Property Sale List Covers Town and Agricultural Lands
A dealer offers a large list of town, agricultural and pastoral properties for sale in Ashburton Geraldine Temuka Timaru and Southland districts and can advise on suitable properties for disposal nationwide as a sub agent for Live Stock Insurance Co of NZ.
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Ashburton
Geraldini
Temura
Timaru
Southland
New Zealand
Live Stock Insurance Co., OF
N.Z
Subway over Ashburton railway crossing urged overbridge to be dropped
The Ashburton Borough Council and residents debate the best solution to the station crossing. A subway is favored for the elderly and children, while a bridge faces opposition since it would still pose access problems. A substantial petition seeks ministerial action and a new station site to relieve traffic.
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Ashburton
C. W. Nicoll
D. Gobbe
Gobbe
Cobbe
Ashburton Notices and Local Government Updates
Captain Harry Andrews of Cleveland Ohio will visit Ashburton next week to study petroleum indications for the Ashburton Boring Rights Syndicate. In W. Morean v Milner Buchanan sen the case was dismissed after evidence. bailiff for the owner involved. Ma John Burgess of Mayfield reports two yearling heifers died, likely from licking new paint. Potato blight has appeared in the district with blackened dead stalks and no new tubers forming. Commander W J W Steward RN has retired and will farm in New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand face a teacher shortage due to low pay, contrasted with higher pay for female telephone attendants. a Sydney Telegraph correspondent notes discrepancies in pay among public service roles.
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Harry Andrews
Cleveland
Ohio
United States of America
Ashburton
W. Morean
Milner Buchanan
Ashturton
Purnell
Kennedy
John Burgess
Mayfield
W. J. W. Steward
Navy
Ionic
New Zealand
Australia
Commonwealth
Dominion
Sydney Daily Telegraph
New South Wales
Ashburton news briefs and forthcoming events
Weather warnings report Westerly to strong winds with rain probable. The Fao route is back in service. The Studholline Cup match will be fired at Waken ui heacth next Thursday with Captain H. C. Percy and a full team. Minister Millar travels to Dunedin then Christchurch. Christchurch South candidate Mr J. Thorn confirms election plans. Christmas and New Year public offices close on specified dates. Education Board classes pause December 14. Dunedin buildings under Health Officer orders face action. Soldiers’ Graves Fund and guild funds hold substantial sums. Pendarves school children picnic at Caroline Bay despite northerly winds. ALU ILO6 meets. sick pay approved. church parade postponed. Dublin Exposition yields positive farm interest in Ireland. Canterbury Methodist Synod reports show church growth. Scottish letters describe October rain impact and harvest concerns. Postal Dept to handle cable Prams for Atlantic steamers with wireless transmission. Frank Curtis jeweller promotes Christmas stock.
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Edwin Telegraphs
Dallows
Herne
Fao
Tes
Ashburton Girards
Wakenui Heacth
H. C. Percy
W. Tucker
W. McAllister
Sergis
L. Hill
A. G. Cambridge
E. Stephens
H. P. Clayton
Basler J. Simpson
I, Knox
Millar
Labour
Ashburton
First Express
Dunedin
Christchurch
J. Thorn
Christchurch South
Dominion
Education Board
School of Art
New Zealand Soldiers’ Graves Fund
National Bank of New Zealand
Guild of Loves Women of
South Africa
Pendarves School
Timarus
Caroline Bay
ALU
F. Wat
Tekken
Industries and Commerce Department
Fish Commissioner
Zealand
Dublin Exton
Ashburton County Scottish Society Holds Annual Meeting
The third annual Ashburton County Scottish Society meeting at Oddfellows Hall drew twenty members. C. Reid presided as balance sheets showed a small credit balance and a £360 Pipe Band asset with no liabilities. The society elected officers led by B.P. Stewart as Chief, and noted the Pipe Band’s success at the exhibition contest. A plan to raise funds for a new hall was discussed.
