Russo Austrian duel over 1908 annexation shadows ties
The Times notes enduring strain between Count Aehrenthal and M Isvolsky after Austria’s 1908 Bosnia annexation. It questions if publicizing the aide memoire would help or harm European stability and long term relations with Russia and Germany.
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Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Count Aehrenthal
M. Isvolsky
Treachers
Isvolsky
Times
Count von Aehrenthal
M. Tsvolsky
Fabious
Jas
Court von
Achrontha
Count von Ahrenthal
Russia
Asquith
Johnson on the Value of Friendship
The text argues that offended friends often react to rebuke with anger unless true guilt is felt. Honest admonition preserves virtue by timely remonstrances while friendship should remain free of personal interest. It stresses that difficult honest talk tests loyalty and must be kept pure from vanity.
Education Board Protest Over Building Grant Reduction
At a Dunedin Education Board meeting on February 16 the board resolved to regret the Minister of Education’s large cut to the ordinary building grant. It cites reliance on prior funding and calls for assured finances and restoration of the grant without delay.
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Dunedin
Education Board
Minister of Education
Education Committee
Railway Servants Conference Agrees on Privilege Tickets
At Wellington on February 16 the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants continued talks. They propose quarterly privilege tickets for superannuated members and wives, extend representation on the Superannuation Fund Board, and school a widows and children provision. They also press to curb compensation payments from the fund and abolish the leave rota.
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Wellington
Amalgamated Society of Wilbway
Railway Superannuation Fund
Workers Compensation Act
Railways Superannuation Fund
Women’s Christian Temperance Union elects officers
Invercargill February 16 the Women’s Christian Temperance Union elected officers with Mrs Cole of Christchurch as president and Mrs Atkinson of Wellington as vice president. The convention urged government legislation to curb street promenading by youths and highlighted penalties differences between license and no license districts. Invitations for 1911 conventions from Dunedin Kaiapoi Greymouth and New Plymouth were noted with New Plymouth accepted. The session closed at 1.20 pm.
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Invercargill
W.O.T.U
Cole
Christchurch
A. RR
Atkinson
Wellington
Perryman
Richmond
Mitchell
McComba
Low
M.A
Women's Christian Temperance’ Union
Dunedin
Kaiapoi
Greymouth
New Plymouth
Arrival of the Malwa in Auckland Harbor
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Malwa arrived at seven this morning. A luncheon aboard the vessel featured Hon. Dr. Findlay and Hon. G. Fowlds among numerous citizens. Captain Troque praised Auckland Harbour as one of the safest ports, while Mr. Trelawney of the company confirmed these remarks and eyed through passenger traffic between New Zealand and England.
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Auckland
Malwa
Findlay
Troque
Trelawney
Australia
New Zealand
Englends
England
New Zeaand
Cartmell Wins First Professional Race In Britain
RECORD RUNNING Cartmell defeats Australian Postle at Stoke for £200. He sets a British 220 yards record with a time of 2nsec on a vile, heavy track. Postle led round the bend before Cartmell surged ahead in the straight to win by three yards.
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N. J. Cartmell
Stoke
Arthur B. Postle
Postle
Cartmell
Tew
McLachlan
Hawke’s Bay
New Zealand
Barry Hutchings
Lillie Bridge
London
T. F. Keane
Glasgow
B. J. Weters
New York
Kerr
B. R. Day
England
Braille Special Edition of London's Daily Mail Issued
The London Daily Mail issues a Braille edition for the blind and offers specimen copies by sending an ID stamp to any address. Chamberlain's Tablets touted as toning laxative with no griping, claimed to strengthen the stomach and restore proper function, sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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London Daily Mail
Christchurch Mayoralty Nominations Open After Deputation
Christchurch mayoral candidate GC Allison agreed to join the nomination process after a deputation urged extending the eligibility period. The exchange occurred in Christchurch on February 16 as the city considers renewal of its leadership terms.
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Christchurch
GC. Allison
Chirtchurch
Hinage
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Promoted in Sydney Notice
A promotional notice touts Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache linked to kidney weakness. It cites testimonials from Mr T Pritchard and Mrs Pritchard of Ashburton and Trevorton and advises purchase from Foster-McClellan Co. in Sydney with prices 3s per bottle or 16s 6d for six bottles.
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Bright
Bean
T. Pritchard
Sen
Suffolk Street
Trevorton
Ashburton
Doan
Drug Co.s
Foster-McClellan Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Death of Eskdale Muir’s oldest resident recalls Robert Hogg
By the death of Thomas Glendinning Fingland in Eskdale muir Dumfriesshire at over ninety, a link to the past is broken. He recalled Hogg the Wattock shepherd and poet as tall with an extraordinary hair crop that stood up. Glendinning told of finding Hogg at Tushielaw Inn delighting listeners. He also said, as a boy, he walked four and a half miles to the parish church.
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Thomas Glendinning
Fingland
Eskdalemuir
Dumfriesshire
Hogg
Wttrick
Tushielaw Inn
Glendinning
Secret Riches of the Polar and the Shas Read
A Victoria London paper discusses fossil ivory islands north of Siberia. Russian explorers first found Tinkef s Island with mammoth tusks and musk ox remains. The theory cites a milder prehistoric Siberia climate, land subsidence, and later sea rise creating submerged mountain islands rich in bones.
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Siberia
Victoria
London
P. D. Gath Whitley
Yakutsk
Tinkef
Tinkef's Island
Bunge
Linkeff’s Island
Uses of Kerosene In Household Work
A historic guide lists kerosene uses for cleaning and maintenance. It suggests polishing silver, removing stains with oil and whiting, cleaning windows, porcelain sinks, and cookware, whitening clothes, renewing mahogany finish, and treating the scalp with crude oil, warning to avoid hair stickiness.
Sander's Extract Endorsed By Fiftieth Year User
A letter from Mr Th Halderness of Dappil Q endorses Sander's Extract as superior to eucalyptus products for coughs and lung troubles. He praises its long use and family benefits while urging others to try the genuine extract and noting claimed healing properties and antiseptic virtues.
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Th. Halderness, Dappil, Q
Sander & Sons
Sander
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