Hostel Reopens Under Entirely New Management
A well built hostel with 30 fine bedrooms and sitting rooms reopens under completely new management. Modern conveniences are advertised alongside commercial rooms.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
4
A well built hostel with 30 fine bedrooms and sitting rooms reopens under completely new management. Modern conveniences are advertised alongside commercial rooms.
Memoranda note an auction sale event titled Land and Stock Sale at Methven. Also mentions Clearing Sale at the Pound and Ashbur 01 with limited readable details.
Tonight the town hosts multiple events including His Majesty s Theatre showing eight pictures and Theatre Royal presenting eight pictures. Also on the slate are Bright Hours for Children at Orange Hall and the County Scottish Society annual meeting.
On December 8 at Malvern Maternity Hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs James Lambie of Kyle. The infant adds another member to the family recognized in local notes.
Ashburton Hospital Board discusses residents underusing local hospital care and revenue loss, alongside emphasis on doctors promptly reporting notifiable diseases. Board urges loyalty to local facilities and cites up-to-date staff and facilities. Also notes frog chorus in Ashburton River and other community items.
High pressure water service will be extended to several ratepayers on the Northeast Belt once arrangements are completed.
Wellington reports show strike tensions rising with meals, boats boycotted and fines for brawlers. Robert James Seal pleads guilty to threatening behavior at King’s Wharf and faces bond terms, while Richard Prince, a former Express Company carter, is fined for assault. Maunganui due Wednesday with 410 passengers and 213 tons cargo. heavy rain halts wharf work and postpones coastal sailings.
Seventy five members yesterday and today joined the Watersiders Union to form a new union. Total membership reaches about 2100 with roughly 1000 currently at work while many stayed away due to showery weather.
A Seamen's Union meeting in Dunedin discussed relief pay. A committee was named to handle relief funds and conferred with the Strike Committee and Carters' Union representatives. The outcome of the conference is not known.
In Dunedin on December 8, about six Port Chalmers Fire Brigade members resigned in protest at taking orders from an officer alleged to have worked on the Mokoia during docking. At tonight’s council meeting it was reported eleven of fifteen had resigned. the men will attend fires depending on a settlement of the dispute.
A large Westport gathering of more than 60 chamber members resolved to petition Union Steam Ship Company to send two steamers with merchandise to Westport. Importers would handle cargo while prices and shortages affect business, signaling strained conditions.
Hokitika port remains the sole open West Coast outlet after Greyport closure. Vessels bring full cargoes for Greymouth and Westport, handled quickly at minimal cost, marking a record in efficiency and throughput.
An article notes ample bunker coal supply available for steamers for several months to come, easing fuel concerns and sustaining maritime operations through the near future.
At Nelson the coal wharf saw strikers oppose the Golden Bay Shipping Company crew. A watchful skipper slipped past the pickets at 2 am as police stood watch. The crew loaded 70 tons of coal and prepared to sail when the strikers confronted them, expressing strong indignation.
The Australian incident centers on wharf labor unrest as watersiders resume work after union opposition to conferences wanes. After Prime Minister Hughes visited the wharf, two gangs began discharging the Tofua while the Karitane crew lingered aboard awaiting signals.
A brief note indicates crane employees have accepted a decision or proposal related to their work conditions or contracts. The readable fragment confirms agreement by workers alongside management. Further details are not present in the clipped text.
A terse report notes New Zealand ships at Newcastle accelerating plans to remove a portion of their crew. Details remain sparse as officials confirm ongoing negotiations and security considerations.
A Wellington cablegram reported by the Employers Farmers and Citizens Defence Committee claims Red Feds have killed themselves and calls for a shipload of Arbitration Unionists to Sydney to load New Zealand cargo. The reply asks if New South Wales can guarantee protection for New Zealand workers and ensure shipments alongside New Zealand steamers.
A fragmented note discusses a reply to Mr Foster and a rebuff of his decision. The text mentions arbitration and disputes at New Zealand related throes, with phrases about independence and a 80 cargo ships at wharves. The overall gist reflects a formal disagreement and unresolved stance.
Mr Hughes says the action of wharf labourers and Newcastle workers confirms that strict adherence to the conference union policy would prevent a larger industrial crisis. He voices gratification in Sydney on December 9.
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