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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
6
From Italian Headquarters Mydailius Price reports Austrian divisions arriving from Russian fronts attacked southeast of Sisanios along the Asiaga Plateau. The Italians held two positions though the enemy pressed hard with superior numbers. weather is severe with very cold conditions hindering operations.
An official dispatch notes airmen on the Italian front have conducted active patrol and counter battery operations. They have given a good account of themselves despite severe cold conditions.
Mur Ward Price reports heavy fighting on a new sector of the Asiago Plateau near the Brenta and Piave areas. He notes German and Austrian forces concentrating between the Brenta and Piave as they press to steady the line and widen the advance.
German and Austrian newspapers report the coal shortage growing more dangerous daily as winter worsens.
Fragment from a wartime report noting citizens returning from Germany complain the food is inedible and fit only for pigs. Middle classes nearly starved with rising child and elderly mortality as families endure famine.
London on December 25 hosted hundreds of New Zealanders at the Criterion restaurant for a dinner and entertainment hosted by Sir Thomas Mackenzie, with the New Zealand MLC presiding over the event.
From Petrograd, December 25, Bolshevitch delegates at Brest Litovsk outlined annexation as acquisition against inhabitants will. They argued prolonging the war would victimize the weak, while Germany remained mostly silent. Herr von Ribmann, presiding German foreign minister, announced preparation for a reply.
The report from Apockholm on December 26 notes Germany’s concern over the Bolshevik authority and suggests the regime’s precarious grip may be weakening amid political instability and internal strife.
An old style health ad touts Baxter's Tung Preserver Jurn as protection against summer colds. It urges readers to buy from local shops and take four doses occasionally to guard against illnesses described as stubborn in warm weather. The copy uses dated language and misspellings.
The passage outlines plans to topple current leaders and install a Germanised monarchy or direct control over North Russia including Petrograd. It notes a postwar strategy of economic penetration to enforce authority at a designated location.
An added armistice clause allows Austro German delegations to visit Petrograd to re establish economic and cultural ties. Reports say postal communications between Russia and Germany have been fully restored.
Chinese troops restored order in Harbin Manchuria following disturbances. Bolshevik orders to arrest General Holwat, commander of Russian forces, prompted the intervention and subsequent stabilization of the city.
Trotsky instructs the commander of Russian forces at Harbin to seek withdrawal of foreign troops in a December dispatch from Petrograd.
The Daily Mail reports Petrograd that Finland ignores Bolshevik rule and asks Germany at Brest Litovsk to recognise its independence.
Petrograd correspondent reports that Germany is expected to reply to Russia's peace demands on Tuesday. The British Ambassador counters Trotsky's charges of interference, noting with three republics in Russia the difficulty of avoiding appearances of meddling in international affairs.
Paris reports a Berne conference has approved letting soldiers over 48 who have been prisoners for 18 months return home. Officers in the same category will be interned in Switzerland.
Testimonial from Mrs G C Bradley of Christchurch praising Dean's Backache Kidney Pills after years of backache. Claims five bottles cured her and she remains free of pain eight years later. Notes the pills are sold by chemists at 3s per bottle or six for 30s, via Foster-McClellan Co., Sydney.
A reader reports calves rapidly drinking CUREMILE with no waste due to suspension rather than bottom sediment. The letter from J W Dewis of Bainesse praises the product for clean feeding and good calf response. Canterbury distributors Ford and Mirams along with Davidson and Wauchop Ltd. supply the item in Christchurch.
The article chronicles A. B. Worthington also known as Samuel Oakley Crawford and numerous aliases. Born 1847 in Saugerties New York, he led a global career as lawyer banker religious minister and confidence man. He served prison terms in Albany and Melbourne and faced a false pretences charge in Poughkeepsie before dying in confinement
The notice advises revising diet to curb excess meat consumption causing stomach troubles and constipation. It promotes Chamberlain's Tableta for relief and urges moderation through reason. Also advertises Golden Roulog Soap, Golden Trope Candles, and Nazom inhaler for nasal catarrh relief.
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