Ashburton Christmas Eve Busy Yet Peaceful
Gh Ashburton celebrations drew large crowds with good business and orderly crowds. Cracker nuisance was noticeable but no major disturbances occurred. Music filled the night as temperance and municipal brass bands clashed playfully, tolling through the town and suburbs. a faithful municipal servant kept watch as joy and good will prevailed.
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Guardians of the Peace
Peace 3
Goodwills
Temperance
Boxing Day Weather Ushers Trotting Meet Crowd
Overcast morning gave way to sunshine by late forenoon as Ashburton hosts the Ashburton Trotting Club summer meeting. Residents travel from north and south to attend while picnickers seek County spots and the Domain shelters several families.
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Ashburton
Thither
Temuka Caledonian Sports
Wakanui
Ashburton Christmas Celebrations With Quiet Festivity
Christmas Day in Ashburton passed uneventfully with greetings in the streets but subdued observance. The Domain saw activity while church services at St Stephen’s and the Church of the Holy Name drew large attendances. Hospital and Ok Bien’s Home inmates received festive meals and gifts, with staff and clergy delivering cheer and a musical program.
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J. R. Burgin
Tsor
City of
David
Miss Morley
Ashburton Hospital
Tuarangi Ok Bien
P. H. Knight
Knight
Ashburton
Bir Burgin
Christmas crowds buoy shopping amid strike shadows
Wellington reports glorious weather brings large crowds to seaside and shops on Christmas Eve despite a recent strike. Sydney notes the city is crowded with money plentiful as Christmas approaches.
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Wellington
Sydney
Weather Fine at Dunedin Races and Regatta
The weather in Dunedin on December 6 is gloriously fine. Holiday attractions include the Wingatui races and the Port Chalmers regatta drawing spectators and participants.
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Dunedin
Wingatui
Port Chatters
Unruly Glasgow Councillors Clash in Heated Meeting
Labour members of Glasgow Council blocked proceedings in a December session. Two suspended councillors refused to leave while a police summons followed. The rest formed a protective circle around colleagues until police removed them.
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London
Glasgow
Labour
Law delays cited as Buckmaster cites aging judges
London December 4. Attorney Stanley Buckmaster testified before the commission on law delays. He said he practiced before a judge ninety years old, with two judges showing mental decay and another so deaf he could not hear.
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London
Stanley Buckmaster
Tlesees
German firms secure $6 million rail contracts in North China
Peering reports German firms have secured a contract for the construction of two important railways in North China worth £6,000,000. The deal signals continued European involvement in regional infrastructure projects amid shifting trade ties.
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Thei
China
Resignation of Galicia Minister Ladislas von Diugosz
Vienna reports the resignation of Ladislas von Diugosz, Galicia minister, after a Reichstag scene where Count Karl Stargich rebuked him for revealing official secrets. The dispute centers on claims that Stapinuski, Polish Nationalist leader, received £4000 from a secret service fund to influence a newspaper before elections.
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Reichsrath
Karl Stargich
Ladislas von Diugosz
Stapinuski
Viceroy Not Welcomed in Calcutta Arrival
Lord Hardinge entered Calcutta privately on December 24. To guard the route five miles were patrolled by military and police. Bengalis avoided the streets, saying they abstained from welcoming him due to fear of the police.
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Delhi
Lord Hardinge
Calcutta
Oil concessions delay tied to Colombian politics
Lord Murray of Eubank told reporters in New Orleans that Colombia’s president’s adversarial majority slowed oilfields concessions. He said U S action would not change the situation and defended no malice toward the United States while noting Pearsons and others have spent much money with most losses. He added American companies are competing for similar concessions.
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New York
Lord Murray
Eubank
New Orleans
Colombia
United States
Staabline
Rel Murray
Pearsons
Sugar Trust case to be heard in May in Supreme Court
In Wellington a writ seeks damages from Levin and Co Ltd to Fairbairn Wright and Co Ltd Christchurch. The claim totals 8527 pounds for lost sugar sales profits between October 1911 and March 1913 plus 2926 pounds for expected profits and 2000 pounds general damages. Solicitors Findlay and Dalied act for plaintiffs. Young and Tripe accept service for defendants.
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Wellington
Sugar Trust
Supreme Court
Fairbairn, Wright and Co., Ltd
Messrs Findlay
Dalaied
Young
Tripe
Census Shows Borough Population Shifts 1911 to 1918 Estimates
A tabulated census update compares April 1911 counts with January 1918 estimates for New Zealand boroughs. Figures cover Ashburton Thames New Plymouth Napier Gisborne Wanganui Palmerston North Masterton Petone Blenheim Nelson Greymouth Hokitika Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Invercargill and others, showing growth or decline trends.
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Ashburton
Thames Oo
New
Plymouth
Napier
Gisborne Oo
Wanganui
Palmerston N
Masterton
Petoneeee O
Blenheim
Nelson Wroe
Greymouth
Hokitika
Lyttelton
Timaru
Oathart
Invercargill
Chamberlain's Tablets End Constipation Sufferer Relief
A North Dunedin man explains long headaches and bowel irregularity from sedentary life. After one box of Chamberlains Tablets he felt great improvement and cure. He now takes two or three tablets at first symptoms to restore regularity. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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Tam ‘d_ bootmaker
Frederick ‘Miller
Great King Street
North
Dunedin
N.Z
Hats and Summer Suitings Highlight At Luton Shop
Expert service with over a quarter century of experience, summer suitings offered in new shades and smart patterns in various weights. Luton advertises ready assistance for orders.
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Luton
Bishop Long of Bathurst Defends Not Being a Wowser
In a School of Arts speech Dr Long Bishop Bathurst rejects the Gover nor-Generals claim of not being a wowser. He argues the wowser is a self respecting sober man while the anti wowser is a drunkard who uses disgraceful methods toward the former, preferring the wowser side.
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School of Arts
Long
Bathurst
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Mazarine Blue Band
Manchester Bros
the Reliable Stores
Saunders’ Buildings
Bonnington’s
East Street
Ashburtom
New Zealand
Bell Bros
Burnett Street
le. WM
Osman
W. J. Sparrow
Het
Frank Curtis
F.P.D.C
Opt. A
N.Z. Optical Association
East Stree
Coleman and Co
John Orr and Co
T. H. Andrill
North British Rubber Co
John Orrand Co
A. Happy
Hefford and Cos
Draper
R. D. Johnston
Burnett- “Street
Mitchell and Turner's
Bo Ene
Baney
Mitchell,and Turner
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Tancred Street
Ashevarton
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