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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
3
FF now in the premises lately occupied by the National Mortgage and Agency Company. Somerset Buildings Burnett Street next door to Dalgety and Company's office. No business will be transacted at the Factory at the rear of the site of the old premises.
The correspondent Mr J R Wilkinson is asked to consent to holding the letter for a time to arrange an interview and see the gentleman in person.
The Ashburton District page reports a 79.9 degree shadow reading in Domain ro, a Timaru poll cost 6d per vote with 217 votes cast on a half holiday question, and notes on local events including a farm labourers dispute hearing, a Christchurch presbytery condolence, and a temperance band concert plan for Baring Square West. It also covers water shortages affecting Waterton district, harvest failures in Victoria, and various agricultural and municipal notes.
Several handy little farms around the Ashburton District offered for inspection. Listings include Southland properties ranging from 100 to 10,000 acres with special quotations for large quantities. Money lent on behalf of clients at current interest rates.
Advertisement lists reductions on New Hudsons Populars from £12 10s to £10 and Standards from £20 to £16, along with Rudge Whitworth Standards and Specials. Prices shown as 6.8.4, 12 109 and £5, with inspection invited.
R Handbock, a Christchurch land agent, appeals to Ashburton County farmers to nominate him as sole selling agent. He promises extensive free advertising and wide network from Auckland to the Bluff, claiming broad reach to buyers and efficient sale enforcement.
A historic note recalls a man vainly offering sovereigns on London Bridge with nothing given in return. In the latest distribution over £21 worth of Abbey Prizes remained unclaimed.
The article critiques Mr Stead as a zealous advocate of British naval strength arguing that a British fleet must match German expansion. It frames his pro British stance as a persuasive though partisan shift toward large navy spending as essential for security and imperial unity.
Sir Wm J Steward visited Ashburton today and T A Blackley was appointed to the Selwyn Licensing Committee replacing G Rutherford. Perriman reports selling the goodwill of Robbins lease in perpetuity at Highbank to Wakelin. A Taranaki farmer halves his dairy herd with no milk loss due to selective culling. The Bosses o th Barn Ban arrived back in Plymouth from an 18 month tour to the US Canada Australia and New Zealand with high earnings. Traction engines show durability decline and some districts revert to horse drawn wagons for wool and grain. A Congregational Conference speaker boasted of diverse parish membership and joked about empty benches. Ashburton Labour Market January report notes strong building trades and busy woollen and clothing sectors with minimal unemployment. Advertisements invite buyers to inspect new bedsteads from Andrill & Co. Chertsey Sports and Racing Club set for 10th instant meeting. Marlborough Street Court heard shirts stolen from a foreign prince worth three guineas each. A Johannesburg journal records a kafra convict for attacking a peer with a hammer.
At 9 o clock this morning the Ra kaia was reported dirty while the Rangitata and both Ashburton branches were clear according to river reports.
Westminster Gazette blames bad luck and cricket for England defeat while noting Australia superiority from Test experience. Pall Mall Gazette laments Stratishers failure despite unfavourable conditions and praises the brilliance of Australia’s young stars.
At a Ashburton Trotting Club meeting A A Fooks elected secretary replacing D McDonnell The meeting discussed colours rules and date planning for the autumn meeting seeking NZ Trotting Association permission for April 2 3 The club proposed total stakes of 640 plus detailed allocations across nine races for both harness and saddle divisions including Ladies Bracelets and a November Handicap The plan marks the largest stake distribution in club history with a broad schedule and prizes.
The Court of Appeal upheld Justice Grantham in Penny v. the Bishop of Dunedin, entering judgment for the defendant. The bond dated July 9 1870 required the Bishop to pay £10 000 with interest within six months after his first wife’s death in 1905. Defense argued miscomprehension of the bond and misdraft by the solicitor. Also brief foreign items note Argentina bans Scottish cattle imports, and Mustapha Kamal Egyptian nationalist leader dead in Cairo.
The Rev Edward Lyttelton headmaster of Eton faces Manchester unemployed addressing the students in the college yard. Leaders Gray and McCutcheon warn of bloodshed and a coming revolution while referencing Cromwell Watayer. Lyttelton urges reflection as boys shout no.
On February 12 at 8 8 a.m. two Socialists attempted a march of about one hundred unemployed toward the Duke of Fife's Brighton residence. Police broke up the gathering. A London message dated February 10 notes King Edward is staying incognito at the same residence with privacy sought by the King.
