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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
2
A long notices list offers diverse farms and properties in Mood Sheep Fawn Mood Mood, Timaru and Geraldine areas. Acres range from small 40s to over 1800 with dwellings outbuildings and water, including dairy, sheep, and cropping operations near railways and creameries.
OCR sourced snippets show scattered dates, numbers, and names such as December 8 and 4.16. The text references various terms like EeHEMERIS sun Date Rises Sets and names including Raitt and Tad, but lacks coherent context or complete facts.
Victorian wheat trade details show 8500 quarters of December harvest sold at 6d a quarter and 12000 quarters of December January shipment at 32 shillings per quarter in London.
The government party under Premier Seddon achieves a decisive majority with sixteen oppositionists. Several notable opponents lose seats, including Taylor and Duthie, while Ashburton and most electorates back government supporters. The no license movement loses ground though Ashburton remains no license. The cabinet may review licensing laws next session as the government seeks to sustain progressive Liberalism.
A Christchurch school picnic arrives by special train with about 650 aboard. Ashburton County Council discusses funding splits for the Ashburton Traffic Bridge upkeep and hospital costs. Dunedin trader Mr Reynolds talks trade links with England, weighing mutual benefits of a reciprocal tariff arrangement.
Senwin Mer Lambie is named to the Selwyn Licensing Committee. The report mentions river discolorations, a dissolved firm Gates & Gr, reduced stock sales, a public health concern over train lavatories, and a Sumner Borough School excursion with 500 attendees. Hampstead excursion plans and Ashburton Father Christmas promotions are noted, plus a Guardian supplement and various ads.
In Ashburton magistrates court first offender pleaded guilty to drunkenness in Maat Screet and was fined plus 24 hours imprisonment. A case charged youths with damaging electric telegraph insulators of the government, the court ordered chastisement with parents present. Fishing license violation heard against Joseph Stephens with solicitor and society representing. Stephens fined £2. Civil judgments entered for plaintiffs in several cases including New Zealand Farmers Cooperative Association and Sherriman Bros versus Graham Roberts and Eliza Rainey with costs.
An issue of Western Medical Review extols Sanpur and Sons Eycanypa Extract as reliably superior to eucalyptus preparations. It claims mouthwash uses prevent tooth decay and fevers, with steam inhalation for respiratory issues, internal dosing for diarrhea and kidney diseases, and topical applications for wounds and skin ailments. Also touts a whitening fluid for laundry and Norton’s Pro-Chewer Preservative as a good investment.
Telegraph notes Dec 8 results confirm Seddon’s dominance as opponents admit defeat. It compares Seddon’s impact to football annihilation, declaring the New Liberal party crushed and the administration secured.
Massey says the result partly stems from the voucher incident which drew sympathy for Mr Seddon and his party. He compares it to the Bun Tack episode and notes vote splits among candidates hurt the Opposition in Auckland, Taranaki, and several South Island electorates, implying straighter races could have changed outcomes.
Beran reports in the Reichstag that the foreign situation remains imperfectly satisfactory with lingering misunderstandings. Moltke’s quote warns that peacetime clashes may spring from public mood rather than cabinet actions. Von Bulow notes anti German sentiment in England and asserts Germany’s peaceful, defensive Moroccan policy under the Madrid Convention.
In Parliament Mr Deakin moved to amend the Aliens Immigration Restriction Bill to delay new language rules for thirty days and keep current language as default. Mc Cook objected, saying the move abdicates ministerial responsibility and may offend Japan. the amendment passed 33 to 13. A second amendment requires Parliament ratification of any education test exemptions for aliens.
Addressing Wellringon crowds, Mr Seddon voiced calm despite the election drama. He noted the final tally Go vernment 59 to 18 and urged readers to study the Times Board photo and the public duty, claiming humanity's trait to resist injustice shown across New Zealand today.
The Senate confirmed the Eastern Extension cable pact. Mr Playford said ratifying it would suit the company, noting that competition from two years ago proved less serious and the Pacific cable had not been used for business purposes.
Sir J G Ward spoke on the election outcome noting information pointing to probable defeats for some incumbents. The election marked a government victory yet left clear government and opposition divides. Kaipara contest appears uncertain with Shallworthy 2168 Harding 2162 and eight more permits pending scrutiny.
