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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
6
Advert says a two shilling bottle of Stevens Health Salt will tone up the system and cleanse the stomach making you fit as a fiddle. It recommends a North British Garden Hose quality item for longer service and warns against imitations with traders selling the product.
Prominent New Zealanders are providing financial support to improve Dominion news dissemination to troops stationed in Eastern Europe. The initiative aims to strengthen morale and awareness among allied forces through targeted reporting and broadcasts.
December 18 report from Re organisation Paus announces General Nivelle as Commander in Chief of northern and northeastern armies. A 10 member War Committee includes Briand Ribot Lyautey Lacazo and Thoms. Joffre to advise. technical directors for mines and shipping named. Nivelle hailed for Verdun and Aisne actions with noted cannon captures and a brutal breakthrough against German forces.
The government allows press attacks on Venizelist supporters while imprisoning leaders. Venizelist newspapers have ceased since December 1 as property of detainees is destroyed. Government outlets claim Greece has no wish to fight the Allies while Allied reprisals are absent.
German communique reports capture of Mezila between Ploesci and Buzeu. Ten thousand prisoners were taken in three days thirty miles southeast of Ploesci along with several guns and substantial war material.
London December 12 The Daily Telegraph says Germany from an unimpeachable source offered Belgium peace and warned that if not accepted she would destroy monuments buildings and even towns.
A Berne sourced wireless says the Greek Army Corps commander, nominally interned at Goerlitz, has orders from King Constantine to assist Germany and Bulgaria against General Sarrail. Preparations to move toward Macedonia have been ongoing, and the corps may already be en route. The troops were trained by German instructors and were never truly interned.
In a Queen's Hall meeting the speaker, Mr Massey, laments no Dominion voice in Imperial affairs since the war began. He urges less politics and more patriotism, says Parliament is overburdened and local affairs should move to provincial legislatures. He notes Von Bethmann-Hollweg's peace statement but says timing of any peace talks is for Britain to decide.
The Greck community in Sydney cables to M Venizelos expressing full agreement with his policy and opposing Royalist stance. The protest warns the Royalist attitude risks driving the entire nation into ruin and destruction.
The Times reports anarchy in Greece with daily house to house searches by Journais and judicial officials. Venizelist detainees rise, with alleged executions in prisons at night. A terror reign surpassing past despots and Germanophile press manipulation are noted as Royalists gain no protection.
The Daily Telegraph reports that with peace agitation rising in parts of the country the Government will not seek to abolish ministerial re elections but will use by elections in industrial centres as a measure of public sentiment on the peace question. The Liberal Whip pledges full support from Liberal organisations at the re elections.
Fact piles upon fact praise from Kaufmann and grateful readers across the Dominion for Daxter's Lung Preserver. The old remedy is described as the most effective cough and cold treatment and lung strengthener. At over 50 years, it remains a trusted tonic for young and old with a 10d big bottle at stores and pharmacies.
Public protests lead the War Office to abandon railway restrictions before year end. The same proportion of troops will be kept at home in Britain for Christmas as in 1915, reflecting adjusted wartime policy.
Public notice extols Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea Remedy as the most successful treatment for bowel complaints. It claims quick relief for stomach pains, colic, and diarrhea and notes it is widely used and sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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