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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
2
Property details show 1 Acre 29 Perches of good land offered at a low price. The owner has moved to Kaiapoi and seeks a rapid sale with easy terms.
The ephemeris lists moon phases and times with full moon at 16 10 35 p.m and last quarter at 28 10 6 pm. Perigee at 16 30 am and apogee at 28 1 30 p.m.
A dated editorial argues that Ireland should receive legislative and executive self government within the Imperial framework. It cites Finland and historical empires to warn against central control and endorses John Redmonds plan for an Irish Parliament with an Imperial oversight.
Chief Secretary Mr Macdonell urged licensing all soft-drink shops for health reasons, recalling typhoid outbreaks from bad ice-cream. Reports note 44 degree temperature, a new water-tower view, and ongoing slaughter at Pair field Freezing Works as seasons and civic projects continue.
Hinds notes total December rainfall reached 2.93 inches. Grass growth is good and crops look well, with wheat promising a strong harvest. Barley on heavier land declined but may recover with fair weather. Oats are stocked in many cases and turnips look strong. Dairying attracts attention as farmers grow herds.
Rev Piri Munro and Hera Stirling Munro presented a benefit show for their dominion mission at Oddfellows Hall under the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Local musicians supported the program with Maori stage props and a Maori language rendition, drawing a fair public turnout.
Hayward's will show an up to date programme of moving pictures at Oldfellow s Hall tonight including a dramatic film The Phoenix The Pathe Gazette this week will show the British Army autumn manuvres on Salisbury Plain with snapshots of Lord Roberts General French and Mr Winston Churchill The Eucharistic Congress at Montreal will also be depicted.
At the Oddfellows Hall Ashburton tomorrow evening the Tayllor Carrington management with John Poller and Sons present a pictorial dramatization of the Kelly Gang exploits. The show covers the gang up to Ned Kelly’s last stand and capture in his iron chair with Kate Kelly and Nora Creegan featured.
Nathan Hyde, former New York bar member and Wisconsin state commissioner, was found dead in his Chicago home. A crowbar fractured his skull suggesting robbery as motive.
The United States invitation to an Opium Conference has been accepted by all European powers except Austria. The Hague will host the meeting in May next. Austria claims no peculiary interest in the opium traffic.
Mr P G Simmons wins 5000 pounds from the Daily Chronicle after libel claims tied to Benn candidature. The Chronicle alleged Simmons helped cast 3000 workers out of work and voted against children’s interests. Also Lord Knollys’s daughter receives 500 pounds from John Bull over elopement allegations.
A ballot of boilermakers at Newcastle and the Clyde shows near unanimous support for the Edinburgh agreement. Voting began December 1 at 9:25 a.m. in London with the results expected soon.
In Calcutta on December 13 Mussulmans began cow sacrifices prompting police withdrawals and heightened tension. The report notes December 14 as received time.
Reports from Vologda gaol describe political convicts being flogged after voicing complaints about food. Several inmates later died by suicide or self harm, according to dispatches from Petersburg dated December 13.
The Duma rejected urgency on interpellation accusing the Government of brutal revenge meant to disgrace Russia and its people, amid political tension and partisan clash.
Dispatch from St. Petersburg reports allegations that Siberian prisoners planned to poison officials and received money. Communication with the outside world was halted, triggering outbreaks and repressions.
Reports from Sydney and Melbourne reveal a High Court majority ruling that Queen Anne’s statute invalidating gambling notes and mortgages is non existent in New South Wales. Other items note heavy rain in December, parliamentary clashes over the Electoral Bill, ship officers pay adjustments, and a missing coach from Charleville to Augathella.
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