Wise address on Church and Its Young People
The Rev John Mackenzie of Christchurch delivered a thoughtful address as president of the Presbyterian Bible Class Union Summer Conference. He praised secular schooling while urging moral leavening by religion and urged the Church to work with youth through sympathy, opportunity, and co operation, to foster spiritual and moral growth.
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John Mackenzie
Christchurch
Presbyterian Bible Class Union
Mackenzie
Mgr Afackenzie
Presbyterian Church of
Acton
Ashburton
CABLE NEWS ROUNDUP FROM ASHBURTON TO INVERCARGILL
Sir Joseph Ward plans to leave Weltiteton tonight for Invercargill passing Ashburton by tomorrow morning's express. Old age pensions delayed to Monday January 3 due to public holiday. Forecasts warn southerly winds and unsettled, cloudy, likely rainy weather with rising rivers and colder temperatures. Blight appears in potato crops. one Elgin farmer has eleven acres with late tubers yet promising. A labour shortage in Ashburton shows twenty one generals and cooks seeking positions. a drunkenness case was discharged. Archdeacon Averill may move to Waiapu in January. River levels rising after Bealey reports. Christmas Day wash near Rangitata yields a 12-foot punt. Waikouaiti weight guessing coincides with 90 lb sheep and 90 competitors. Slaughtermen seek wage increases. government acts on Appointments. Northern Maori party supports agricultural scholarships for Maori boys and extended inspector coverage. Oats and crops affected by NW winds and a Christmas blizzard. Hawke's Bay Charitable Aid Board provides 89 free dinners on Christmas Day. Local ads list car parts and accessories. Weather, river, and agricultural notes fill regional updates.
Harvest Labour Hope Amid New Year Silence
The Guardian notes New Year day no publication and reports Ashburton harvest workers arriving by road and rail with many securing threshing and farming positions. Farmers expect ample labour. a leasehold Radical meeting in Christchurch planned for February to outline land policy ideas. South Canterbury faces a heavy cocksfoot crop with farmers seeking cutting rights on frontages and Waimate Council subdividing roadway rights. Also advertising cycles from R D Johnston in Burnett Street offering Commodore cycles with guaranteed quality and features at £11 to £12.
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Waimate
R. D. Johnston
Burnett Street
Commodore
Frm of Components, Ltd
England
Brooks
Reynolds’ Chain
New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department December figures
Wellington reports postal and telegraph activity for December 17 to 24 with higher stamp sales at £24,821 versus £22,308 last year and mail forwarded and received at 54,289 compared with 52,915. Telegraphs show four day totals with forwards and receipts rising and regional stamp sales and telegrams detailed for Auckland Christchurch Dunedin and Wellington with varying amounts.
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Dedor Uber
Auckland
Christchurch
Dunedin
Fehon
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Ai Land
Chetek Tek
Dune
Dum-dum Ammunition Flows to Persian Gulf Traders
Indian newspapers warn of large quantities of dum-dum ammunition reaching Persian Gulf traders. The danger cited arises from the ammunition not being prohibited in Afghanistan. A bomb exploded at the Umbala Deputy Commissioner’s house, injuring a servant during unwrapping.
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Calcutta
Persian Gulf
Afghanistan
MT Calcutta
Umbala
Congress at Lahore Urges India to Refuse Labor Indenture
In a Lahore rally, Congress leaders urged India to refuse supplying indentured labour, calling for solidarity with workers and a stance against forced immigration. The plea highlighted labor rights and anti-indenture sentiment amid regional political tensions.
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Congress
Lahore
India
German mining concessions in Morocco stir government dispute
Berlin reports widespread indignation as Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg says Mannesmann concessions threaten Algeciras terms and will be referred to arbitration. In October seventeen authorities including Westlake advised the claims fall outside the Morocco mining conference scope. Concessions reportedly cover around a tenth of Morocco.
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Yer Press Association
Berlin
Germany
Bethmann von Hollweg
Mannesmann
Morocco
Algeciras
Recher
Moorocco
Mannesmann Group
Gladstone Centenary Observed by Liberals and Delegations
In London, the League of Young Liberals led by Lord Loreburn welcomed Bulgarian Armenian Montenegrin and Finnish deputations at a luncheon to honor Mr Gladstone. Tributes praised his humanitarian work and friendship to small nations. A Belgrade thoroughfare will bear the name Gladstone.
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League of Young Liberals
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Westminster
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Trelane
New York
Athens
Italy
Roumelia
Servia
Capetown
Waratah search: Victoria agent seeks Crozet voyage
Sir J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, is negotiating a steamer to Crozet Islands to search for the Waratah. The general opinion among experts is that further search is hopeless and if afloat the Waratah would have drifted to Australia by now.
