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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
2
Mr Morrison relinquishes his substantial profitable business due to ill health. The records show a well established enterprise with strong financial performance.
Have for sale a profitable fruit confectionery and green grocer’s business in Timaru. Located on the main street with a good connection. An excellent opportunity. Further particulars on application.
The HERSHBURTON GUARDIAN will not publish on Monday December 26 for Christmas Day. Publishes on the 27th and again on January 2. Robert B. Bell, Manager.
The piece surveys the 1910 British political shift sparked by the Lloyd George Budget clash with the Lords. It forecasts Liberal majorities in Commons, Home Rule progress for Ireland, Lords reform, and continued anti abuse reform, while cautioning against immediate upheaval. It notes social attitudes to nobility and upcoming elections, with local briefs on public events and legal matters.
Local and general items report Christmas Day closure of the Ashburton Guardian and bank holidays across late December 1910 and early January 1911. Included are arson trial bail for Leo Barker at Masterton, a school swimming class gift to Mrs E Wills, and Napier municipal political notes on George Nelson and J Vigor Brown. Also mentioned are career paths of Petone High School alumni and a Phosphol health claim for mothers.
Walter Jones died in an incident at the Fairfield Freezing Works, the first serious accident since the plant opened. Miss Hayes White, longtime Hampstead teaching staff, will resign to finish training studies as scholars presented them with bound volumes. Trev John Dawson, general secretary of the New Zealand Alliances for the Abolition of the Tide Traffic, spoke in Ashburton to license workers about the Licensing Amendment Act and No-license area provisions, with talks also at Geraldine.
Ashburton magistrate fined Harry Bradshaw and Frederick Mc Sweeney 10s each plus costs for riding bicycles at night without lights and Isaac Thompson and Alexander Spring 10s each for driving at night without lights. In Messia Healing and Co v Rodes and Robertson, judgment was for £154 7s 4d with costs. Emily Legge secured an order to bind Charles Legge to keep the peace for three months with surety of £3.
Ex King Manuel, who studied at Oxford, plans a worldwide tour of Australia, Canada, and the United States to study methods of government, as reported from London. A separate item notes clashes over divorce law in America and espionage trial penalties in Berlin.
A barrel containing the frozen remains of an aged man was found at Montreal station. It was addressed to a college janitor that has been closed for years. The barrel, shipped from an Ontario city, shows no signs of violence and the case remains a mystery.
A Philadelphia factory collapse leaves fifteen policemen and four firemen dead. Many workers remain buried under the fallen wall while ten firefighters are hospitalized in serious condition. The disaster occurred as walls collapsed without warning in the lacing ruins.
Excavations at Pompeii uncover a petrified woman found just outside the city walls. Her hands cradle jewelry including unique earrings and twenty one pearls preserved in perfect condition. Rome notes the discovery was made December 22 with report received December 23.
In Pekin on December 22 the Chinese Assembly presented a memorial to the Throne calling for the severest punishment short of death for opium smoking and rewards for information that leads to arrests.
A large service was held at St Pauls for the policemen killed at Houndsditch. The Duke of Wellington represented the King, with the Lord Mayor and other officials in attendance. Coffins led by a long procession, many Jews in the crowd, traffic halted as eight miles of police and public procession moved to Ilford for interment.
A reward of £500 is offered for the arrest of the Houndsditch murderers. The announcement calls for public assistance to capture those responsible.
December 28 report notes Western Canadian enginemen joining the pending U S railway strike. Postmaster General Lemieux says Arbitration Act may settle the Canadian dispute as American engine drivers refuse concessions amid a deadlock.
The December 23 report from Adelaide states the strike is practically settled and both sides have appointed delegates to a conference. The article notes the date and the placement of talks.
In Newcastle the Colliery Employees' Federation voted for D. Watson with 2525 votes to Peter Bowling's 2298. The result confirms Watson as president despite Bowling’s challenge.
Destructive bush fires at Deniliquin sweeps thirty miles by twelve, destroying many holdings including Nariga Mathoura and Warhreclan stations. Thousands of acres of crops and hundreds of acres of wheat, plus sheep, houses, and fencing, are lost as a wall of fire races through the area aided by gale winds and a hundred firefighters struggle to contain it.
Chief Justice grants decree nisi in the case of Mary Louisa Hartnell versus Walter Charlies Hartnell. Petition sought a divorce on grounds of misconduct.
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