Fires at Fitzroy Bacon Factory and Alton Street Home
At Fitzroy Bacon Factory in New Plymouth fire at 6 90 morning gutted main building but smoke room and machinery saved. Insurance on building £300 with Commercial Union and £850 Guardian, on machinery £100 with Commercial Union and £150 Guardian. Loss to building likely exceeds insured. Cause unknown. Factory recently taken over by Mr Ingley. In Nielson, at 3 00 morning a seven room house on Alton Street gutted near Central School. Owned by J Bennett, occupied by Arthur Austin Tobacconist. Fire began in back room. cause unexplainable. Only two bicycles, a sewing machine and odds and ends saved. Insurance: £950 house with South British, £16 Norwich Union and £20 Royal on furniture.
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New Plymouth
Fitzroy Bacon
Camercial Union
Cuardian
Commercial Union Office
Ingley
Norwich Union
Royal
Election tensions and reform debates ripple across Britain
General Gable notes from Britain report sharp attacks on Home Rule policy. Balfour challenges Asquith on disclosure of Home Rule plans. Derby, Grey and Smith comment on constitutional reform and the veto effect. Additional items mention a radium gift to cancer research and a flood relief fund vote.
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George Wyndham
Stourbridge
Balfour
Chester
Asquith
Redmond
Derby
Lancaster
Lord Rosebery
Lord Lansdowne
Covent Garden
Moore
Messrs
W. Dennis
Garcia Jacobs and Company
Edward Jacobs Jacobs and Sons
O'Kelly and Company
D. D. Pankhurst
Hobart
Ir Ernest Cassel
Ministry of Worke
Radium Institute For Cancer Research
Financial
Daily News
London
Edward Grey
Louth
Fedmond
Ireland
F. 2. Smith
Walton
Liverpool
Runcorn
QQOYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON WITH CO2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Nicoll Bros advertise royal mail steamers with superior accommodation for all classes calling at Montevideo, Ife, Plymouth, and Rio de Janeiro. Ships now fitted with CO2 patent fire extinguishers and twin screw propulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fjshe New Zealand Shipping Company
Royal Mail
London
Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Clayton
Rio
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Iffe
Nicoll Bros
Robinsons Patent Roats and Barley Noted in Early Remarks
Fragmentary text mentions Robinsons Patent Roats and Robinsons Patent Barley. The speaker notes initial delite but growing dislike, and a movement toward improvement. No clear events or date provided.
Schedule dates listed in late 1910 to early 1911
The entry provides a sequence of calendar dates: Wednesday 21 December 1910, Thursday 26 January 1911, and Monday 20 February 1911. No further context or events are included in the readable text.
Alleged Customs Duty Evasion in Wellington Case
Wellington officials seized paint from a building used by the Wellington Steam Ferry Songaty at Eastbourne. Edward Goodwin Fortescue is charged with knowingly aiding fraud to evade duties and transporting goods liable to duty aboard the steamer Naphune between March 3 and last. A £100 penalty is sought, with Fortescue to appear at the Magistrate's Court on Friday. The Neptune voyage from Port Kembla to Palmouth is cited in connection with the incident.
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Association
Wellington
Songaty
Eastbourne
Nixon
Edward Goodwin Fortescue
Neptune
Port Kembla
Palmouth
Kaiwarawara
Faghind
Vancouver service debate on Canada Australia trade links
Melbourne reports Mr Hughes backs reciprocal trade with Canada amid NZ concerns over unequal terms and Melbourne impact. He outlines costs for an eighteen day service, possible routes via Auckland or Honolulu, and that current subsidy would double with NZ participation.
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Melbbourneii
Mr Hughes
Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver
Melbourne
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Hughes
Fisher
London
Auckland
Brisbane
Sydney
Commonwealth
Doan's Ointment Promotes Skin Relief
An advertisement extols Doan's Ointment as a cure for skin irritation, piles, eczema, hives, and rashes. It claims quick soothing effects and safety, with testimonials from Mrs Good of Ashburton and notes on availability from Foster-McClellag Company and chemists at 3s per pot.
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Mrs Good
Cox Street
Ashburton
Doan
Foster-McClellag Company
Pitt Street
Sydney
Doan’s
Fingerprint Mark Reappears After Skin Grows Back
A Timaru Post report cites a police official describing a crime method where suspects with captured fingerprints rub fingertips on walls to erase prints. The technique fails as the marks reappear with every line remaining visible once the skin regrows.
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Timaru Post
If You Could Live Right All The Time
The passage argues that slight disruptions like exposure diet or water produce imbalance and minor illness. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a quick remedy and notes they are sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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Chamberlain
Arch bishop condemns Salome play amid hanging of suspects
The article notes three black suspects arrested for robbery were seized from sheriff custody in Monroville Alabama and hanged from a tree. Archbishop Missmer denounces Salome as a glorification of divorce and debauchery and urges the faithful to skip attendance.
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Monroville
Alabama
Missmer
Liberals Back Laurier Navy Bill Amid Recruits’ Brisk Interest
The Quebec Liberals promise support to Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Navy Bill as anti navy agitation among French Canadians subsides. Seventy five percent of recruits show tobacco heart and moving picture eye. Recruiting remains brisk.
