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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
2
I announce the disposal of my business to Mr W E C Ingram and thank my customers for past support, asking them to extend the same to my successor W Compton.
The Legislative Council met in Wellington with reports from Defence and Friendly Societies committees, first readings for the West Coast Settlement Reserves and Mining amendments, and notices for a Royal Commission on diseases. Napier Harbour Board loan bill debated, engineers urged caution, mining act amendments debated, and third readings completed. The House adjourned after midnight.
The House discusses moving the Workers' Compensation Act Amendment Bill to a committee stage. Leaders outline aims to clarify the law, extend coverage, and avoid uncertainty, while noting industrial strike damage and calls for broader compensation measures.
In Christchurch a train from Bealey carried 11 59802 of gold in 15 sealed boxes guarded by four revolver-wielding men. The bullion, sent by the Greymouth branch of the National Bank of New Zealand, was bound for Lyttelton and onward to Australia to be minted.
Herbert Babb aged 33 a farm labourer on Mr Kerr's Whitford farm was admitted to Auckland Public Hospital at 5 am with a gunshot wound to the lower jaw. He was found by Mr Kerr at about 4 pm yesterday with severe facial injuries and was in critical condition after an operation.
A body recovered from Auckland harbour is identified as John Markie a carpenter recently employed in Auckland. He had been out of work since the strike and was last seen on Monday.
Frederick Cook, a miner at Hilmtly inside the Iix tended Mine, was filling the stokehold when he fell this morning and sustained severe back injuries. He received prompt treatment.
Wrederick Haynes, 24, shot himself in South Dunedin today after a four month decline in health following a severe influenza. A long affectionate letter to his wife was found. inquest returns verdict of death by own action while of unsound mind.
Mrs John Mackay of Croydon Bush aged 57 died after mistaking aconite for cascava. Inquest heard she had a weak heart and irritant poisoning traces. Jury returned a verdict of accidental poisoning.
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