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Ashburton County Scottish Society
Oddfellows’ Hall
C. Reid
Messrs
W. Pearson
Mayfield and Surrounding Districts Report Weather Outlook
A paper representative tours Mayfield and adjacent areas along the Hinds river finds oats crops fair to good in Mayfield and Valetta districts with timely rains needed. Wool prospects are strong, but some Lagmhor areas show seedy cereals due to drying winds. Across Westerfield near Ashburton river conditions are thriving, while rain shortages and dry weather threaten yields further south of the railway line.
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Mayfield
Hinds
John Burgess
Valetta
Westerfeld
Ashburton
Lagmhor
Lagmheor
Tinwald
Rhin
Ashburton Lauded as Holiday Resort and Recreation Hub
The Lyttelton Times highlights Ashburton as a premier holiday destination with the Public Domain a 72 acre recreation reserve hosting bowls tennis cricket croquet and an asphalt cycling track plus swimming baths. It notes trout fishing on the Ashburton River and nearby colonies of fishing huts. The district centers on farming with estates like Longbeach Lagmhor Springfield Windermere Westerfield and Winchmore within easy reach.
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Lyttelton Times
Ashburton
Romain
New Zealand
Longbeach
Lagmhor
Springfield
Windermere
Westerfield
Winchmore
Polish expropriation plan rejected by Diet in Berlin
Diet committee votes 19 to 9 against the government expropriation scheme to buy out landowners of Polish nationality in Prussia. Also reported Havemeyer estate valued at 15 million sterling with charities bequeathed. A tunnel suffocation accident near New York New Jersey line. Mauritania beats Lusitania time record eastward. Professor D S Adams appointed at Ormond College Melbourne. Fauna collections planned by J Horsburgh and associates for Royal Zoological Society. Labour leaders shot in Boston. miners strike in Nevada with troops sent.
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Polise. HS
Berlin
Diet
Prince von Bulow
Poland
New York
Havemeyer
New
London
D. S. Adams
Greenock
Ormond College
Melbourne
J. Horsburgh
New Guinea
Royal Zoological Society
Jue
Seth Smith
Coant
Zoological Society
Australia
Guild of Massachusetts
Boston
Trial of 87 Social Democrats Opens in St Petersburg
In St Petersburgh December 6 the trial of 87 Social Democratic Duma members and 1 soldier and civilian began. Accused refused public hearing and asked to be sent back to prison while counsel withdrew. prosecution proceeded in their absence as sympathy strikes by 100000 workers and students in St Petersburg and Moscow continue.
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ST Petersburg
Social Democratic
Second
Duma
Moscow
Lauriston and Lyndhurst Sports Meeting Handicaps
Handicaps for the Lauriston and Lyndhurst sports meeting dated December 16 set maidEn trot handicap at 2 miles and a 2 mile handicap trot with numerous entries including Imperial Nell Boness Tartation and Bagpipes in both events. Farmers Plate flagships list One mile race with Roscommon First Shot and The Malster among entrants. Lyndhurst Hack Race features Lady Orision Monarch Kryloff Sunburst Wreck and other contenders.
