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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 19, 1910
Page
2
The page lists daily figures for December with timestamps and amounts, followed by a moon phase chart. It records full moon, last quarter and perigee/apogee times with approximate hours and minutes for the month.
An Auckland centered analysis notes rising butter and dairy production and the shift from wool and mutton. It cites Mr Wesley Spragg of the New Zealand Dairy Association, who expects butter-fat payouts near £500,000 this season and a jump from 2500 to 4060 tons of butter manufacture.
Mr Geo Morrison offers the freehold of the Tinwald blacksmith shop premises a five room house with scullery and about 18 acres of land. The sale includes the business possessions and associated property.
Local notices report an ordinary weekly stock sale at the Trnmwald yards set for tomorrow. Caterpillars threaten barley at Lakeside with noticeable damage. A trout weighing 18lbs was caught by an angler in the Rakaia on Wednesday, part of a two-rod haul totaling sixteen fish.
The county rivers were in good fishing condition this morning. Reports mention a late southbound train, a large paddock sowing wheat expected to yield over 40 bushels per yard, and weather updates predicting warm, showery periods with streams down. A meteor was seen for ten seconds over the eastern horizon at 9 30 last evening. The Rev I Bellhouse spoke on railway employers not hiring total abstainers and suggested New Zealand government emulate this. Scouts at a camp faced insults and foul language causing police involvement. several ringleaders were named by Constable Mayritt with potential further action.
A special Ashburton Borough Council meeting chaired by Mayor H Davis chose George Guild for the permanent running engineer post on the high pressure water scheme. Guild, with prior work at Chambers and Sons and gas suction plant experience, will earn £200 a year.
Christ Church and Ashburton troops totaling thirty four Scouts wrapped four days of camp along the Ashburton riverbed near the rifle huts. The group paraded at Baring Square Church on Sunday morning where Mr T. M. Priest delivered a sermon urging high Christian ideals and clean conduct. Scoutmaster Foster voiced concern over local youths who harassed the campers, even as visitors attended tea on Sunday and residents offered kindness during the stay.
Weather could not hinder a successful sale of work at the Vicarage Hinds on Friday December 16. Stalls did brisk business and the church is now free of debt. Afternoon Temperance Band music and a sports programme complemented the event, followed by an evening auction of animals and produce conducted by Mr Thomas.
The Mount Somers and Spring Burn Racing Club announce handicaps for Mondays December 26 meeting. Monarch, Gilt Edge, Handyman, Evenwave and others pace Maiden and Flying events with weights from 6st 7lb to 13st. Various runners including Roscommon List, Muscadine, Romany Maid, Gold Coin, Lady Urgent and Reptile feature across Maiden Cup Flying and Staveley events.
An anonymous donor pledged 5000 towards a 1915 Imperial Exhibition guarantee fund, contingent on a further 10000 from others. The general committee includes Sir dr Wes Taverner for Victoria, Sir FT. B. Robinson for Queensland, Dr Meal for Tasmania, Sir A. A. Kirkpatrick for South Australia, and Earl Plysteuth with Sir H. M. Pelsatt as A D C to Far Grey.
Storms cause extensive damage across Britain with bridges and railways demolished. Ilfracombe sustains about £15000 in losses. Newport dam breaks flooding new dock works. Portheane lighthouse destroyed. rail links Cheapstow Port Skewit and Taunton Minehead severed. a new bridge at Dedham near Llangollen is demolished.
A landslip at Aberdare covered the railway and severed the Rhymney Water Company's main which supplied several towns and villages, cutting transport and water service in the area.
London report states Dr. Churchward of Norwood used calcio phosphate of uranium, a new radioactive compound from Portugal and Australia, to cure malignant disease in the neck and a rodent ulcer. Cost described as infinitesimal next to radium bromide. Two cases of cancer are under trial.
Seven thousand workers who struck in sympathy with the Powell-Didfryn men will resume work tomorrow. The Powell-Didfryn group remains obdurate and unresolved in the dispute.
A meeting of West riding textile societies backed higher wages and agreed to form a working compact for wool and general trade. A committee was named to draft the detailed plan.
Engineers on sixty one railways west of Chicago agree to arbitration to settle their dispute.
Fragmentary lines describe PHOSPHOL as a remedy to reduce anxiety and weight concerns while claiming it will restore a constitution. Mentions large battles and chemists selling items, but details are unclear.
In Adelaide on December 18 the strike position remains unchanged. Senator McGregor urged restraint and urged police support to ensure equitable distribution of prosperity. The Premier says food and fuel will be delivered with police protection and perishables stored. The Drivers Union plans a secret ballot on a 62 hour week in Adelaide and 54 hours on the Port Adelaide road at eight shillings daily.
In Dublin Booths and Kerry tally, Conservative gains appear amid a browser of Nationalist and Liberal figures. Notable names include Captain B Cooper and Major Anstruther Gray as counts show shifting support.
Forty two Labour members were elected with eight ILP representatives. By the last House the Labour tally stood at forty indicating a small shift in parliamentary strength and party balance.
A historical table shows party strengths across England Wales Scotland and Ireland with ministers and conservatives listed. The Master of Elibank cites Mgr Asquith announcing the government intends to introduce a bill to abolish plural voting.
Mr Ormsby-Gore Unionist MP for Denbigh protests against Lloyd George's Denbigh address. She said it would be better the army be paralysed than he vote for, reflecting strong political clash surrounding the speech.
The Spectator suggests both parties will be disappointed by the election result but holds an important card for each side. It urges settling the Parliamentary Bill through private talks rather than formal conferences to reach an agreement.
London reports summarize witness testimonies from Bragg Leeds and other seafarers about the Waratah maiden voyage. Observations include alleged instability, the ship listing, and postulated causes with assertions the stability curves were missing. Captains and engineers recount sightings of flashes and bodies later identified as fish.
A bill imposing a ten percent tax on profits from the Cape and Orangia diamond mines was read a second time in the Union Assembly in Capetown. The measure, reported by the Press Association, reflects ongoing fiscal debate over mining profits.
Press Association reports a dredger named Stonewall with fifteen aboard sailed for Hell Fort a fortnight ago. Lifeboat and lumber have been found marked Stonewall, and hope has been abandoned for the missing crew.
Nelson engineer John Lee drowned crossing the Devere river at Collingwood after entering water too high up. Blenheim man Thomas Hoare, seventy, found dead on Springlands farm from heart disease. Timaru seaman Hasler killed when sacks of flour pinned him on the Pukaki. Dunedin youth John Edwin Dick, seventeen, drowned while bathing at Queenstown. air floaters failed.
A Saturday evening fire in Blenheim destroyed a South Street house owned and occupied by Joseph Wooster with no one home. Water shortages prevented saving contents. only the smithings survived, aided by a brig named The insurance on the house furniture and piano is £193.
A historic notice extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a tested cure for colds and a perceived preventive against dangerous diseases. It claims no case of a cold developed into pneumonia when the remedy was used and asserts widespread sale by chemists and storekeepers.
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