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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
2
Advertisement notes high pressure and cheap pipes and fittings on the market may mislead buyers. It promises quality materials and workmanship with over 30 years of experience and urges readers to call 142 for proof of being the cheapest.
Insurance policy note outlines risks undertaken by mortgagees including fire marine and accident coverage with plate glass and sickness combined with accident components.
The page lists dates in December with numeric values and notes on moon phases. It includes figures such as 418 0, 7.87, 4.10, and 64.20 for various days, plus entries like Full Moon and Last Quarter with times. The section ends with a note on perigee and apogee timings and a reference to the phase names.
An obituary notice states five month old Moncrieff Emanuel Kirby, beloved son of Donald Francis and Eileen Agnes Kirby, died December 16 at his parents residence on Wellington Street in Hampstead.
A provocative essay argues that slavery and racial exploitation have lasting costs. It traces American Civil War costs, Roosevelt era civil rights tensions, and calls Australia to resist coloured labour imports to preserve white predominance. It criticizes demagogues and journalists who inflame prejudice and warns of ongoing dangers from alien immigration and colonial exploitation.
The undersigned offers for sale the blacksmiths business carried on by Mr Gena Morrison at Tinwald with freehold of the shop property and house. Includes about 1 acre of land. Mr Morrison is quitting the business due to ill health. The business records show it as substantial and profitable.
For sale a profitable fruit and green grocer business in Timaru with confectionery items. Includes a strong customer connection and is located on the main street.
Canterbury's founding by John Robert Godley in 1860 is recalled with later events including land transfers, ship arrivals, and population growth from 3805 in 1854 to 145,058 by 1900. The piece notes colonial expansion, agriculture, and local educational and civic activities, with brief items on weather, poultry shows, and school journalism.
Heavy passenger traffic caused two northbound expresses to run fifteen minutes late at Ashburton. Sir James Mills, chairman of Union Steam Ship Company, passed through on the second northbound express. Sacred Heart High School held a breaking-up ceremony with a pupils work exhibition praised for chip and relief wood carving and fine needlework showing trained tuition. A feature on motor cycling holidays promotes touring by motorcycle and advertises G H Carson Cycle and Motor Works in Tancred Street with nearly new machines to be sold at reasonable prices.
Thecinematograph show produced by John Fuller and Sons and the Jager Careingeau Company at the Oddfellows Hall features The Kelly Gang tales and police skirmishes to a large crowd. It also showcases scenic and comic films plus The Love of Chrysanthemums as the main attraction.
A quarterly meeting of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge of Odd Fellows in Manchester Unity heard the sick fund report showing six members remaining and one declared off, with £9 3d passed for payment. One candidate was initiated. officers for the next half year were elected and installed by P.G. Bro. James Thompson and P.G. Bro. J. W. Watt.
The Rakaia Oddfellows gathered in Library Hall on Monday December 12 with strong attendance. District Deputy Master Bro R Barter presided as Noble Grand Bro T Shannon was elected to lead, with Bro M Liddy Vic e Grand and Bro H Shaw as secretary and treasurer respectively. Grand Lodge representatives were chosen and one member was noted on the sick fund. Newly elected officers were installed and the District Deputy Grand Master spoke briefly on lodge affairs.
Doust a Sydney player writes privately that delays in settling details between New Zealand and Australia will likely prevent any Australian players from making the trip. Only H. Parker is assured to attend the New Zealand championship meeting.
In Wellington on December 16 the divorce suit Edward Brown versus Eva Brown and John Dundas was adjourned for proof of identity and a decree nisi was granted. A decree nisi with custody of the children was granted in Henry Somes versus Rose Somes and Henry Williams to the respondent.
December 16 reports a failed strike conference triggering long lines for food and beer shortages in Adelaide. About 200 brewery workers idle and 600 building workers idle. over 4,000 more could lose work if materials run out. Police appear powerless as workers seize and release carts while authorities seek order. The Premier claims limited action while employers push for per day pay and hours debates.
London dispatch reports Clyde yards resuming operations in double shifts as of December 16, signaling a return to full production after a pause. The move aims to boost output and meet wartime demand.
Por Press Association Wellington December 15. At the Magistrate's Court James Henry Hope was fined £50 and costs on a charge of sly pro selling.
The King's Proctor blocks a 1909 divorce decree for Mrs Pretty who wed her father’s chauffeur after an assault. Alfred Halfpenny accused of misconduct. she and Halfpenny claim elopement to Capetown. Also reports on Sutton Workhouse food protests, King Edward's Hospital Fund funds, Brazilian mutineers, Ireland's Primate resignation, Switzerland's president, Waratah deck chairs, and miners entombed near Denver.
Melbourne reports the Richmond railway disaster claims total about £120,000 in compensation. Sydney notes a building boom with £6,367,000 spent in the metropolitan area and an anticipated £10,000,000 in new work by end of next year. extra insurance on vessels trading with Australia and New Zealand is under scrutiny. Defendants in Coal Vend prosecutions deny the allegations. Federal referendum proposals attract criticism in the Legislative Council. arsenic discovered in Moodie sisters case. Kellow Motor Company fined £1980 for customs duty evasion.
Sir Edward Clarke in London urges a conference of parties after a balanced election to settle the constitutional question. He says it is intolerable to adjourn the issue election after election and have it decided in passion. the best men from both sides should seek a harmonious solution aligned with the country’s traditions.
December 15 results list Unionist and Liberal candidates with figures for Tavistouk J Somerset and surrounding divisions. Names include Sir E Strachey and Elibank among others with vote tallies and observer notes.
Regular troops were deployed to disarm Bedouins after tensions led to a Bedouin massacre of soldiers. Sixteen guns were captured. looting spared Christians in Kerak. Sixteen Turkish battalions were ordered from Adana to relieve besieged garrisons.
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