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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
4
Ashburton Lawn Tennis Club defeated Temuka by seven games on a Domain court stretcher match. Postponements occurred as visiting players had to catch a 4 p.m. train. Afternoon tea was provided by Mrs P. H. Cox. detailed singles and doubles results follow with grand totals showing Ashburton leading 114 to 107.
London reports Robert Stevier fined £10 at Bow Street for indecent publications sent by post. Also noted are Cotton-Road within the prison, Balfour on cotton supply diplomacy, and an Empire Press Union Fund poised with £300 after conference expenses. Other items include a poisoning at Friedrichsberg asylum causing deaths and illness, acquittal of Kiel dockyard officials, Canada France treaty ratification, a fatal Chinese dispute in Glen Innes, and Melbourne Naval Loan Bill passage with reduced interest and a sinking fund.
Dr Barnett warns farmers and pastoral workers about rising hydatid disease in humans and stock. He surveys New Zealand and U.S. data, explains tapeworm life cycle, and lists practical controls including dog offal rules, vermifuge programs, water and vegetable handling, and keeping dogs out of living areas.
The plan calls for large placards at railway stations showing the disease and prevention. Newspapers should publish periodic informational articles. Government exhibits at shows would distribute leaflets. Registered dogs receive leaflets. State schools to teach via books or demonstrations.
Mr Pierpont Morgan gains control of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York with ninety four millions sterling in assets. Wall Street predicts a gigantic merger of banking interests as Morgan also adds the Guaranty Trust with twenty millions sterling capital. Analysts estimate his total resources at about three hundred fifty millions sterling.
The official dissolution will take place January 8 with writs issued the same day. Polls in the boroughs begin January 19. At Lord Curgon’s initiative many peers plan to join the election campaign before writs are issued.
Melbourne December 4 The Press Cable Committee reports to Senate that a single news source dominates the Commonwealth and New Zealand. It calls for an All Red route completion, a Commonwealth news agency in London, a subsidised Australian Press Cable Association with fair rates, free newspaper access, and a copyright law for press messages.
An Australian reader testifies to lasting relief from backache headaches and giddiness after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. She credits the product with strong kidneys and improved energy and urges others to obtain the remedy via Tester-McClellan Co. at 76 Pitt Street Sydney.
Mr Lloyd George denounces the House of Lords as mad mullahs and wreckers of popular hopes at the National Liberal Club. He ridicules Curzon Milner Cromer and Rothschild Revels, claiming Liberal formulas must become law in one Parliament. Lord Carrington calls the speech marvellous and far reaching.
A letter to the Times by Mr Alfred Lyttelton cites Lord Crewe the orator claiming peers would be a laughing stock abroad if they reject no money Bill. The statesman supposedly finances Bevates overseas with the very potter he ridicules at home.
The King's Speech prorogues Parliament noting friendly relations with foreign powers and progress on Turkey's constitution. It mentions renewed arbitration pacts with Germany Sweden Norway Switzerland and Portugal and other renewals in progress. It praises the new Council of India and unity of South Africa as strengthening the empire. It cites the Imperial Defence Conference benefits and legislation such as the Irish Land Housing and Town Planning Bills and labour exchanges.
The Marquis of Lansdowne spoke to 8000 at Plymouth praising the House of Lords as defenders of liberty and saying peers should be consulted before major laws. Issues debated included tariff reform versus the extinct Budget and the question of one or two Houses.
Advert shows George Davies offering made to measure suits with a £2 saving per suit. He claims large production and direct-from-manufacturer sourcing cut costs, with a small profit per unit and refunds if wear fails. Address listed at Ashburton Arcade urging early Christmas orders.
London reports that the Tea Buyers Association and major firms will pay duty throughout the interregnum with the understanding that the funds will be returned if the duty is not reimposed or becomes retrospective, signaling coordinated industry action.
In Dunedin on December 4 the Port Chalmers naval unit fired 108 rounds on the second night of training. Using six-pounder quick firing guns they achieved ninety hits at a rate of fifteen rounds per minute, a remarkable gunnery performance.
An English court case revealed a man earning 18s a week maintained a motor car. The implication concerns welfare or lawful limits on asset ownership while income remains minimal.
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