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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
2
The page lists moon phase data for January with dates and times, including last quarter new moon first quarter full moon apogee perigee timings. It also notes a death in Wheststone of John age 73 and a remembrance for Bessie Pilcher who died December 28th 1968 with family messages.
Ashburton Guardian reports on a 14 December article urging the Railway Department to curb impure literature in trains and bookstalls. Premier Sir Joseph Ward replies with cautious approval, suggesting united church and government action to end sale of such material under state authority.
A petition seeks Ashburton County Council approval to complete asphalt paving of the Ashburton traffic bridge. Reports on Mayfield estate purchase for closer settlement are noted, alongside various local items including a spate of counterfeit coins in Christchurch, stage updates on Wellington municipal schemes, and church appointments in ChristChurch.
At 9 this morning Rakau an Raugitata were reported clear. Sam Johnson of Gisborne won the New Zealand Axemen's Cup of £140 with George MedAuley second and T. West third. Ashburton Bowling Club beat Sydenham 63 to 55 for the A pennant. A storm area is approaching from the west with strong westerly winds and rain probable. A dance at the Orange Hall honored visiting players. The Ashburton Orange Lodge held Boxing Day picnics to Wakanui beach amid favorable weather. A Wakanui Methodist Church concert drew a crowded schoolhouse audience. An address on High Aims for the New Year was given by Rev. R. J. Liddell. Mr Frank Curtis advertises New Year presents.
Mr John Small of Wheatstone was found dead in his bed at age 73. A farmer and horse breeder with 500 acres at home and 2500 acres at Carew, he built a noted career in New Zealand and Australia, survived by five children, with an inquest ruled unnecessary after Dr Handcock certified the death.
December reports detail a series of accidents and fatalities. A foreman ganger O’Brien dies on the Rakanoa wharf in Wellington. A man named Fill is found dead beside a road near Gisborne, having presumably been dead for days. A youth, John Edwin Harle, sixteen, drowns at Catlins during a Sunday swim. William Lynch dies after an accidental rabbit shoot at Hyde. James Carr sustains a fractured skull after being kicked by a horse at Springburn. an operation leaves him improving.
In Dunedin on December 28 the Prass Association notes the Mutch Brothers at Cow's Creek Waikaia earned 460 ounces for their work at the shaking claim over the given period.
United Press dispatches report foreign firms investing in England with half a million spent yearly on land and plant. London municipalities plan to strike a thousand milk shops from the register at New Year. Vienna reports a deadly rail collision with six carriages wrecked and many killed or injured. Berlin notes a missing Dresden launchtime balloon. Washington reviews ore control masts amid vibration concerns. Zelaya seeks Europe, amid wealth and political turmoil in Nicaragua.
A severe blizzard sweeps New York with a foot of snow and drifts up to four feet. Railways and telegraph services are paralysed as tens of thousands of suburban residents walk home on Christmas night amid the worst storm in twenty years.
Signor Patania, a Neapolitan, was reported to have left a fortune of £500000 in a safe. When opened the safe held nothing, and his heir contends the money and notes were stolen. He also says Patania's jewels were recently plundered.
London reports ship naming for the year program. Hercules and Colossus will be battleships built under contract. Orizim appears in the 1787 Navy List for Portsmouth, Orion is the Devonport armoured cruiser, and new cruisers will bear names Falemouth, Dartmouth, Weymouth, and Yarmouth. Four Dreadnoughts will include Conqueror, Monarch, Princess Royal and Thunderer.
The Navy League issues a poster urging electors to drop party lines and vote for a supreme Navy, claiming any candidate who refuses the two heels standard is a traitor to the country.
Bush fires rage in Kilmore district drawing burnt-out farmers and families into townships as Melbourne reports on December 28. Fire conditions worsen with residents fleeing to safety amid growing emergency response efforts.
Sydney reports a lull in strike activity during holidays with prominent southern district residents working to unite owners and workers. A ballot on accepting a Wages Card is expected to be taken soon in southern districts.
Three men appeared at Dunedin Police Court after a Christmas Eve brawl. Arthur Franklyn was fined seven pounds and jailed two months for obscene language and resisting police. Albert Goding faced similar charges, fined ten pounds plus damages and jailed two months. William Simpson received mixed penalties totalled to three months, plus fines for assault and resisting police and damage to a constable’s uniform.
A blaze at Goodson Brothers goods shed in Rotorua last night caused injuries to two firemen and a stranger. The lean-to roof collapsed, killing the stranger named Grierson and injuring firemen Chilotn and Leach with internal injuries. A horse burned in the stalls and much stored goods were lost.
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