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Quebec
Wilfrid Laurier
Royal Commission Recommends £5.18 Million Yearly Defence Plan
Reuters Stockholm report says a Royal Commission urges an annual defence expenditure of 5,180,000 pounds for eight years. The plan covers building four battleships four destroyers and coast defence development.
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Reuter
Stockholm
Royal Commission
Port Jackson incident and other world news items
A cadet fell overboard from the Port Jackson off New South Wales and was dragged seven knots before rescue. Adelaide’s mayor chosen for coronation duties with extra £250. Bush Hotel raid by Laverton Blacks. proprietor speared but alive. Beaupaire the swimmer returns via Mooltan. Continent progress noted. Metathologist Dogrut appointed to report on Chaffinch mine. Mines minister says no investigation needed. stock exchanges had requested one. Queensland Assembly Western Railway Bill passes. North Coast Railway Bill second reading.
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Port Jackson
London
New South Wales
Adelaide
Laverton
Bush
Cook's
Mat
Beaupaire
Mooltan
Dogrut
Minister of Mines
Queensland Assembly
North Coast Railway
Governor Attends Feilding Boy Scouts Field Day
The Governor visited Feilding to attend a Boy Scouts field day. He received a welcome from the Mayor and council and praised the movement as a strong imperial idea aiding Empire defence. He urged Scouts toward discipline, chivalry, and character development as part of national moral growth.
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Feilding
Boy Scouts
Feilding Mounted Rifles
Recovery Accelerated by Phorbol in Wasting Diseases
Study notes that recovery from wasting and weakening illnesses improved with the use of phorbol. Phosphol begins with s-.
Capetown Chamber Banquet Hails Fisher and Fowlds
At Capetown's Chamber of Commerce farewell banquet Fisher lauds South Africa's unitary constitution and warns trade deals may hinder closer union. Fowlds hints at a broader Southern Confederation with a single naval plan. The Duke of Connaught sends Christmas wishes by wireless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Chamber of Commerce
Sydney Assembly Debates Christmas Eve Extension Plan
In the Assembly Mreee promised an amendment to the Tearly Closing Bill to allow shops to stay open on Christmas Eve in Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Assembly
New Zealand Police Regulations Ready for Printing
The Minister of Justice Dr Findlay plans to convene senior police inspectors in Wellington to review the recast regulations before final printing. He expects broad usefulness for police administration nationwide and will announce changes after his northern tour lasting about two weeks.
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Wellington
Dr. Findlay
Dominion
New Zealand
Findlay
Methodist Synod Adopts Auckland District Split Plan
The Auckland Methodist District Synod votes to divide the present Auckland district and form a new South Auckland district. In Wanganui, Rev G W J Spence notes growth in worship and local preachers, while the Synod postpones boundary changes and plans a Hawera circuit division with Manaia as the center under a probationer.
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Auckland
Methodist District Synod
New South Auckland
Fpending
Methodist Synod
Wanganui
Feiling
G. W. J. Spence
Palmerston North
Mgori
Hawera
Manaia
Agricultural Show at Stratford Awards Declared
At the Stratford A and P Show on December 7 champions were named for sheep and cattle events. Awards went to Lancaster, Wilkie, Salway, and FF Salway in various ram and ewe classes, with BP and Peterson winning Jersey and Ayrshire cattle champion titles. Weather was poor yet attendance strong and People’s Day looks promising.
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Stratford
Stratford A
Lancaster
W. Wilkie
Salway
Hampshire
Best
Shropshire
Cau Ry
Miner Hangs Thirty Minutes Over Pit In Rhondda
A miner clung to a guide rope for twenty minutes over a deep pit shaft in Rhondda Valley before slipping and falling sixty feet to the bottom. The dramatic rescue and fall are recounted in local reports from the mining frontier.
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Rhondda Valley
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Por Prash
General Gable News
Per Press Association
Britain
France
Lacour
Jules Ferry
Tuileries
Chamber of Deputies
Ruapehu
Paparoa
Rotorua
Turakina
Tantariroth
DER
Neo
Wallington Lyttelton
Shaw, Savill and Albion G Co., Limited
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
Rpne
Fire and Marine
Islington
Turnip
Slington
Colman
Government Insurance Department
J. H. Richardson
Christchurch
Jones and Sons
High Street
Hereford Street
Sydenham
Obristchurch
Keen
J. Balantyne & CO
the Drapers
THE
Globe Delivery Company OF
H. Tate
Aggage & Express
Customs and Shipping
Dundas BT
N.Z
A. Pollock Ashburton
Rom Robinson
Henry Patents
Robinson
Mellor
Baker Bros
Cass Street
Wakanui Road
Cass and
Cameron Streets
Foredlander Bros., Ltd
Tinwald
Timaru
Brown and Son's
Addington
Timaru— Mill and CO
Friedlander Bros.’, Ltd
Invercargill— Ward and CO
Invercargill
Canterbury
Beath
S. Barningham and CO
George Street
Dunedin
Knox Church
Mount Somers
COAL
GEO. Meddins
People’s
Burnett Street
America
Sweden
Napier
Our Lady
H. C. Barrett
East Street
South Africa
Messrs Fisher
and Fowlds
Duke of Connaught
State Politics
Ror
T. H. Andrill & Co
Korldeng Society
Chapman & Davis
Bypnart
Raventer
Carterton Garden
Sete
Australian Mutual Provident Society
James Pipe
A. Flower
Ermanent Building and Investment Society
Albert Roberts
Percy
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