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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jan 06, 1909
Page
4
The article notes strong debate over licensing in Ashbarton while praising Steve Madden as the preferred caterer for Christmas and New Year needs. Madden books orders for Christmas cakes puddings shortbread and other seasonable dainties, promising only the best.
A reader defends the term Pharisaical journalism against the newspaper practice of sensational prizefight reporting. The writer argues newspapers hype brutality yet denounce it, calling this hypocrisy Pharisaical behavior and urging consistent conduct.
A local shop invites shoppers to find useful and beautiful gift items for Christmas. The display includes pictures, little tables, palm stands, china brackets, book shelves, cushions, trays, and more at small costs.
The Mount Hutt Road Board met at Methven and approved a special meeting on the 14th to view frontage gates and fencing plans for the Holmes property. A weekly half-holiday was fixed for Wednesdays in the district after considering factory inspectors and insurance premium increases.
The Ashburton Magistrate's Court quarterly return for 1908 shows 38 sitting days with 22 magistrate sessions and 16 for Justices of the Peace. Civil cases 16, total claims £752 93s, recovered £418 9s, civil stamps £46 3s. 87 plaints, 12 distress warrants, 2 orders, 12 summonses. Criminals: in the most serious crimes one convicted. 17 in property offences with 5 discharged, 1 dismissed on merits, 10 convicted, 1 to trial. For offences against good order, 27 dealt with. 3 females. 2 discharged, 4 dismissed, 22 convicted, 2 imprisoned. Other offences: 2 charged, 30 convicted, 2 dismissed on merits. Ten Old Age pensions granted, seven pending, none refused.
The chamber work of the Magistrate's Court for the year just ended included two adoptions, four attachment orders granted, five Industrial Schools Act applications, and one leave to institute criminal proceedings. Six probate and administration cases were dealt with and three debtors filed bankruptcy petitions in the last quarter.
Home Secretary Gladstone urges quarter sessions to oppose public or official encouragement of emigrating offenders. He cites cases where criminals freed or punished lightly in Britain were sent to Australia or Canada, then reoffended, prompting colonial objections.
December 1908 at Winchmore recorded 12 rainy days with total 4.26 inches and year total 32.40 inches, including a 1.04 inch max on the 5th. Oren Lea Carew reports December rainfall totaling 5.16 inches across fifteen days with notable falls on the 7th 16th and 30th.
George Bernard Shaw argues the Psalms are beautiful but not as true as Isaiah. He says Bible study should illuminate literature and warns against elevating Psalms above Isaiah. He contends all world literature is a Bible and inspiration persists with progress.
Rain fell on thirteen days in December at Porateko with a maximum 1.10 inches and a monthly total of 4.63 inches. The December 1907 total was 1.47 inches. The 1908 annual rainfall reached 90.45 inches. Mrs W Galla Porateko P O Mayfield.
The report records December high at 85 degrees on Saturday December 6 and a low of 32.5 on Monday night, a fall of about 63 degrees in roughly 24 hours. Rainfall for December 3.39 inches, with December 1807 showing .91 inches. The year 1908 total rainfall 33.01 inches with monthly amounts listed. The yearly high 97 degrees and low 23 degrees.
In a Reichstag debate Dr Boehme argues for protecting national workers against foreign competition amid rising unemployment in free trade nations. Dr von Gethmann-Hollweg cautions against insurance schemes, noting feasibility issues. Officials say public works and rail construction drive employment, while critics blame taxation needs and stock market effects for unemployment.
High Commissioner reports dull mutton demand with prices maintained by light holdings. Lamb demand weak. Canterbury and Australian stock noted. Butter firmer due to severe weather and Paparoa fire. New Zealand brands in short supply. Wool shows strength with Bradford tops at 3s 6d, various crossbreds quoted. December River Plate shipments totaled mutton and lamb to multiple British ports.
A new electrical curing process for meat places meat in brine tanks and passes current to drive salt in faster and more evenly. Proponents say it is quicker, more thorough, and sanitary, reducing curing times from 72 105 days to 25 35 for pork and from 22 days to four for bacon.
Christchurch firm listing includes canterbury co operative egg poultry and produce company ltd at 465 Tuam Street with general agents and auctioneers for land estate and commission services and partners GT Wilson and Co.
The Stew Edgar Greensfield, vicar of a vast icy district near the Arctic Circle, says his Diocese of Moosanee includes the Pole and covers 50 000 serene miles of ice. He notes ships visit Oinshert in Sowaid only each autumn and that missionaries spend the year alone among natives.
Lord Guthrie spoke at the Feehney Industrial School reunion in Perth urging boys to aim high in work. He cited Hector Macdonald and told of Lady Macdonald’s view of her son at Armstrong works in Newcastle. He urged patience, prayer, and porridge, and urged giving to the school in life, not at death.
Devereux King & Co list Gaeven Farms on the Clutha River with 250 to 800 acre parcels, £100 deposit, balance 54 per cent, no buildings. 19 000 acres splendid limestone country offered at £2 10s per acre. Also 9000 acre home stead block at £6 and other blocks in Hororata at varied prices. Land inspected as AL RIGHT by agent in Blenheim and Christchurch listings.
An advertisement touts Hemsley Burnet's Hair Restorer to return grey hair to natural color, reduce dandruff, prevent hair loss, and add gloss. It lists prices and sources from H B Bonnington or directly from Hems ley Burnet Hair Specialist 46 George Street Dunedin. It also promotes Violet Snow Crean as a permanent method to remove superfluous hair at 4s 6d.
An advertisement claims Relievo cures rheumatic pain by removing excess uric acid from the blood. It targets readers with inherited tendencies and swelling and lists a price in old coinage for purchase from chemists and stores.
A Victorian court and experts for 85 years affirmed that Sanders' Eucalyptus Extract is the proven genuine volatile extract. The notice warns against inferior extracts and false ads causing irritation or death from misuse or deception in medical products.
A historic notice offers hired horses, gigs, dogs, carts, drags for picnics and weddings with optional livery. Up to date rubber-tyred landau cabs meet all trains. Stand for bicycles, clipped horses, waiting room for ladies, and moderate livery charges. Telephones No 40.
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