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Per Press Association
London
J. W. Taverner
Victoria
Crozet Islands
Australia
Taft backs Federal Incorporation Act idea in New York
The Tribune reports President Taft may urge a Federal Incorporation Act arguing constitutional equality among states. The piece notes Rockefeller’s related stance and questions about corporations created in one state and their reach beyond borders.
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the Tribune
Taft
Rockefeller
Mercy
Cable News Cambling at Monte Carlo
Creizier a French Canadian won at roulette at Monte Carlo for £23000 sterling. He staked the maximum on the dozens, lost £22400, but recovered all during the day. The bank was replenished six times.
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Paris
Creizier
Monte Carlo
Transvaal Defeats Marylebone by 308 Runs
Per Press Association reports from London on December 31 8 40 a.m. Transvaal defeated the Marylebone team by 308 runs in a prominent cricket match, marking a decisive victory for the South African side in this intercontinental contest.
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Per Press Association
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London
Transvaal
Marylebone
Per Press. Association
Taranaki Beats Manawatu by Nine Wickets in New Plymouth
In New Plymouth on December 30 Taranaki defeated Manawatu by nine wickets. Taranaki posted 167 in their first innings and followed with 87 for one wicket. Manawatu were all out for 124 in their first innings and 78 in total, with Trevene contributing 33.
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Taranaki
Manawatu
Trevene
French Customs Revision Bill Adopted by Chamber
Paris December 30. The French Chamber adopted the Customs Revision Bill by 265 to 42, and the Bill will come into operation on March 8 next. M Dupuy de clared that the Chamber had acted wisely and cautiously.
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Press Association
Paris
M. Dupuy
Visual Instruction sketches to teach Greater Britain's industries
Melbourne December 31 says Mr Fisher, artist for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, arrived to sketch life and manners in the Empire for school children. He will depart for New Zealand in a day or two to aid in forming accurate ideas of Greater Britainamong students.
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Melbourne
Fisher
Colonial Office
Britain
New Zealand
Australian inquest cases lead to manslaughter charge
In Melbourne on December 30 the third Hooper child died from burns after methylated spirits explosion. In Sydney on December 30 a settler named Donaldson was shot by his son. the son was committed for trial for manslaughter.
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Melbourne
Hooper
Burna
Sydney
Donaldson
Australian coal trade trouble judged in Sydney
Judge Heydon fined delegate officials for influencing colleagues against the law. He said their position was honorable only if trusted, but this case shows their misuse to fight the community and cause national calamity. He refused to reduce the fine but granted one month to pay.
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Per Pree Association
Sydney
Heydon
Sydney miners rally for new congress amid secession talks
In Sydney on December 31 1880 miners from the south held meetings led by Mr Bowling and other secession leaders. The Scarborough miners, after an address, expressed confidence in the new congress. The Kaiapoi is held up after discharging timber due to a coal shortage.
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Bowling
Scarborough
Congress
Kaiapoi
Meeting on miners' case appeals for funds in Wellington
At Wellington on December 30 Mr James McWilliams vice-president of the New South Wales Colliery Employees' Federation spoke at a meeting under the Trades and Labour Council. He urged funds to support the miners' struggle. Chairman D McLaren said an appeal would be made nationwide by Mr Manning of the New Zealand Miners' Federation. The Wellington Trades and Labour Council would take independent action as well.
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James McWilliams
New South Wales
Ployees’ Federation
Trades and Labour Council
McWilliams
D. McLaren
Dominion
Manning
New Zealand Miners’ Federation
Wellington Trades and Labour Council
Tragedy in Cosgrove as mother shoots children then herself
Melbourne report describes Lena Clugston, a farm labourer's wife, shooting her four children Maggie seven Violet three Rosie eight Willy two with a pea rifle then wounding herself. Neighbours found the family. the mother, believed demented, left a note to her absent husband and said "They caused" the act.
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Doolie
Lena Clugston
Maggie
Violet
Rosie
Willy
Accidents and Deaths From Christchurh Report
A press text from Christchurc recounts several incidents. James Mawson, shot in the thigh at Irwell while a friend attempted to discharge a rifle. the weapon jammed then fired at close range. Katrine Grant, 45, of Wilson’s Road, died after an operation in a nursing home. inquest by H W Bishs returned a verdict of heart failure. Leslia Stan, a Kaiapoi Cooperative Butchery Co employee, scalded by hot water while carrying beef. right arm burned from shoulder to hand. Mrs Vallance, 72, of Sefton, died suddenly from heart failure. no inquest, coroner notes and certificate forthcoming.
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