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Lauriston and
Lyndhurst
Clampett Ser
Akola
Moses
Little Minnia
Corwar
Yankee
Ad Ogee
Yankee Juass
Tartation
Boness
Major Mac
Princess Joy
Imperial Nell
Thelma
Sealey
Rothella
Peacock Ser
Harold
Abbey Jail
Marntana
Clampett
Wilderness
Perri
Lady Olga
Dell
Farmers’ Plate
Roscommon
Royal Crown
Tom Tit
Bouncing
Lady
Lady Velma
Comfort
Thyraeus
Blue Boy
Blueheck
Wild Bonnie
Tyrese
Willow
Spendthrift
Friedlandress
Master Lochiel
Tamenta
Pathfinder
Lady Trent
Pederations
Gertie
Nansen
Miss Dorie
Natal mobilisation shrugs as Zulu forces mass near Dinizulu
The Daily Telegraph reports mobilisation in Natal due to Dinuzulu's refusal to aid police hunting rebels. About two thousand armed Zulus are near Dinizulu as Durban records December 6. Colonel McKenzie bars Miss Colenso from visiting Dinizulu and vows an ultimatum once Eshowe and Melmoth are garrisoned. The Premier asks newspapers to withhold troop movements. for now Aululand remains quiet.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Natal
Dinigulu
Dinizulu
Durban
McKenzie
Miss Colenso
Dinizuli
Eshowe
Melmath
Aululand
Elgin Offers Help in Natal Zulu Troubles
Lord Elgin proposes aid to Natal in the Zulu conflict if granted a vote of influence. Natal seeks assistance from the Transvaal and Cape Colony, which express willingness to help.
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London
The
Daily News
Lord Elgin
Natal
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Irish Affairs Jury Deadlocked in Farrell Unlawful Assembly Case
The jury failed to reach a verdict in the Farrell case, where James Patrick Farrell M P and co defendants faced charges of unlawful assembly. Court records show a hung jury after deliberations.
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London
James Patrick Farrell
M.P
Lord Milner Favors Wages Board Plan for Sweating Industry
Lord Milner, speaking at Oxford, urged a state supported Wages Board and a minimal wage for sweating industries to help the weakest, a proposal praised by the Daily News which calls on the Government to act.
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London
Lord Milner
Oxford
Daily News
Englishmen in trouble after Australia 299 in Brisbane
Australia closed their first innings for 299 with Redgrave 68 McAlister 57 and McArtney 42 as England faced 61 for 1 after 1st innings. Youn 34 Humphries 1 Hutchins not out.
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Brisbane
Redgrave
McAlister
McArtney
Pat
Se Youn
Humphries
Ste
Hutchins
Lords Speech Condemns Legacy Chamber As Anachronism
Lord Lansdowne in Sheffield criticizes the House of Lords as an intolerable and pernicious anachronism. He concedes imperfect organization but suggests reform through a more deliberate method of peer selection to aid legislation.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Sheffield
House of Lords
New South Wales and South Australia cricket match report
In Sydney on December 6 the New South Wales and South Australia cricket match saw South Australia bat all day and be all out for 349. Mayne scored 91, C Hil 92, L Hill not out 50, Jennings 56.
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Act
Sydney
New South Wales
South Australia
Mayne
C. Hil
L. Hill
Jennings
River Report From Ashburton County Rivers
Telegraph report at 9 o clock notes Rangitata dirty Ashburton clear Rakaia dirty the river conditions in Ashburton County areas.
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Ashburton County
Rangitata
Ashburton
Rakaia
Prince Von Bulow Tied to Bloc Support in Reichstag
Berlin dispatch notes the Bloc’s pledge of allegiance to Prince Von Bulow amid cheers and derision. The Times’ Berlin correspondent says he hopes to push the Government whip on finance and other issues, while the bloc bears responsibility for the crisis and his position. The Reichstag session features the navy bill and imperial estimates read without discussion. The British Famine relief bill is read in first and second times with broad support.
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London
Bloc
Prince von Bulow
Berlin
The
Times
Fatalities Reported in Dunedin and Nelson Districts
In Dunedin Pelichet Bay storekeeper George Stirling died suddenly, likely from heart disease. In Nelson Helen McTaggart, 68, was found dead by her husband. In Muritai and Murchison area, Acting Chief Surveyor Mr T M Grant, who ruptured his leg in a coach accident, died at Murujah? The body is being brought to Nelson. Mrs Grant leaves a widow and two children.
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Portress Association
Dunedin
George Stirling
Pelichet Bay
Helen McTagrart
Nelson
T. M. Grant
Lands Office
Malakitaki
Murchston
Grant
Currency reform proposal urges elastic money and reserve limits
A snoual report by Mr Cortelyor recommends legislation for a more elastic currency. It proposes dividing the country and keeping larger bank reserves in each region while loosening the retirement limit on circulation to Treasury discretion.
