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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
2
Llanelly firms connect pipes to the beach to supply 50 000 to 60 000 gallons daily for steam use only. Funeral held for Captain James Wilson RNR commodore of the British India Steam Navigation Company after a career including sinking a German submarine.
A summary of Liberal Party reforms across wages pensions taxes and governance. Notable gains include raised salaries for tabway gnmquoveads and police, pension extensions for widows and children, income tax relief for small incomes, pensions for retirees, better conditions for agricultural workers, and secret ballots in unions. The program also calls for land tax reform and a reformed Legislative Council.
The World feature screens at His Majesty's Theatre last evening with Montagu Love delivering a strong performance in To Him that Hath where he imitates a robber to shield a friend. The love interest wavers until the friend is released and reforming, ending happily. A topical budget and the comedy Hunting the Aigrette complete the programme and will be repeated tonight.
The Lyric Concert Party returns to Ashburton for Friday and Saturday shows at His Majesty's Theatre. The cast features Walter Whyte, Bathie Stuart, and Belle Pollard with a Goldwyn film Shadows starring Geraldine Farrar. Prices range from 9s 7d to 1s 6d with a box plan at Bristol.
A public notice urges calm after last year’s epidemic and advises simple precautions to prevent colds and influenza. It promotes NAZOL as an effective germicide for inhalation or mouth use to stop a cold at the onset, urging readers to obtain a bottle today.
Coughing and throat clearing at lectures and entertainments could be avoided if sufferers remembered that Fluenzol is a soothing healing gargle and pleasant to take. Canteens promote its use as a remedy for minor throat irritations.
Ree turned Soldiers called the Te Koas under Owen Pritchard will perform in a concert at Theatre Royal on Saturday evening. The show features sketches Round the World the Costers Outing and Where did that one go with Owen Pritchard comedy and numbers by Wini Fradich Vic Elliott Les Walton Gray and Charles King. Seats may be booked at the Bristol.
An advisory notes the Spanish influenza has reached America and possibly New Zealand. It recommends Finenzol as a preventive and treatment, urging daily use and monitoring influenza bacilli. The product is priced at 1s 0d and 3s 6d.
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