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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
4
2080 acres ploughable with English Grass and stock included for 38000 price. Good home good sheep. Includes railway access and turnips with crop art. Turnips and oat crops, watered subdivided sections. Prices range from £3 10s to £1 10s per acre. Divereux, King & Co. Christchurch listing.
Advert describes Meat and RXD facing arrangements for shipments to London. It notes that London business is nearly exhausted and is controlled by Bir HF. REWCE, guaranteeing shipments are used efficiently. Full shipment charge details available from the local agent Walter Parle, West Street.
Albion Club beat Willowby by 12 runs with eight wickets down in yesterday's Domain match. Key performances came from J McKenzie and H Frew, while J Winsloe led visitors with five wickets for 28 runs.
About seventy employees and friends of the Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association held an annual picnic at the mouth of the Ashburton river. Ideal weather, boat mishap rescued in shallow water, and several races including 75 yd 100 yd and 150 yd handicaps. Children also competed in races. the party returned to Ashburton around 8:30 PM after an enjoyable day in the region.
February twenty seventh report from New Plymouth notes a band contest and a military marching event on Recreation Sports Ground. R Estall led euphonium with 64 points while Cuidby and Hughes followed. attendance exceeded seven thousand during the marching displays.
Sydney report describes Australia winning by 49 runs in the second Test as England falters after Rhodes and Crawford build steady innings. O Connor and Noble shine with wickets. the historic series table lists Australia with four wins to England's one in the 1907-08 slate.
Wellington Judge Chapman ruled on a summons to stay proceedings in Searle v Lyons for £1000 damages over alleged slander at a creditors meeting. He dismissed the summons with costs, finding no privilege for statements not spoken by a witness in court and not by a party in attendance.
The trial of Signor Nunzio Nasi the Italian Minister for Public Instruction in 1905 ended with a guilty finding for misappropriation of public funds under extenuating circumstances. He is sentenced to 350 days in prison barred from public office for 50 months fined 200 lire and ordered to pay costs.
Reports from Christchurch Wairoa Frilling and Napier record multiple inquests and deaths. Annie Frame died suddenly while visiting a friend at Upper Ricarton. Robert Roger died in Sydenham with heart disease. Machin’s suicide at Lake House followed angina. John Hood killed himself at Rangiwahia. John Howell died from spinal injury after a wrestling contest at Caledonian sports with inquest adjourned over mat practices.
A Danish dairy journal advocates small oat rations to improve watery milk. An experiment with ten cows shows after two days a better taste and butter quality, plus increased fat content and overall milk yield, continuing through day ten.
A historical overview notes Rhodesia's growth since British flag was raised at Salisbury 17 years ago. Rail and road networks expanded, telegraphs grew, civil administration established, and public works valued at £800,000. White population over 15,000, natives 600,000 to 700,000, and agriculture and mining expanding with rising cattle potential and gold output at £3,000,000 annually.
By May 1908 Japan will have 12 battleships and 13 armored cruisers ready for sea including 4 fast armored cruisers with 12 inch guns. The Japanese fleet also plans a large torpedo boat force of 60 destroyers and 49 torpedo boats plus four sea going submarines. Some captured Russian vessels may be better armed than earlier in Burgoyne's Navy League note.
A notice announcing action to collect all overdue accounts by March 10 for customers who have not paid since the fire. The author thanks customers who have paid and states readiness to pursue nonpayment.
Archibald Hurd contributes a detailed January analysis to the Fortnightly Review on the Navy’s progress since ten years ago. He notes a shift from a nearly unmanned reserve and weak readiness to three home fleets, doubling ships in commission, and tighter crew turnover under Sir John Fisher’s administration.
AM Maurice Gehri born 1885 in Morges, a Swiss professor of French, escaped a Russian transport to Siberia after contacting police suspicion for reformist views. He fled with two companions on 17 September, traveled via Kyrgyzstan and Vladivostok to Japan, then sailed home on the Tonkin to Switzerland arriving Christmas Eve unharmed.
W Nicholson of the Teiei and Peninsula Dairy Company Hampden reports using four L.G. milkers to milk over 100 cows in about two hours with two hands. He notes butter fat tests and milk quality stay high, milking is easier and cleaner, cows quiet, and urges dairymen to adopt L.E.G as a sound investment. Further details from J B Mackinwan and Company, sole agents, Dunedin.
Fragmentary listing shows items Bee ENGALT Razor Strow Shaving Brush and related goods priced at six pence. The legible portion indicates a small sale or catalog entry with basic product names and a price.
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