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New York
Cortelyor
Treasury
Bank Failure Rocks National Bank of Commerce
New York December 6 The National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City Missouri has failed with liabilities of 4,800,000 pounds. Government officials hope it can meet obligations. It held 200,000 pounds in clearing house certificates. Deposits dropped from 7.5 million to 1.5 million in a month.
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New York
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Missouri
London court shows coffin case involving Duke of Portland
Henry Marks testified he saw Henry Vasser a carpenter making two coffins in 1864 with four rolls of lead beside them. The coffin was later taken to Baker Street Bazaar. Charles Batt identified a cast produced by J. H. Cruce as one made by the witness's father for the fifth Duke of Portland.
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London
Henry Marks
Henry Vasser
Baker Street
Charles Batt
J. H. Cruce
Duke of Portland
Californian fruit workers call to repeal Chinese Exclusion Act
A Marysville convention of Californian fruit rowers urged Congress to admit a fixed liberal number of Chinese and Japanese under the same conditions as European immigrants. The memorial warned industries face extinction and argued Western states were not harmed by prior Chinese presence. One speaker blamed Southern and South Eastern European immigration as the real threat, with labor agitators mostly aliens.
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New York
Marysville
Congress
Europe
New Naval Basin at Rosyth Planned by the Admiralty
The Admiralty will build a naval basin at Rosyth covering 56 acres with 36 feet depth at all tides. It will have quay space for 22 battleships or 44 banks, two abreast, and the lock will admit the largest warships. A gravity dock is also under construction.
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London
Admiralty
Rosyth
Syrian man jailed for threatening money demand
Moses, a Syrian, was sentenced to three years in prison for demanding money from Mr Samuel Hordern under threat. Judge Docker contemplated leniency if reparations are made and Moses would be released if he returns to Syria. Trade Unionists report end 1806 totals 98 428 members with funds of 82 053 pounds. Two sisters drowned after a Melbourne incident involving Lily Kean and melancholia.
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Sydney
Moses
Samuel Hordern
Docker
Ilys
Syria
Registrar of Trade Unions
Wairuna
Politician Sparks Clash Over Keir Hardie Reception
In Adelaide the Assembly heatedly objects to remarks by a Legislative Councillor about the reception given to Mr Keir Hardie at Parliament House. Members condemn the remarks as insulting and blackguardly insinuations and urge the Premier to act.
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Adelaide
Assembly
Keir Hardie
Parliament House
Shackleton Lecture Aims to Complete Antarctic Magnetic Survey
Lieutenant Shackleton spoke at Town Hall on the Antarctic expedition and national prestige. A six member committee led by Frederick Darley was formed to raise 5000 pounds needed to finish the magnetic survey in Southern Seas.
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Sydney
Liewt
Shackleton
Australia
Lieut
Government terms declined threaten Lithgow ironworks
Received December 7 904 a m Commercial Banking Company informed Mr Sandford the Bank cannot agree to the Governments terms for the proposed advance to the Lithgow ironworks In the Assembly the Premier Mr Wade said he had no official information on the matter and could not say what further steps would be taken but the Government was prepared to make efforts to prevent any dislocation of the industry
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Sydney
Commercial Banking Company
Sandford
Lithgow Ironworks
Wade
Wae Ata
Naval Leave Breakers Charged With Desertion
Two youths William Y Barnes and Edward D Foreman faced court for deserting from H. M. S. Pioneer at Lyttelton on December 2. Barnes claimed they were leave-breakers not deserters and they awaited a Monday desertion, after seven days away. They were remanded to Lyttelton and sent by the mid day express.
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Dunedin
William Y. “Barnes
Edward D. Foreman
H.21.s. Pioneer
Lyttelton
Barnes
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