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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
2
Property listing describes 440 acres including sections and streets Belt and Kermode with a modern dwelling built two years ago. Owner seeks rapid sale and invites inspections for a comfortable up-to-date home with terms arrangeable.
At the Methven stock sale yesterday there was a small turnout and a lifeless market. The sale lists include store sheep with woolly ewes and lambs, shorn ewes and lambs, two tooth wethers, fat lambs, acrossbred ewes, marine weathers, and cattle with cows in profit totaling £258 to date. Pigs included ten weaners at 12s 6d a place.
A critique of how Representation Acts seek equal elector counts after each census. The piece notes the tension between equal population and preserving community of interest, citing Ashburton Geraldine boundaries and urging public objections by next month’s deadline to improve the law’s logic and practicality.
Reports describe variable conditions at sea with the Rakaia muddy and Rangitate discoloured while Meraven records an elderly man Robert Deaton injured at the railway station after unloading wool from a dray his horses bolted and caused a ankle dislocation and fracture. The 1909 agricultural gains show increases in acres planted for turnips and grains with a rise in potato area and a fire damaging Mr Gimson’s paddocks near Geraldine.
Town scenes show children guiding crowds to Strance’s Toyland display and local agencies promoting Christmas and New Year gift goods. Mayor and Minister discuss land reserve protection while Exhibition courts draw mixed opinions.
Advertisements and notices urge inspection of Mesersn drill and Co fancy goods for Christmas gifts. Meetings of the US O Druids listed. Christie horse sale and farm listings noted. Local crime and legal news include a liquor license case and a Maori chief’s death. Also reduced inland peat parcel rates and other commercial notices.
Nicholas Welsh plead not guilty to crossing a railway line as a train approached. The magistrate labeled the incident an accident with no intent to obstruct, and the case was dismissed. Also, Adroge Fox faced arrears on a maintenance order. the court ordered payment with imprisonment if unpaid, and two civil judgments were recorded for default.
A string of late December accident reports recount deaths and injuries. Prisoner James McDhone, 36, found dead in Mount Eden cell. William Thompson died after a railway crossing crash near Normanby. Henry Cooper, 46, billiard marker, found in harbour. Reginald Hamlin’s eight year old son George drowns in river. Dr James Martin fatally injured in Middlemarch trap incident. A. B. McDonald, an alleged new arrival, shot himself in Bathgate’s Buck Mornington with a note to police. Inquest into Rainham quarry victim returns verdict of accidental death with no blame.
The Ashburton Borough School held its annual prize distribution in St Stephen’s schoolroom with many children and parents present. The event featured remarks from the chairman McW I lsack the Mayor H Davis and others, and prize lists honored dux Jessie McGregor and Lionel Austin among many Standard I to VI recipients.
Dr Zirm of Vienna removed a damaged eye and transplanted the cornea to a blind man who can now read and work. Also noted: entombed miner Hicks survived eleven days in Bakersfield aided by a tube. a fatal steamer boiler explosion at Vicksburg killed fifteen, injuring twelve.
John Orr and Co advertise high quality fishing lines and tackle for anglers. The item list emphasizes reliable lines, durable hooks, and trusted gear for sport and commercial fishing.
The House of Lords, 182 to 62, protest the Commons rejection of Lords amendments to the Education Bill en bloc. Marquis of Ripon says Commons act constitutional. Lansdowne moves to insist on amendments despite Crewe concessions. Government policy sparks widespread objections to teacher freedom measures.
Earl Crane defended teacher concessions as substantial while the Opposition pressed for denominational schools on the third clause. He warned Liberals against voting for such object and cautioned that large concessions would not be offered again. The Government refused total responsibility for the bill’s rejection. Noble Lords and prelates must bear responsibility amid likely harsh words and actions in coming months.
During the December session debate Lord Lansdowne speaks as the Archbishop of Canterbury argues the government should risk losing the Bill to achieve equal opportunities for teachers. The Duke of Devonshire and Bishop of Hereford join the minority, while eight bishops support the majority. The Times urges government round-table talks in recess for a lasting solution. Radical papers foresee a stricter bill and push for Lords coercion of voluntary schools and closing inefficient ones.
A parliamentary piper outlines the Lords official reasons for amendments in the Education Bill. They say the changes do not alter the bill’s principles, but protect parental rights, teacher freedom, and fair treatment in denominational schools.
Day 21 at 8.5 a.m. the Honse of Lords passed the Land Tenure Bill along with the Workmen's Compensation and Trades Disputes Bills, marking a significant step in labor and land law reform.
Lord Carrington announced that the government would appoint a computer to acquire information about a system of agricultural education. The statement signals the move toward modernizing agricultural training through data collection and analysis.
A strong anti Japanese sentiment erupts in San Francisco over Mr Metcalf's report. Authorities fear no action by President Roosevelt or the Federal Government will ease tensions. The uproar reflects race tension spreading across the Pacific coast.
Lorpon Deo and Professor Koch aided by two English doctors report curing thousands in Victoria Nyanza districts using a method called atoxy that ex terminates the germ of the disease in blood in six hours. A first‑plane English bicycle is offered at a reduced price at R. D. Johnston's cycle depot in Ashburton.
United Press report from St Petersland details an attack on a train at Slonim in Grodno province. Four guards were killed and seven wounded as a band freed twenty five political prisoners.
Police found quarters of the militant Social Democratic Leagues section and arrested more than one hundred members. The operation targeted the organized group and marked a major crackdown in the area.
The Czar decorated M. Stolypin for exemplary zeal and sacrifice in public service. The award marks Stolypin as a principal figure in Liberal policy within the Cabinet.
Two bombs were thrown at Colonel Chaz anowski, chief of Folica at Lodz, wrecking his carriage and mortally wounding the driver. A policeman and two dragoons were wounded as the perpetrator fled. the attack targeted the official with perpetrators escaping.
A London telegram dated December 19 reports the steamer Hethpool, sailing from Hull to Buenos Aires with coal, foundered in a Humber storm. All 24 aboard are believed drowned.
The English Rugby Football Union invited New South Wales to send a four team contingent to England in 1908. A possible English team may visit New Zealand next season as per reports dated December 20.
The Labour Council adopts a resolution denouncing unequal treatment of school teachers with about 200 in the state earning less than 210 per year. A conference on the building strike is planned as Labour members in the Assembly seek a quick settlement. The government backs using prison labour for road construction and trade projections show exports around 269 million and imports 446 million. A political rumour hints at a possible March general election and a gunpowder train fire incident at Latrobe is noted.
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