22 Feb 1911
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Feb 22, 1911
Page
1
A fragment notes a young patient improving after receiving Robinsons Patent Groats and Robinsons Patent Barley. The text mentions the boy’s initial fragility and rapid improvement following the remedies, within a building-up treatment context.
An elderly man named Richard Russell Emerson was convicted in Auckland Supreme Court of an unnatural offence. He was sentenced to fifteen years and barred from liberty, deemed a danger to the community and especially children. Reports from Napier and Blenheim note other court actions and a generally light docket.
In Dunedin on February 21, James Pine petitioned for divorce from Bridget Mary Pine on grounds of misconduct. The application, unopposed, was granted in the Divorce Court.
Christchurch February 21. Mr H. B. Cameron, a hardware expert preparing a private report for the Customs Department on the engineering trade, leaves Christchurch for Nelson and the West Coast tomorrow. He will then go to the North Island to interview manufacturers and others. He says trade and industry are in a healthy state.
Invercargill February 21 Premier reveals changes in the Post and Telegraph Department. G I Furby moves from Llamillon to Christchurch district as assistant Inspector. A T Cavell transfers Riverton postmaster to Christchurch as sub inspector. M Millnnon shifts Waihi to Riverton postmaster. P L White moves Marton postmaster to Hamilton. T S Salmon of Bluff to Howers. Alf T S Hester Christchurch High Street postmaster to Bluff in Salmon’s place.
English cookery expert Mr Herman Senn demonstrated a cabbage dish from ordinary market cabbage. He shredded the heart for marmite soup and rolled leaves with ham, vinaigrette, and aspic to create an appetising morsel that charmed his students.
The article describes the mausoleum for Hsuan-T'ung to be built near the Western Tombs. A vast work site with a village of about a thousand workers has grown up. The burial vault measures 162 yards by 65 feet by 11 feet with many rooms forming a labyrinth.
Provisional coronation programme notes the King and Queen will host colonial Premiers on June 21 with dinner to follow by a royal, likely the Duke of Connaught. Mr Hobhouse outlines budget resolutions funding old age pensions, land taxes, pauper relief, and education subsidies while debates over Lords reform and naval expansion continue.
The Chinese Legation states China has favorably replied to the Russian note. The Japanese press predicts a settlement between Russia and China unless China overestimates its modernized army.
A private telegram reports the Lauder Flat station homestead owned by Mr Hinckson Mee was destroyed by fire with no insurance on the building.
In Nelson the storage capacity remains small yet stable with a 6 million gallon daily flow during the drought. Restriction hours for irrigation lower per capita use, water at the dam rises, and a council motion seeks 5600 to fund irrigation to end garden limits. Weir inflow peaks at 600,000 gallons daily in the longest drought.
The piece argues houseflies spread microbes from filth to food, aiding infantile diarrhoea and typhoid. It cites experiments showing microbes on fly feet and notes reduced fly numbers in cleaned London, urging universal sanitation and coordinated action. It ends with a satirical street scene description from Mrs Bull.
The text argues that headache is a symptom not an ailment and should be treated by Chamberlain's Tablets. It notes constipation biliousness and a torpid liver can cause sick headache and are quickly cured by Chamberlain's Tablets sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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