentenced to be shot for the October mutiny, others receive penal servitude. In St Petersburg the Czar annotated the Duma’s address and said he would await productive work.
A man and a woman dressed as a couple sought shelter at a Sosnowiec farm. The farmer was kidnapped and later killed after a physician was fetched to aid the woman. The female robber, disguised as a man, attempted to rob the farmer’s wife and killed the wife’s accomplice as he entered the door.
December reports from Sydney note extreme heat with Bourke reaching 119 degrees. The Newcastle coal dispute tribunal is formed and set to sit Monday. The federal tariff records sharp glassware cuts as the government loses three votes. The Licenses Reduction Board orders 24 hotels closed in the metropolitan area. Wheat yield is pegged at 12 840 000 bushels with about 8 600 000 destined for local use. An inter tribal fight at Leonora leaves one man dead and two injured.
Victoria won by an innings and 165 runs after South Australia folded in the second innings. Mayne 26 Dolling 26 Oil 58 Chamberlain 34 top-scored for SA in a 177 total. Melbourne cricket match reports note the innings victory.
A body in Gisborne is identified as David Y RT Whangata after a man who saw him enter the water on Sunday failed to intervene. A shearer, bert, died by suicide in camp following domestic trouble. Mrs Seymour survived a fall into the Heathcote river near Opa wa bridge after a fit, was hospitalized in shock. In Timaru, Donald McRae of Redcliffs Waitaki died suddenly, likely from heart disease.
The note argues Abbey is worth the money, while suggesting trying the 80 option if not already done. It emphasizes value and recommendation for the care arrangement.
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