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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
4
Christmas cake offered with decorative finish and high quality, promised at competitive price. Large demand noted with many sold last season, urging early orders. Also promoting assorted chocolates in boxes as gift options.
Daily memoranda lists sales for tomorrow including weekly produce and poultry sales at Farmers Co operative Association and Mr Henry Stephenson marts. Co operative Mart at Warmfait, Arcada listings show properties for sale plus Monday stock sale at Tinward Yards and Mayfield clearing sale.
A performance listing notes The Great McEwen at His Majesty's Theatre with an 8 picture program tonight and a 2 3s matinee tomorrow. The programme includes social club events and the Theatre Royal show.
The Ashburton High School board chairman praised the link between mind and body at the break up ceremony. He noted that honors board names included athletes, arguing sport builds character and supports a sound mind through regular exercise.
An Ashburton police sergeant was dispatched yesterday to a county house to thrash an unruly boy who refused to attend school. The incident was reported in local and general notices.
Coroner held an inquest into Elizabeth Parrett who was admitted to hospital suffering from poison. Evidence showed poison taken while she suffered melancholy. Verdict returned death by own action while of unsound mind amid holiday travel and epidemic-time warnings.
Personal notes from Ashburton report passenger movements on express trains and a Melbourne cable detailing the late J C Williamson estate valued at £68668. Resigned teacher Miss A Dixon is honored with poems. magistrate duties call Mr W G Day away. Obituary announces Southland settler William Forrester's death. Jubilee events draw West Coast natives and local clubs bid farewell to HB Steel with a fountain pen gift. Sir Joshua Williams farewelled at Dunedin Court sitting as Otago Bar precedes a Law Society dinner.
The Ashburton Shakespeare Club held a special meeting at the Commercial Hotel to welcome Dr W J Mullin back from an eight month trip to the United Kingdom. Members read A Midsummer Night's Dream for about two hours, then a coffee supper and speeches followed. Dr Mullin spoke of Stratford-on-Avon and Shakespeare country, describing visits to Shakespeare’s birth house and Anne Hathaway’s cottage, before the group sang Auld Lang Syne to close.
The strike settlement is anticipated as leaders continue deliberations with activity reported on the West Coast. Negotiations focus on terms and possible resolution timelines amid ongoing tension.
At Lyttelton busy wharves see specials reduced to 170, held through the strike. Twelve vessels operate today with ample labour. Shaw Savill liner Arawa sailed for Timaru. Laid up ships are being recommissioned, including Karamir to Greymouth and Kaitangata to follow in days.
In Christchurch on December 19 no new strike developments. The Lyttelton area works normally with the city appearing quiet. The strike camp includes about 100 men ready to remain over Christmas unless Wellington sends new orders.
A largely attended Auckland meeting of the Seamen's Union of New Zealand discussed the final conclusions of the shipowners. Resolutions were telegraphed to Wellington and many seamen predict a Dominion settlement will be announced tomorrow.
In Auckland on December 18 the tramwaymen failed to solve a dispute over using union funds to aid wives and children of strikers. A legal opinion found such a donation would be illegal. With only 8 or 9 members present at meetings, fewer than one fifth of the vital membership attended. Further meetings are planned for Tuesday to consider the position.
A deputation urged Minister of Rail to supply hospital coal from railway stocks. W H Herries replied hospital supplies come from St Helens Homes and the general hospital remains a private institution. He advised applying to the Defence Committee while Hospital Board members awaited coal arrangements.
About 800 seamen met today to consider proposals by the seamen's representatives and the Redrawn Federation. They decided to stay on strike until miners re-enter the mines. A further meeting is planned for tomorrow with hope of a satisfactory outcome.
A fragmented OCR note mentions a miner arrested amid a December incident with terms tied to seditious language. The text lists names and vague roles, including Edward Bunter and Wellam Gon, with unclear actions.
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