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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
1
Sydney reports dry weather harming country towns and a water famine in Nowra. Melbourne cites Victoria oat crop at about 10,444,000 bushels, down 681,000 from prior estimates. Federal elections will be held a fortnight after Easter, per Mr Deakin.
The Duma in secret session voted one million pounds sterling to enable the transfer of the Russian army at the western frontier to new positions amid tensions over Austria's annexation of Bosnia.
The Persian Parliament approved borrowing half a million sterling and the employment of Europeans to organise finance. Russia and Britain proposed French involvement, but Persians prefer a native or subject of a smaller European power. Russia insists Russian officers organise the new gendarmerie.
Divers report the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company steamer Elan Vannin split in two amidships with a 15 foot hole, raising the likelihood of a collision. The 380 ton twin screw vessel, built 49 years earlier, sank on the Mersey bar while en route from the Isle of Man to Liverpool, with 21 crew and 192 passengers drowned.
Alexander Wentworth MacDonald Bosville seeks a ruling on his grandfather born September 12 1800 being legitimate after a disputed marriage. The case centers on a prior elopement with the Duke of Gloucester’s illegitimate daughter, a Paris marriage, and a later England ceremony. Bosville waives claims to estates or peerage, pursuing only legitimacy.
The World’s Airways from Paris reports that dirigibles are untrustworthy in combat as they ascend beyond projectiles’ range making identification of friend or foe difficult. It states aeroplanes maneuver better and can carry Maxims to destroy dirigibles, while Nice aviation is developing aircraft and projectiles against airships.
President Taft's forty page message to Congress discusses the Monroe Doctrine limits in Latin America, the Zelaya regime in Nicaragua and alleged brutality, American casualties, Chinese railway loans, tariff disputes, customs frauds, boundary fisheries, Canada negotiations, Japan relations, and optimistic fiscal expansion prospects. Conservative and radical views frame the reception.
Sydney reports outline government mediation plans as miners and owners face industrial dispute. Elections court cases proceed in Newcastle as three hundred Victoria miners threaten action. Hughes notes mines to close over low coal prices. railways may import English coal if Newcastle strike endures.
A well equipped flaxmill owned by Mr Charles Leech of Rangiora was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. The blaze gutted the stripping and scotching sheds and a portable steam engine was lost. About half a ton of prepared fibre and ten tons of flax were consumed, with total damage around £1000 and no insurance.
A press association report from Invercargill dated December 8 notes a poll on forming a Greater Invercargill. The central borough and five of six suburbs approved the plan while South Invercargill rejected it. The result favors a compact workable area excluding South Invercargill.
The Canterbury Society of Arts in Christchurch announces its annual exhibition will be held in March and April next year with the closing day fixed for March ?
Dr Foote a New Zealander aboard the Nairnshire performed a difficult appendectomy at sea. The patient Que of the stokery was critically ill and the operation saved his life. The procedure occurred during a heavy gale and with no expert assistance available. The patient is progressing satisfactorily.
Germany's 1908 trade stats show Britain losing the lead as supplier. The United States now ranks first as Germany's purveyor, reflecting a marked shift in buying power. The report notes Britain’s diminished share in German imports and signals broader changes in European trade relations.
The article argues many long standing constipation cases arise from improper treatment. It claims Chamberlains Tablets cure constipation permanently by stimulating the bowels to act naturally rather than doing the work for them.
Mrs C A Madden of Hillalong New South Wales reports a six month battle with stomach worms in her one year ten month old son. After trying various treatments a doctor confirmed the worm infestation and a worm was passed. Following a dose of Comstock’s Dead Shot Worm Pellets, five worms were expelled the same evening, the longest 16 inches. The firm offers the pellets at 1s 1d per box, six boxes 8s 6d, via stores or post.
Reports from Gisborne note maize crops suffer from slugs and mice while pheasants invade gardens. A Waerenga-n-hika settler told the Times reporter he lost four long rows of peas in two mornings to the birds.
In stock items listed include bresh pork, Oxford sausage, Frankfurt sausage, German sausage, ox tongue, ham and chicken sausage, Glasgow sausage, boiled ham, silk press beet, Oye pork pies, dripping, white and black puddings, tripe and bacon. All small goods prepared by A. Wilkie with competitive prices at J. and A. Thomas Cash Butcher Wille Street.
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