The Timare Herald reports 340,006 electors voted across the colony. Government support totals 205,481 while Opposition has 172,892, yielding a forecasted majority of about 32,500. Complete Felwyx electorate results follow.
Mr Carruthers gives notice that the House should allow electors to express opinion on the capital site issue. The remarks criticize Federal Parliament for its treatment of Canberra selection and call for a simple, effective method to gauge public sentiment.
An examination notes brakes and mechanism were in poor order as the tram car, traveling at fifty miles per hour, skidded on rails after brakes locked. The driver suffered a broken leg and other injuries. The accident involved another electric tram car that broke away and collided with a second vehicle.
Miss Jassie Graham sues Dr Heir for 300 pounds general and 274 pounds special damages over alleged risky treatment. Court heard nurses and doctors defend care and cite thrombosis as causing gangrene. Jury disagreed after four hours and case adjourned to civil sittings.
A young man named Simon Macleod was killed by a fall of earth at Macleod's Terraca Claim in Mikanni yesterday afternoon. Beatrice Mary Portwine, 32, a married woman, was found drowned in the harbour this morning after leaving home last night during her husband's absence.
The report shows mixed figures from various districts with informals at 113 and debates over how to treat informal votes. Several returns suggest continuance or reduction depending on handling rules, with Nelson and Waikouaiti records indicating continuance, while Oehe Bewtown fails to carry reduction.
An advertisement extols Rheumo as a cure for rheumatism noting the condition stems from excess uric acid in blood. It cites a 21 year sufferer Mr B M Rudman and claims quick relief and full cure, with prices and a December discount offered by Petersher Bros Cash Supply Storag.
The Mount Somers Coal Company promotes New Seam coal as economical for households and large steam users. Mellor’s Zealandia Best Store features cheap boots with holiday bargains, plus ham and bacon offers. Also advertised are Rheuma tonic claims, Royal Standard Pills, Rubber Hot Water Bottles, kerosene stoves, lamps, and cleaning fluids from Tony Oar & Co and local chemists.
The Manchester Guardian notes large pastoral sales in Victoria New South Wales and Queensland threaten to cut the supply of high grade wool. The Kaiser thanks Lord Avebury and allies for support of Westminster resolutions. Britain plans a resident administrator for West Borneo and resumes Labuan governance. James Ward jailed nine months in Connaught Assizes for a seditious circular aimed at stopping Irish enlistment. Three thousand Chinese students at Tokio University threaten to return to China over free speech limits and professors resign amid government pressure plus Marshal Oyama’s victorious Tokyo entry.
Two hundred mutineers at Kiev were hemmed in and shot down by Cossack and loyal regiments in a narrow lane between two fires. Washington reports St Petersburg was quiet on Tuesday but people were secretly arming.
Reports describe widespread mutinies and rioting across Harbin and Manchuria with executions in Viadivostock and Kiel by Cossack and garrison units. Discontent spreads to Warsaw and Wilma districts as gunners threaten mutiny and a dictatorship appears unlikely to stabilize the region.
The Daily Telegraph reports a woman from the revolutionary Flying Column killed General Sakharoff, former War Minister, at the Governor of Saratoff’s residence as he suppresses agrarian riots. The group targets abolition of capital punishment while calling for universal suffrage with support from Count Gouckkoff and M Shipoff among Moscow conservatives.
The assassin declares obedience to the Revolutionary Committee and seeks revenge for General Sakharoff. In St Petersberg many officers resign over the Czar's manifesto. Moscow landlords besiege Poseants Bank, offering properties at two thirds value totaling 12 million pounds. Land officers release Peasants' chiefs as prosecutions drop.
The National Convention of the Irish League rejected Mr Healy and Mr O'Brien's scheme to admit reformers of the Lord Dunraven school and vowed not to ally with any English party unless they adopt Mr Redmond's Home Rule definition as the central platform.
Morrow Bassett and Co Christchurch announces the closing of their Ashburton Branch. The New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association will act as agents for McVormick Harvesting Machinery and Bentcin Disc Ploughs in the Ashburton District.
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