Twenty annual meeting of Christchurch Meat Company report
The twentieth annual meeting of the Christchurch Meat Company Limited, held at Hereford Street offices, Christchurch, reported a record stock throughput of 1,590,682 head for the year, an increase of 240,350 carcasses over the prior year. Substantial sums were spent on keeping works in good repair, with 14,720 pounds 3s 8d written off for renewals and replacements. After provisioning for the interim dividend already paid in April 1907 of 6,486 pounds 16s, the profit and loss balance stood at 52,549 pounds 14s 2d.
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Christchurch Meat Company, Limited
Hereford Street
Christchurch
Religious instruction in schools debated at Wellington
Speaking at the Congregational Conference in Wellington, Mr Sogben argued that public schools should not exclude elementary religious ideas as long as dogma is avoided with tender years. He urged home and Sunday School influence and outlined suitable dogmas such as God immanence in nature and history, the Fatherhood and Brotherhood of Man, and the Golden Rule.
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Wellington
Sogben
Lfe
New Zealand
God
Christ
Man
School Children and Swimming Emphasized by Auckland Official
Mr George George director of technical education urges swim and life saving lessons for all pupils in his Auckland Education Board annual report. He notes waterways need basic swimming and rescues. only two district schools have such classes though regulations require 20 half hour lessons. The Department pays 2s 6d per unit. the Board now allocates 75 percent of capitation to teachers to boost uptake amid many rivers creeks and coastal areas suitable for instruction.
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George George
Auckland Education Board
Irish blight misnamed by alarmed gardeners
A gardener misattributed a sickly tuber to Irish blight after a potato showed withering. A scientific observer found a black, corpulent grub nearly two inches long feeding on the roots, proving the damage came from the pest rather than a fungal disease.
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Masterton Times
Permanent cure claimed for kidney backache by Doan’s Pills
A Christchurch man, W. RB Flint, testifies that after suffering kidney backache for years a friend’s advice to use Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills brought a rapid cure. Six years on, he remains well and confident in the permanence of his recovery. The ad urges readers to buy Doan’s at chemists or via Foster-McClellan in Sydney.
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Christchurch
W. RB
Flint
Springfield Road
St. Albans
Dean
Fitrt
Mir Flint—Dean
Foster-AcClellane
Pitt Street
Sydney
Doan
Canal tunnel to Marseilles linked canal project
A new canal to connect the Thone river with the Marseilles port will run a four and a quarter mile tunnel. The tunnel will be broad and 46 feet high with digging material twice that of the Simplon. Construction is projected to take seven or eight years. Also advertised are stylish shoes from Stock's Blue Boot Shop promising lasting wear for young ladies preparing for business days.
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Thone
Marseilles
Stock
Dunedin Sheep Sale Yields Mixed Results In Late February
In Dunedin on February 26 a medium yarding of fair quality sheep saw eyes and inferior types ease, wethers firmer, best wethers 17s to 19s 6d plus extras to 21s. Ewes 18s to 17s, extras to 19s. Lambs in demand with best 1s to 16s, extras to 17s, medium to good 19s to 1s Od. Cattle numbers 210 yarded, large fair quality yarding, few prime beasts. Best bullocks £9 10s to £10 17s, mediums £4 15s to £6 0s, lights £6 1s to £7 6s. Pigs 140 penned, prices generally easier, bucks 12s to 1ds, sows 15s to 19s, stores 2s to 26s, porkers 40s to 50s, baconers 43s to 48s, heavies 50s to 56s, choppers to 65s.
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Dunedin
Lna
Christchurch
Addington
Geraldine
Ashburton
Gore
Cieraldine
Wethers
Addington stock market report shows heavy yarding at Christchurch sale
February 26 Addington livestock market reports heavy yarding of sheep especially fat lambs with strong demand from Geraldine and Gore buyers. Wat cattle steadier. store sheep in demand south. export buyers limited by limits. Prices show slight week-to-week gains for young ewes and forward lambs. fat lamb yarding very large. overall market mixed with firmer wethers and variable ewes.