A National Congress of Unemployed in St. Louis demands state support during inactivity, free transport for workers seeking jobs, and a 250 million dollar appropriation to organize work for the idle. They warn of a monster march to Washington if actions fail.
Lord Curzon withdrew his motion on the Anglo Russian agreement in the House of Lords. Lord Sanderson noted Russia’s first reciprocation for a settlement of Asiatic questions, while the Marquis of Landsdowne said the overall view was favorable though Persia terms were not to Britain’s advantage. The neutral zone could benefit Russia if interpreted loyally, and the convention, if upheld, would consolidate peace. The Earl of Crewe welcomed the overall favorable judgment and called the details mutually advantageous for world peace.
Mr Herbert Samuel introduces a measure to guard juvenile offenders and children with aims to create special courts and incarceration places for youth, abolish child imprisonment, safeguard infant life, and curb juvenile smoking. bill advances in the House of Commons.
In London on February 11 moderate Liberal MPs in the House of Commons backed a resolution expressing confidence in the Empire's defence and urging no pressure to cut Naval Estimates. The Daily Graphic says the Government plans to add 1.5 million to Naval Estimates while cutting Army numbers at home.
Twenty thousand white residents surge in Broovik to overpower deputy sheriffs and a state militia escorting a black man accused of outraging a white woman. Shots injure two in the crowd as the mob hanged the man from a telegraph pole.
London february 10 Mr Winston Churchill told Mr FR Mackarkoss that Dinizulu’s trial will be held before the Supreme Court. He said Lord Elgin must give earnest and persistent attention to the entire course of the trial considering the return conditions.
A group of Pathans and Punjabees assaulted Mr Gandhi and other Asiatics leaders in the Transvaal as they moved to voluntarily register the mosques.
The Cape Argus condemns Mr Jellicoe's precipitate action as a menace to Natal's peace and encouragement to enemies of the English colonists. The report is dated February 11 with dispatch received February 12 at 9.4 a.m. CAPETOWN.
Lisbon facts report 300000 people viewed the remains of King Carlos and Prince Luiz as published by the Daily Telegraph Lisbon correspondent. The viewing occurred around February 1 with London sources confirming the event.
In Calcutta on February 11 the Zakka Khels, a 4000 strong group, are described as extremely unpopular with all their neighbors, signaling ethnic or communal tension in the city.
During a blaze at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Newcastle, resourceful nuns tied sheets into a rope and lowered 59 children to safety. They then descended themselves by the same method, avoiding injury.
Veltheim testified at the Old Bailey denying blackmail charges. He claimed his demand was for promised details from Barney Barna about a plan to split the Boers with a pseudo revolution in 1897 to depose President Kruger, aiming to avert war and let Barnato profit from stockpiling.
AUSTRALIAN. NEWCASTLE COAL MINE DI8- POTE reports mines operating in Newcastle on February 11. In Sydney, February 11, workers at the Union Box Company and Ave tral Timber Company's works halted in sympathy with casual strike actions. The walkout may widen to timber trades tomorrow, risking 1600 permanent and casual job losses as the strike expands.
February 12 report from Perth notes Mesars Fallowfields lessees of the brothel Islands warning tress assets after failed salvage negotiations for the wreck of the Windsor. Underwriters Company chairman says Fallowfields demanded extortionate terms. legal action likely.
Sir Joseph Ward arrived in Te Aroha from Frankton and was entertained by Morrinsville townspeople at luncheon and a garden party. He travels by car to Paeroa then Karangahake, then Waikino Waihi and a Thursday evening address at Waihi per mayoral invitation.
In Dunedin on February 11 the Arbitration Court heard the musterers dispute and allowed sittings in Alexandra on February 26 Dunedin February 28 and Oamaru March 5 to reduce witness travel. Invercargill witnesses to be examined in Dunedin. Christchurch General Labourers' Union nominates Rushbridge and Whiting for the Conciliation Board.
Admirers of Ey Fisher who won the 220 yard championship at the athletic meeting on February 1 are subscribing funds to cover his travel to the Australasian championship in Wellington.
The Baltic Separator promises high capacity and clean skimming with no rival in its class. Its feeding arrangement to the separating planes surpasses the split-wing systems of other machines, likened to a modern railway train over a stage-coach. It is described as the most reliable, easy running, trouble free and self paying through increased butter output. For details and proof, contact J. B. MacKagan and Co., Limited, Dunedin.
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