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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
4
To morrow notices list a stock sale at Tinweld Yards with meetings and amusements scheduled through the night. The terse item signals a community gathering likely featuring market activity and social events across the evening.
Wellington telegram reports that Biddle, condemned for the Mayfield tragedy, will be respited. Timaru dispatch notes Hermitage Mount Cook addition nearing Christmas occupancy with 50 new bedrooms. good season foreseen. Ashburton land purchase delayed by vendor’s death. arrangements now completed and applications for workmen’s homes continue. Rabbit shooting good in Ashburton riverbed with 28 bagged. dogs needed for gorse cover.
The House hears Mr Bradney defend humane treatment amid calls for segregation of feeble minded persons. The Inspector General notes some inmates require oversight while others pose a danger, urging education and policy changes to improve conditions and reduce numbers in hospitals.
Christchurch dispatch notes a busy waterfront as crews finish work on eighteen ships before the weekend. The Corinthic discharged extensive cargo including wool, butter, cheese, meat, tallow, and cocks foot, and prepares to load for London. Other vessels like Wanaka Sturmiles and Victoria also load and sail for Dunedin Auckland Wellington and Singapore through Monday.
On December 8 at his residence Fairlands Methven John Baker aged 60 passed away. He is survived by relatives and friends. Funeral arrangements will be advised by the family.
Report notes all employers of drivers and carters in Christchurch have sufficient labor and are fully manned. More labor is offering than available work, with some strikers seeking return to old positions but jobs already filled by others.
At Christchurch on December 8 at 3 15 p.m. My Cooper, secretary of the Employers' Association, states that he is still taking names of men ready to work on the wharves at Lyttelton as members of the Arbitration Union but not sending more men to Lyttelton now as space on the house-boat Ta Anua is fully taxed.
Passengers depart Sydney for Dunedin and Lyttelton aboard the Maunganui. Masonic District Grand Lodge officers travel to Timaru for St John’s installation. Mr W G Hillier and Mr H Crommelin noted. Dr Averill bishop-elect of Auckland arrives for a three day stay, consecrates a chapel for Sister Cecile, and ordains seven men to the diaconate.
Rain hampers operations at Wellington wharves with several ships delayed from leaving. Heavy showers affect unloading and docking, extending port timelines and disrupting scheduled movements.
In Auckland on December 8 a morning shift saw foot specials relieved from guarding the wharves as the Harbour Board assumes responsibility. A small number of mounted specials and regular police remain to preserve order. Admission to the wharves is ticketed for those with business, and Harbour Board chairman Gunson thanked Police Superintendent Kiely and the officers for their service with formal presentations.
A telegraph from the Dunedin Press Association reports miner Charles Twining aged 30 was accidentally drowned at Shag Point yesterday when a boat capsized. The body has not been recovered.
The weather today is described as summer-like with a cheering breeze from the east. A light shower fell around 10 o clock, mainly settling dust. The Dominion Meteorologist forecasts variable to strong easterly winds, thick fog, and heavy rain ahead, with an unsteady barometer.
Superintendent Kiely commended the specials for their part in the campaign against lawlessness and disorder. He expressed the opinion that none would be found disloyal should occasion arise for their return to the city. Cheers were given for Kiely and Harbour Board officers.
The Union Company's big collier Waitemata will complete the discharge of her coal cargo this afternoon. Watersiders have unloaded 97450 tons in nine days without overtime. Some seamen left at the start of last week but most firemen from Australia remain aboard. The company expects to fill vacancies and ship for Newcastle soon.
The Maunganui departed Sydney yesterday at 4 30 p m with 300 passengers and 200 tons of cargo.
Warrants issued for the crew of the vessel Tofua under New Zealand articles for failing to give 24 hours notice. The Manuka has come alongside the wharf to land for New Zealand.
Sydney reports wharf labourers continue boycott of Union Company boats except the New Zealand run. Mr Hughes vows to test which is stronger red flaggers or unionism after conference ukase.
The Wharf Labourers' Union president accuses the conference of bluff and denounces threats to suspend members as absurd government-style pressure in a tense dispute.
The Pelawmain Colliery idles due to management's inability to move coal from Newcastle. Other pits suffer to a lesser extent as the strike impacts output and supply.
Strikes and workers focus on the December Christchurch vote with labour voters split. Expectation holds Labour and Reformers advance to a second ballot, though the outcome remains unclear.
Auckland December report states 78 year old Joseph Davis admitted laying two gelignite plugs with fuse and detonators at Green Lane railway station to disrupt the Wellington express. Judge Edwards noted Davis’s aging mind and questionable character but warned the offence threatened public safety.
Ales Devila of Wellington Street East Perth testifies that chronic chest colds left her in despair until she tried Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. After a few bottles she became a new woman and would not be without it, a claim supported by chemists and storekeepers.
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