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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
2
Prominent land agent F Ferriman notes dairying's early impact boosting land values along the Staveley foothills. He advertises two opportunities including a 44 acre freehold parcel with house, orchard, and outbuildings, subdivided paddocks, and water, with easy payment terms.
Property description notes a residence on Peter Street occupied by Mr Stobert Alcorn with gas, hot and cold water services. A capital garden attaches to the dwelling, and includes a stable and hay shed.
Ephemeral column lists lunar phases for December with dates and times. Includes Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter and Apogee details with approximate times and a few stray numerals.
Citizens and church groups across Ashburton Wellington and Camaru protest the Defence Bill provisions allowing camp canteens for intoxicants. They urge abolition to shield youths from temptation and safeguard military efficiency while governments consider reforms.
Dr J B Barnett discusses hydatid disease prevention in plain language urging broad distribution for schools and public places. The issue also notes Wellington hairdressers vote to abolish hairbrush use except for private customers and reports on Three Reliability trials showing petrol cars like the Fat Bot class as superior.
The Musical Blacks troupe led by Miss Nellie Black will perform at Oddfellows Hall Ashburton for two evenings this week. Ay Herbert Carroll and Mr Harry Spencer provide solo and comic acts while European films shown with the act are powered by the company’s own electric plant. Prices 2s and 1s with extra sixpence to book at H A Gates music warehouse.
The Libau Prize Court grants the steamer St. Hilda £26,958 for detention with cargo claims to be settled. A Bleriot monoplane ships to Melbourne. The King Edward Medal scope expands to all industries. The New York switchmen strike collapses. Hofrichter case weakens on circumstantial evidence.
A December gale battered the British coasts. The steamer Thistlemor exploded and foundered with thirty crew aboard. four bodies washed ashore. The Ellanvannin, en route from the Isle of Man to Liverpool, also foundered on the Mersey Bar with twenty one crew and twelve passengers drowned. Nine of Thistlemore’s crew survived.
In Ottawa December 5 Mr Foster in the Canadian House of Commons protested seven U S warships on the Great Lakes claiming violation of the 1817 treaty. He warned Canada faced the force, while Sir Wilfrid Laurier urged restraint though noting anxiety as neighboring states press for military spending.
Berlin reports the Reichstag passed a bill authorising the prolongation of temporary commercial relations with Britain. The notice is dated December 5 with source by Press Association.
In Preston on December 6, Mr Churchill warned the Liberal party would not take on governing duties again unless they received full and effective powers, reflecting tensions in British politics.
Leaders including Archbishop Bourne Lords Cromer Avebury Balfour of Burleigh and Courtneys Lord Hugh Cecil and Dr Clifford issue manifestos urging electors to consider proportional representation and its benefits.
Mir R. R. Cherry thanked Exchange Division constituents in Liverpool and urged Treland to gain full internal control before loyalty to the Empire. The former Attorney-General for Ireland since 1805, Cherry was named to succeed Lord Fitzguthon as Lord Justice of Appeal, Ireland, born March 18, 1819.
The Nation calls on hundreds of thousands of Englishmen to refuse to pay taxes should the government be overthrown at the election, urging nonpayment as a political act in response to upheaval.
A National Democratic League rally in Trafalgar Square drew seven thousand protesters against the Lords and the Budget rejection. Liberal-Labour speakers led the event with banners and an effigy of a peer, shown on a red robed pole labeled The First Born, provoking merriment amid boos.
The Wine and Spirit Association and the Wholesale Tobaccanist Protection Association agreed to pay the duties during the interregnum. The filing notes the cooperation between trade groups on duty payment during the transition period.
London reports Arthur Herderson of the Independent Labour Party denying any Liberal cooperation in elections. He says elections not exposed until 1922 and Labour’s organizational stance limited their fight. some candidates withdrew, while Liberal talks of surrender were not acted upon.
Sir Edward Grey told Leith audiences that Britain faces a great struggle as the Lords obstruct reform. He warned there could be no retreat and urged Liberal resolve to assert Commons rights over finance and government. He rejected Curzon's Lords reform in favor of abolishing hereditary principle and replacing it with popular election.
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