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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Dec 15, 1909

Page

2

Holiday Decor At The Corner Store

The Corner Store announces special displays throughout the season featuring useful articles ideal for Christmas gifts. Highlighted items include latest novel titles and suitable presents for friend to friend giving.

Otago University Council agrees to lecturer candidates amid funding offer

Special meeting with Mr John Studholme discusses appointing a domestic economics lecturer and potential assistant costs. Studholme backs two female candidates, offering £150 plus a four-year £300 donation and assistant passage. Meanwhile Christchurch Presbytery protests canteens in Volunteer camps and backs removing canteen clause from the bill.

Otago University Council John Studholme Coldstream Press Association Studholme University Council Citizens’ Committee

Ashburton Orchestral Society Concert Impresses Large Audience

The Ashburton Orchestral Society held its season finale at Oddfellows Hall. Soloist H Gardner impressed with Handel and Mendelssohn numbers, Vere Buchanan showcased violin skill, Lottie Barker charmed with harp, and Alfred Benz conducted. Curtis urged more honorary members to sustain chamber concerts next year promising better performances.

Ashburton Orchestral Society Oddfellows’ Hall Ashburton la Sonnambula Iossey H. Gardner Gardner Edmund Rickett Vere Buchanan Bohm Buchanan Fanchetti Wilki Oberon Weber R. A. Horne Christchurch Maud Alfred Benz F. Curtis Ricé Bunz Curtis

Xmas Goods Promised at Moderate Prices

The ad notes a wide Xmas range with imported goods and careful selection. It emphasizes simple selection for customers, clear plain pricing, and moderately priced items.

Uncomfortable Seats At Oddfellows Hall Review

Musical writer recalls last night's Oddfellows Hall concert as seating spoiled the experience. He laments medieval stage quirks and crumbling chairs, contrasts Elizabethan decor with modern comfort, and presses for a local benefactor to fund a proper cultural venue.

Oddfellows’ Hall Irving Horne

Ranfurly Hotel Licensee Fined for Liquor Sale

D H Rohnson the Ranfurly Hotel licensee and his wife were each fined £50 in a No license district case. Their niece Blackie received £25. Two other charges were dismissed.

Heetaruna D. H. Rohnson Ranfurly Hotel Blackie

Mayfield Notes Reflect Rain Benefit and Sheep Shearing Pace

A recent rainfall aided turnip crops and gardens after a dry spell. Sheep shearing has advanced, with most larger flocks cut out. Rainfall was measured at 56 points by school Silage. On Sunday evening a memorial service for the late Mrs J Dellow was held at the Methodist Church with hymns and organ accompaniment.

Methodist Church Standage

Display of Fireworks At Ashburton Domain

A large audience is promised for tomorrow evening's Ashburton Domain fireworks display. The program emphasizes inventive mechanical effects over rockets, featuring rapid rainbow wheels and a diamond chro matrope, with several splendid services designed to dazzle spectators.

Ashburton Domain

Suez Canal concessions and London transport reports

London discusses Egyptian nationalist opposition to Suez concession and Khedive assent amid Sudan costs. London General Omnibus Company reports bus profits and horse-vehicle losses, petrol duty rising annual burden. Voluntary liquidation eyed for Law Guarantee Trust and Accident Society after large losses and mortgage guarantees. Berlin reports a new unified projectile. De Forest wireless telephone progress. Lord Fisher to address peers on site tenure. Rome delegates press access at International Institute of Agriculture meeting.

London Scotsman Khedive London Omnibus,company London General Omnibus Company Law Guarantee Trust and Accident Society Harris Seaanany Tome International Institute, “of Agriculture Rome

British politics debate on housing and unemployment policy

Mr John Burns advocates prefacing the Daily Chronicle view that a housing and planning act better combats unemployment in building trades than tariffs on timber and materials. He spoke in Battersea praising government achievements for workers and urged state actions on employment.

John Burs Daily Chronicle Plannin Burné Battersea

Haldane Discusses Home Rule and Suffrage Stance

Mr Haldane spoke on Home Rule and women's suffrage. He cited Dunbar on taxation of necessities and warned that such levies could push toward socialism.

Haldane A ‘Dunbar

Lord Avebury Rejects Alternative Tax Proposals

In a London debate from December 142, Lord Avebury condemns the Biham Post’s proposal as desirable but impracticable. He argues the plan reverts to Peel and Gladstone's system, costly, vexatious, and dilatory, causing delays harming commerce and likely insufficient to fund old age pensions.

London Lord Avebury Dander Biham Post Peel Vane Gladstone

Sinn Fein Press Comment on Asquith Home Rule Policy

The Sinn Fein organ cites a 1894 attempt to win Irish support while restraining Home Rule. It argues that Asquith should place Home Rule in his own programme, noting the need for Irish intelligence to influence his stance.

Sinn. Fein Asquith Ireland

December notices spark naval budget discussion

Fragmentary OCR notes show December timing and a Mr Robert reference about articles attracting attention and hindering naval issues from being swamped by budget and House of Lords debate.

Robert House of Lords

Election Fate Hangs on Trade Policy Clearest Standoff

A fragment notes a German debate on tariff policy pitting liberal free traders against protectionist conservatives ahead of a forthcoming election. The issue centers on whether liberal or conservative forces will control policy.

Supremacy of the Seas Address at Slough

Mr. Alfred Lyttelton warned that Britain's sea dominance could be challenged within a decade. He urged strengthening the nation by supporting younger overseas powers and boosting national resilience.

Slough Britain

Northumberland miners vote split on Protective Policy

From London with results showing 18 974 in favor and 11 697 against the ballot on compelling Messrs Burt and Fenwick to sign. The vote underscores sharp opinion division. Lords Cremer and George Hamilton state Unionist Free Trade Club members should not be instructed how to vote but inform the candidate of their strong opposition to Protection and Home Rule.

London Northumberland Burt Fenwick Dalens Cremer George Hamilton Freetrade Club Nform

Obituary notes on George Salting and figures of the era

Obituary notices report the death of George Salting noted for art patronage and wealth from Australian cigar estate and sheep farms. It mentions Sir Alfred Jones and John Mackrell, with references to colonial loans and other prominent figures in journalism and commerce. The piece glances at rheumatic diseases and remedies, characteristic of the era.

Wellington Post London Hor W. Hall-Jones New Zealand Joseph Ward Public Revenue Westby Percival G. Wray Palliser High Commissioner Mr Palliser George Salting China Piérpont Morgaz Alfred Jones Liverpool Chamber of Commerce John Mackrell New South Wales Julius Vogel

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