30 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
1
The courage to try before you know how, the patience to continue after discovering you do not know, and the persistence to renew the trial as many times as needed form the three conditions for acquiring physical skill, mental power, and moral virtue.
A man is simple when his care is to be what he ought to be, honestly and naturally human. Existence is raw material. life’s worth comes from the flowering of work, not fortune or advantage. True life exists in diverse social conditions and natural gifts, used well.
The excerpt urges making a start in every effort from garden work to saving money and travel. It warns that delaying resolutions delays prosperity and that beginnings create hope and commitment to improvement.
Frank warns against altering true tales to amuse friends. He urges telling events exactly as they occurred and resisting embellishment. As years pass, truth preserves trust and accuracy yields lasting advantages.
Cobden extols labor as the path to competence and wealth while condemning reliance on luck or Inek. The text warns lazy people miss fortune, while steady work, effort, and hope create the outcomes others call luck. Persist and keep at it to deserve success.
A reflective essay notes the harm of excessive talking and urges listeners to balance speaking with listening. It discusses two boastful men at a dinner, one who talks so much no word is heeded, and argues sustained attention and restraint are needed to avoid self-centered chatter.
Captain August Richter of the Kronprinz Wilhelm quits after a July iceberg collision and a claimed divine warning. He had commanded for over 20 years with the North German Lloyd and follows his brother Herman who retired after a similar collision on the Grand Banks.
A thoughtful essay notes forty years of improving labor conditions and earnings while employer profits rise. It argues enlightened employers and public conscience uplift workers, with labor gains accompanying increased profits for owners.
Federal Prime Minister Deakin spoke to Imperial Seodevahians Levane in Melbourne and argued that London meetings show a rudimentary form of federation. He warned the path is education driven and outlined flexible terms for naval and commercial cooperation without final commitments.
Larkin a house and carriage painter suffered a severe neck fracture after a December 1903 fall. A plastic cast covered his neck and body to the waist, later replaced by a steel frame worn constantly. Despite discomfort he continues to work and support his wife and two children.
Two gold prospectors uncover a vast Santa Susanna cave near Los Angeles. They explore passages and halls filled with stalagmites and stalactites, where primitive wall drawings depict deer, bears, and hunters in red pigment.
The text reports Germany plans to move its main naval base from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven to shorten access to the open sea and challenge British naval power. It suggests reduced transit through the Kiel Canal and a faster German fleet deployment, provoking British concern about shifting balance in the North Sea.
A reader from Linwood Christchurch endorses Doan's Ointment for itching skin disease. She claims two years of suffering ended after using the remedy, noting it is safe and effective even after other cures failed. Sold by chemists at 3s per pot or by post from Foster McClellan Co. Sydney.
BBBY Boot Polish spreads over boots easily preserving leather and providing quick shine for daily care.
In an interview in the London Daily Telegraph actress Lillah M'Carthy reflects on her Elizabethan Stage Society work and Shaw's plays. She recalls starting at Cheltenham, pursuing Shakespeare, and the evolving role of actresses as educators beyond mere beauty.
A reader reviews critical judgments from a volume of Letters of Dr John Brown, praising and lampooning Longfellow Dickens Bulwer Lytton and others. The critique calls out pretentiousness in Boswell Wilson and Eliot while disparaging Middlemarch as unhealthy and unsatisfying.
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