Dunedin grain market report from February prices
From Dunedin correspondents good inquiry for oats with ready sale at last week’s levels. Prime milling oats at 2s 44d and other grades 2s Y1d to Ys ad. Wheat prices fall after London market decline with few stocks. Prime milling 4s dc to ds Sd, medium 4s 1d to ds 3d, broken 4s 9rl to 4s.
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Duneden
Gats
London
Switzerland and New Zealand as Democratic Monopolies Model
The excerpt argues Switzerland exemplifies a modern democracy where the people democratically take monopolies into public service, directing railways, alcohol holdings, banks, and utilities at multiple levels. It compares Switzerland with New Zealand, noting New Zealand advances faster yet Switzerland remains deeper in popular control. both represent a modern path beyond traditional interposed systems.
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Switzerland
New Zealand
Basle
Zurich
Wordsworth
Niles
Frootoids claim cure and relief touted by Geelong proprietor
An advertisement extols Frootoids as quick relief for headaches liver biliousness and blood congestion claiming tests prove efficacy where ordinary aperients fail. It urges daily use with 72 tablets per bottle and lists W G Hearne Geelong as proprietor with a New Zealand branch at Wellington.
Dominion bowling team announced for Australia tour
Bowling in Invercargill on February 26 reveals the dominion team to tour Australia. The lineup includes Findlay, Smith, Martin, Broad and Hain from Invercargill, MacGibbon and Martin from Gore, Waddell from Oamaru, plus Allnut Secouler Bastings McThwrick Coltman from Waimate, Nalder Nelson Gibson from Patea, A V and St C Bishop, Printing Manning Gee Mannard Neavo Johston Stubberfield Cheewin from Christchurch, Moult Lawrenson WF Phompson Ledger and Stilt from Wellington.
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Invercargill
Dominion
Australia
Findlay
Smith
Martin
Broad
Hain
MacGibbon
Gore
Waddell
Oamaru
Allnut
Secouler
Bastings
McThwrick
Coltman
Waimate
Nalder
Nelson
Gibson
Patea
Maynard
Neavo
Johston
Stubberfield
Cheewin
Christeharch
Moult
Lawrenson
Phompson
Ledger
Stilt
Wellington
Adelaide grapes arrive in Dunedin at mixed prices
Three hundred cases of Adelaide grapes shipped per Moerald arrived in Dunedin in good condition. Auctioneers sold grapes from Bird to 4d per lb, leaving shippers at a loss of 1d per lb. Retail shops offered grapes tonight at 6d per lb. Early prices ranged Sd to 6d per lb, with some choice cases at 1d. Shippers say they will supply the Dunedin market wholesale at 4d per lb if the 1d per lb duty is removed.
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Dunedin
Adelaide
Assault on Railway Guard Charge In Frightful Train Incident
Walter Harrod faced charge of offensive behavior after striking a railway guard and using indecent language on a midnight trip from Wanganui to Palmerston. The incident left minor injuries described as no money value, with one month imprisonment in default. The bench condemned the accused as a blackguard and emphasized guards must be protected in performing their duties.
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Fhilding
Walter Harrod
Wanganui
Palmerston
Vines
Compensation Verdict For Fall At Wellington Destructor
In the Brown v Heenan and Froude compensation case, a jury awarded £500 plus costs. The injuries occurred from a fall at the new destructor, with verdict and costs assessed according to scale.
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Wellington
Brown
Heenan and
Froude
Agriculture in England compared with New Zealand values
Mr T Wallace of Herefordshire on a New Zealand visit discusses English agriculture. He notes rents, wages, and land costs, compares labour and output, and cites a 1700 acre farm paying £2300 yearly rent with 200 cows milked. He argues New Zealand land prices resemble England and labour costs differ.
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England
New Zealand
T Wallace
Rachworth
Herefordshire
Vir Wallace
London
Wallace
Knebworth
Canterbury
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