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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
2
The Hershburton Guardian will not publish on Wednesday January 1 1908 due to New Year’s Day. Robert B Bell serves as Acting Manager and notices readers of the temporary halt.
The Indian National Congress meeting at Surat saw aggressive factional clashes as delegates demanded self government under British protection. Critics warn that violent tactics threaten reform aims while urging constitutional methods and moderation amid opposing views from leaders like Sirendanath Bannerjee and Arabinda Ghose.
The Guardian will not publish on New Year’s Day. Captain Edwin reports gale and rain with a rise after 18 hours. A first offender was fined 10s for drunkenness at the railway station. Mr Hamilton’s Dramatic Company arrives Jan 7 for a Message from Mars in Ashburton. A break in at Mr J A Naylor’s house yielded some items and money. A Farmers’ Union meeting discussed a pest in the Dorie district likely the ladybird, with Miss Ormerod invited to lecture here.
The day’s snippets include 8.8 in shade and 87.2 degrees at Ashburton Domein with a 67 degree low, Maggie Papakura mailing a New Zealand postcard from the West Indies, an Inverness ad noting 4 percent interest on one month plus deposits, and a gas company manager change in Ashburton. Parliamentary building costs in Wellington may reach £200,000 with Buckle Street rail plans adding a quarter of a million.
The Ashburton lawn tennis tournament closed Saturday after a fine final day. Weir and Tennant defeated Cuff and Cui in the Combined Handicap final. Ollivier claimed the Men’s Singles title, with Ollivier and Gossa winning the Doubles. Miss Hislop won the Ladies Singles, and numerous handicaps awarded prizes including brushes, a case of pipes, and silver mounted brushes. The Curator James Young and others were honored for their roles and compliments were paid to the visiting players and club members.
A destructive blaze in Ashburton Saturday night consumed a two storey building on Havelock Street owned by J. Baker and used by Robert Alcorn clothier. Firefighters battled the flames until 2:40 Sunday morning with little chance to save the structure. The incident damaged adjacent properties but the brick building housing Ferriman and Baker mostly withstood the blaze. Insurance covered most losses with Alcorn reporting about £1000 uninsured, and Mrs. Ferriman and Baker’s furnishings also insured.
On Boxing Day a boy named Robert Angus fell from a blue gum tree and broke his arm, taken to Methven for treatment. The Highbank Sunday School held its Dec 24 festival in Pinewood gardens with games tea and a monster Christmas tree giving presents to all children. Rev H Yorke the new vicar spoke and gifts were handed out by Mrs Yorke before an evening of songs and cheers ending at 8 30.
At 9 o clock this morning reporters noted the Rakaig river as dirty while the upper reaches near Ashburton and the Hangitata Ishable region showed murky conditions.
A fire at the Borough Council yards next to the fire station damaged three drays and an old water cart. Sparks from a previous fire in Havelock street are suspected to have ignited straw in the yard, smouldering until the blaze was discovered and quickly fought with no further spread. Foreman Stephens and Assistant Engineer P Leslié witnessed the flames from the house next to the station.
Yesterday several fires were found in Burnett street and nearby areas near Mr A A Pooks offices and a Borough Council yard. Fire starter sparks from Havelock street may have sparked several blazes. over the past six weeks Ashburton averages more than one fire weekly.
A blaze at Mayfield damaged two nearby farms as gorse on T Corbett’s land caught fire and spread after efforts to control it failed. The flames destroyed fences and ryegrass stock on Raresroperty and burned about 30 acres of oats on Mablay’s farm, occurring as residents returned from church with several helping to restrain the blaze.
Promoter Benno Scherck brings Madame Alida Loman to town on his Australasian tour with Eric Anderson, Herbert Bloy, and Benno Scherek. Tickets and preserved-seat plan available at Dyssden in Burnett Street.
Mr BR Johnston opens a larger display of high grade bicycles including Royal Enfield Rudge-Whitworth BSA and New Hudson models. The shop invites customers to inspect the expanded wall of new cycles.
Reported heavy depreciation on the Stock Exchange for 1907 with an average fall. Billiards results show Harverson defeating Weiss at St Vincent. Dreadnought laid down at Portsmouth. Suevia to sail to Liverpool for Australian voyage. Royal Commission to study Scotch miners housing with Dr Haldane chairing. Admiral Poore to sail to Australia January 17. East wind gale and snow in Channel. Orontes notes bad weather. Veltheim moved from France to London in custody.
In Bombay dated December 20 a jubilee of Hudson's Horse at Lahore saw Colonel Cowper lead the march past and salute native retired veterans. Native officers cheered and declared no sympathy with recent wives sine, and rejected sedition-mongers.
Morocco reports General Drude retires from command and General Damate succeeds him.
A Star dispatch reports the court martial near Port Arthur is in session with General Stoessel accused of un warrantable interference with fortress commandant General Smirnov. The proceedings are described as almost gaiva unfavourable to Stoessel. December 30.
South Africa. The Dinizulu enquiry in Durban has adjourned for a week to inspect the Usutu levant. Mr Jellicoe has called for Durban to take Dinizulu. Figin suggested the trial ideas hes postponed to await counsel's arrival.
Gandhi the Indian barrister urged a Rand mass meeting that Lord Elgin's Immigration Act was barbarous and savage though passed by a Christian government. He and eight compatriots were prosecuted for failing to register and released on parole. many Indians have been arrested elsewhere in the Transvaal.
The Times reports that the Imperial government may press Asiatic registration under the Immigration Restriction Act to curb Asian migration. It suggests a mission to study the issue and argues unrestrained Asian immigration could threaten civilizational norms and the Empire’s interests.
London reports describe Mr Statham and Hollamby Druce arguing that vault opening is immaterial to the main suit brought by Drnes against Lord Howard de Walden. They focus on alleged marital validity and age, with questions about a supposed fifth marriage and eccentric behavior.
The federation described a proposal to compel coal masters to collect union funds at the colliery offices. A second resolution voiced disappointment that old-age provision had not been included in the budget.
Readable fragments show a shop offering a wide range of shoes and slippers labeled as luxurious. The text hints gifts and pleasures tied to possession but is fragmented and unclear on specifics.
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