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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
2
Christmas and New Year holiday schedule for Ashburton Post Office lists early closures and altered hours. Friday mails close 8 p.m. on December 24 and January 1. Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. one carrier delivery begins 7:86 a.m. Local box lobby Sundays with holiday hours. Telegraph Office hours vary by day.
Price cut on washing panama fabrics. usual price 40s, sale price 25s. Blackout sale signs highlight reduced cost on durable Panama cloth items.
A critical voice questions state waste and high costs in New Zealand governance. Citing 1904 Civil Service counts, rising taxation, and department expenses, the piece calls for an independent inquiry and warns both government and opposition alike. It urges citizen scrutiny and a citizen-led verdict on public spending.
Heavy rain boosts crops in upper districts while visitors note promising turnip and rape fields. Banks and the Ashburton Permanent Building Society close on December 25 26 and January 1 2. Ashburton Volunteer Rifles parade led by Captain A J Childs hands out junior lieutenant nominations. Trooper B R F Davis is elected.
The column reports a drunken public place offence in Ashburton with a 10s fine and police-found £6. river conditions and heavy railway passenger traffic. a Christmas benevolence gift to Wanganui Hospital and Kasson’s bequest. a local cordial maker’s pasteurising plant. school attendance awards. Addington market sales. a libel writ against Truth. Brass Band honours for H A Humphreys. and county council bird culling totals and impact.
The Hilties Band known as A Band in Kilts will perform in Ashburton on January 16 1909 after a successful Honolulu engagement en route to Australia. Prince Su Lun invited the Kitties to visit China and Pekin after their 1904 Expo role, and the group plans a tour of Japan China India and Russia before returning to Britain.
Rheumatic sufferers urged to use RHEUMO which claims to target uric acid in the blood. The ad markets it as the safest reliable treatment for Rheumatism Gout and related conditions with prices listed at AQ Chemists and Stores.
A series of brief inquests and deadly accidents are logged from Gisborne to Wellington and Christchurch. Eleven month old Hertha Treavery died suddenly at Methven. Ceci Bentham drowned at Tiniato. three year old William Wilson drowned at Seatoun. Muriel Campbell died of heart failure in Bottle Lake Road. firefighter Humphries injured in Rangiora drill accident. Lewis Rhodes drowned Waitara River. motor car collision near Gorge Road cited weather and visibility as factors.
December 22 New Plymouth reports Dr Goode charged with murdering Mrs Klenner at Waitara. A chin wound from arrest appears to be a bullet injury possibly lodged in the jaw or neck. His condition is grave with riskier surgery due to fever and general complications.
Minister of Labour J A Millar discusses Reefton mine miners’ illness in relation to the Workers’ Compensation Act. He explains coverage starts January 1 for miners contracting the disease, with insurers demanding examinations. Mine owners fear high risk and premiums, seeking possible carveouts for current workers while applying risk to future entrants.
The dispatch lists episcopal appointment in London with Dr Paget named Bishop of Stepney. It notes a Cheltenham philanthropist's funeral bequests of £100 to each of nine deacons who attended, plus financial terms of the will disclosed.
A Blue Book issued presents the notes exchanged on renewing the Franco-British arbitration agreement of 1903 for another five years. The press notes the document as an official record of the renewal terms.
In Teheran nationalist forces unable to secure restoration of the Constitution sought shelter inside the Turkish Legation. The incident occurred on December 22 as the situation in the capital remained unsettled.
In St. Petersburg on December 22, the Duma adopted a law sanctioning individual ownership of peasantry lands, marking a shift in land policy within Russia.
General Gomez has purged all supporters of President Castro from the Caracas cabinet, removing influence from the government. The move signals a reshaping of Venezuela's leadership as authorities enforce loyalty to Gomez.
The ringleader of the foreign legion mutineers declares he acted under formal instructions from the German Government. The report is dated December 22 from Morocco with a December 28 timestamp.
London dispatch reports King Edward expressing greatest satisfaction to Lord Aberdeen upon the Dublin strike's resolution and congratulating the authors of the arrangement, dated December 1922.
Australian market notes dated December 23 report price levels for Wheat Mour Oats Burley Maize Bran Pollard Potatoes Onions Butter Cheese in Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide. Prices vary by product and origin with weekly shifts recorded for flour oats maize bran and pollard in each city.
In the House of Commons on December 22, Mr Buchanan declined to support collecting opinions from retired Bengal Civil Service members and the Maharajahs and Rajas of Bengal on partitioning the Residency.
Calcutta reports two bombs exploded on a train carrying Mr Hume the public prosecutor to Sodepur. no injuries. It marks the seventh bombing on this railway as unrest subsides after reforms.
In a surprising move, Dr W G Grace resigns from the secretaryship of the Gloucestershire Cricket Club, ending a long association with the county. The decision alters the club's leadership as it seeks a replacement.
M. Isvoisky advocates some form of autonomy for Bosnia and Herzegovina to safeguard the interests of all concerned, signaling a possible diplomatic approach to the international crisis.
English insurers agreed to settle claims totaling 800000 pounds linked to the Inter Jamaica earthquake litigation. The accord was reported in London on December 23 at 8 30 a m.
December reports, via Reuters from Constantinople, state Marquis Pallavicini submitted to the Grand Vizier concrete Austrian terms. Austria would accept a 15 percent customs rate and offer four million pounds in compensation for Ottoman debt from Bosnia and Herzegovina. If Turkey resists, Austria foresees counter-claims for expenditures in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Novibazar totaling twenty million crowns.
In Durban on December 22 the enforcement of cattle fever regulations caused some temporary disaffection among a Zulu tribe. A small police force was sent to patrol the southern districts.
In Durban on December 22 Mgombalwana the Zulu under-chief was executed for the murder of Sitsitshila in front of many of the victim’s tribe.
The speech praises loyalty in India amid security measures and calls for expanded participation. It notes Belgium Congo talks, Balkans hopes for a Berlin treaty settlement, Canada Prince of Wales visit, and a cordial reception of the American fleet. It also laments unresolved licensing and education issues.
Mr Lloyd George denounces the House of Lords as partisan and vows Liberal resolve. He pledges firm action on Lansdowne differences and predicts a budget with new taxes but no disruption to productive industries. He attacks tariff reform and cautions against rising protection.
In Washington on December 22 Mr Carnegie testified in favor of abolishing steel duties. He was asked if a Britain Germany and United States rail price cartel set steel rail prices from London. He said he was not in it but thought the idea madly probable.
Australian wire reports Power and a witness in the Duffy murder case have been shot dead. Flo is believed murdered. Melbourne politics note two unopposed elected ministers. Sydney reports a saddler Johnston found dead in the Nam es river with remains and suspected companion. Also a director Theodore Clark killed in a lift accident. Peru racehorse sold for 2000 guineas to India.
Fire in the Ganiapei district near Corowa burned twenty by seven miles and damaged crops. In Albury and Germanton districts, much property and crops were destroyed as rain failed to stop the blaze.
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