Knight of the Garter Quarantined at Lyttelton After Illness
The steamer Knight of the Garter from Shanghai to Otago Heads was quarantined at Camp Bay Lyttelton after the chief officer fell ill with suspected smallpox. Dr C Upham and Dr Sineh arranged isolation and possible transfer to Quail Island Hospital. ship’s cargo delays noted.
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Christchurch
Lyttelton
Knight of the Garter
Shanghai
Otago Heads
New Zealand Shipping Company
New Zealand
London
Stiteam
Camp Bay
C. Ht. Upham
Aftigert
Sineh
Upham
Quail Island
Garter
Melbourne
Japan
Wireless Cedric Communicates Across Vast Ocean Distances
The Cedric steamer has been fitted with Marconi wireless gear and now communicates daily with European and American coasts, covering about 1250 miles. Reports also note significant earthquakes in Elis Greece leaving two hundred families homeless and continuing unrest in various regions.
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London
Cedric
Elis
Greece
Ottawa
Vancouver
Bowell
Miaxico City
Malposo
Vera Cruz
Cordoba
NEY
Metropolitan Jewellery Wages Board
Melbourne
Federated Bootmakers Plan Start Boot Factory
In Dunedin on December 30 the Federated Bootmakers Conference voted to establish a boot factory and set up a five person committee to draft a plan to implement the proposal.
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Dunedin
Federated Bootmakers’ Conference
Warner's Safe Cure Proves Helpful In Female Ailments
A letter from Mrs. Catherine Brown of 21 Sherrard Street Black Hill Ballarat Victoria describes severe head and back pain after meals and choking sensations resolving after taking Warner's Safe Cure. Her son later recovered from jaundice with the same remedy and she urges other women to try it.
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Wearher
Warner
Tenner
A.heicus
Catherine Brown
Sherrard Street
Black Hill
Ballarat
Vic
Portugal Army Conscription System and Notable World Figures
The article outlines Portugal's 95,000 first line troops and 64,000 reserves with conscription and purchasable exemptions. It notes ages and service durations, then surveys figures including Maori ethnologist Elsdon Best, Lloyd George at a church lesson, and townsman planning in Canada. It also covers colonial petitions for Coronation procession stands and Rhodes’ fame in Kimberley with reminiscences of Rhodes’s projects.
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s. BARNINGHAM AND _ CO
George Street
Dunedin
Knox Church
Portugal
Elsdon Best
Dominion Museum
London
Victoria Street
Westminster Abbey
St. James's Park
Buckinngham Palace
Victorian
Commonwealth
Western Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Tasmania
Hawes Railway Disaster Aims to Thirteen Deaths
The Hawes railway accident likely caused thirteen deaths. A passenger claimed a young woman was trapped in the debris, and a ministerial inquiry heard Sutton, the signalman, admit he failed to route engines properly due to a distracted telephone call. He stated he wrecked the Scottish express while managing multiple trains.
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Per Presa Association
London
Hawes
Sutton
Carlisle
Bolton Mine Explosion disaster aid widens in Britain
London reports 344 miners affected with 190 single men and 133 widows leaving 276 children. Two more bodies recovered in good condition. Inspector Crowe rules out electrical cutter as cause. Relief fund reaches 57,510 with Manchester 18,000 and Liverpool 12,900 plus 2,000 from the Commonwealth. The Daily News lauds colonial support.
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London
Bolton
Gerard Crowe
Alines
Manchester
Liverpool
Reid
Commonwealth
The
Daily News
Britain
Provisional Wage Pact Reached by Melbourne Seamen Talks
A conference among the registrar of the Federal arbitration Court, Steamship Owners' Federation, and Seamen's Unions, yields a provisional agreement effective January 1. It includes a ten shilling monthly wage rise and overtime at one shilling and sixpence, with unionist preference and a future conference to endorse a final fixed agreement.
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Melbourne
Federal Arbitration Court
Steamship Owners’ Federation
Shipowners’ Federation
Federated Seamen
Arbitration Court
Tb Con
Do Patents Pay
A column extols patent profits with examples like Westinghouse air brake Howe sewing machine and various patented goods. It notes huge incomes from patents and urges writing Henry Hughes at 188 Hereford St Christchurch for patent pursuit.
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Westinghouse
J. Ty Bailey
Howe
Henry Hughes
Hereford St
Christchurch
A. R. Holdship
Grateful testimonial for Dr Sheldon’s Gin Pills cure
Mrs Annie Thomas of South Melbourne reports suffering from a floating kidney with back pain fever and sleep disruption. After two days of Dr Sheldon’s Gin Pills the kidney returned to place and she claims lasting relief and a complete cure. The ad urges others with kidney trouble to try the pills priced 1s 6d and 2s 4d.
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Annie Thomas
Ragitan-street
South Melbourne
Vic
Dr. Sheldon
Sheldon
Wood outlives iron in old oyster craft rebuild
The Bluff overhauling of the oyster boat fleet reveals wood’s durability in hulls. The s.s. Despatch, built 95 years ago from Australian hardwood, remains sound as when built, despite extensive inspections of its timber planking.
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S.s
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General Cable News
Por Presa Association—Copyright
Pnae New Zealand Shipping Company
Monte Video
Tenoriffa
Plymouth
Claton
Shoamer
Rotorua
Vaporoa
Asco
Wellington
Rio
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Shaw, Saville and Albion Co., Limited
Teneriffe
Premonth
Tate
National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd
Nicoll Bros
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
Rosarves
Islington
Islington B ‘Turnip
Islington M Turnip
Slington
Colman
Jones and Sons
High Street
Bank N.Z
Colombo Street
Sydenham
Len OD
Government Insurance Department
J. H. Richardson
BEEN
Oxford
J. Balantyne & CO
the Drapers
Federated Bootmakers
Kozie Tea
Manchester Bros
Loy
Lowvinson
Robinson
Henry Patents
Hereford Street
Maderom Robinson
Ee aNees Bros., Ltd
Ashburton
Tinwall
Timaru
Brown and Sqn
Addington
Timaru— Mill and CO
Vtriedlander Bros’, Ltd
Invercargill— Ward and CO
Invercargill
Actionee
Ashburton Gas, Coal & Coke Co
Baker Bros
Corner Case Street
Wakanui Road
Corner Case
Cameron Streets
Mr Lloyd George
Berea Disciples
Criccieth
Aliss Olwen Lloyd George
Sir Richard Lloyd
Berea
Henry Vivian
Birkenhead
England
Dominunion
Governor General
Vivian
South Africa
Ceril Rhodes
Kimberley
Melbourne Argus
Rhodes
Kenileworth
Great Diamond Company
Yender Plantations
Ithodes
Rocke
Australia
Canterbury
Prige
Mount Somers
COAL
National Mortgage and Agency Co. of
N.Z
Utp
the Merchant Service
Duibay
Tgit
H.C. Barrett
Ther Hall
East Street
RicroLes
Tures
RAVEN
Haven
Lane
Tim Pverimters
W. J. Moore
Tast Street
Andrill & 660
T. H. Andrill
Tancred Street
GEO
People
Burnett Streat
Dominion
Beath
Christehurgh
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