Ashburton by laws on traction engines judged ultra vires
In a Dunedin magistrate court case Thomas Fidward Rainey faced breach of Ashburton County by laws on traction engine traffic. The judge ruled county councils have no power to regulate roads under road boards control, potentially striking down the by laws and prompting appeals and possible constitutional reform.
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Ashburton
Thomas Fidward Rainey
Haying
Tinwald
Wilding
County Council
Parnell
Council
Road Boards
Road Board
W. G. Day
Day
Farm Labourers Dispute Hearing Resumes at Geraldine
Conciliation Board resumes farm labourers dispute in Geraldine. Witness Scott from Burke's Pass arrives after initial closing of Thorn's case. Musterer testifies on pay and conditions while farmer Campbell questions fixed hours. Board adjourns to Waimate for five days starting Monday.
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Ashburton
Hte
Longbeach
Mount Peel
Conciliation Board
Geraldine
Mr Thorn
Thorn
Walter Scott
Burke’s Pass
Myr Thorn
Minson
Malcolim Campbell
Waimate
Discredited Journalism Sparks Collected Letters and Remarks
A local correspondent discusses fair play toward Keir Hardie and condemns hostile press tactics. The note cites a fire incident at R Alcorn’s shop and critiques the Conciliation and Arbitration Act’s impact on unrest, urging education officials to install quiet desks in primary schools.
Rain brings late turnips and harvest promise in Gore telegram
A Gore telegram reports heavy rain overnight aiding late turnips and early crops with an abundant district harvest forecast. Rain gauge shows two points or a fiftieth of an inch. temperatures peaked at 79 degrees, 3 pm bulb at 62, ury 78. Hokitika official H J Michel resigns from the Volunteer Fire Brigade after long service due to Fire Brigades Act.
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Gore
Hokitika Volunteer Fire Brigade
Westland
Ashberton
W. W. White
Shearers Dispute Moves Through Conciliation Board
Wellington January 10 A curious development in the shearers dispute referred to the Conciliation Board sees the Farmers Union threaten to bypass the Board by appealing to the Arbitration Court. The Board lacks a Wellington Clerk of Awards delaying subpoenas, while decisions favor proceeding with sittings in Palmerston North and Wanganui and planned tours to Masterton and Napier with hearings to begin Sunday.
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Shearers
Conciliation Board
Holl
Farmers’ Union
Ietter
Arbitration Court
Hawkins
Seth Island
P. J. O'Regan
Palmerston North
Wanganui
Masterton
Napier
Srnday
New Separation Principle Sells Cream Skimming Advance
A new principle for the Bsfre patent aims to standardize the device as the Ferier Ceo Separator. The Split wing system is dropped and a simple feed feeds whale milk to separating planes without disturbing the cream. Real-world tests with the Balkie machine astonish factory hands with high capacity and clean skimming.
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R. Ls
Petonts
toMdle
Ferier
Bo Mackinan
Sov
Lid
Danedin
Glastonbury Abbey Purchase and Veltheim Remand
Glastonbury Abbey owner Ernest Jardine submitted to the Church of England. Veltheim is remanded after cross examination shows he described Barnato as a political agent. prosecutor denies payments of 1500 pounds. Reichstag Budget Committee approves 1.5 million pounds for Heligoland harbour work.
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London
Ernest Jardine
Glastonbury Abbey
Church of England
Veltheim
Barnato
Post Van Bombing Kills Soldiers in St Petersburg
A bomb under a postal van at Solokoff station on the Vistula railway killed two soldiers and wounded the driver, four officials, and five soldiers. Terrorists robbed the van and escaped.
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Presa Association
ST. Petersburg
Solokoff Station
Vistula Railway
Peasants Block Postman in Sligo Rent Disputes
In the Zaragh mountains of Sligo the peasantry halted a postman delivering registered letters to tenants who refused rent. About two hundred police escorted the postman but withdrew due to the peasants threatening stance, impacting the rent processes.
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London
Zaragh Mountains
Sligo
Admiral Poore Discusses Imperial Unity at Austral Club Banquet
The Austral Club banquet for Admiral Poore at the Hotel Rig London featured Lord Jersey and notable guests including Mr W. P. Reeves. Poore expressed support for conservative Imperial unity and his desire to study operations and difficulties in Australia and New Zealand on the spot.
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Per Press Association
London
Janary
Austral Club
Admiral Poore
Rig
Lord Jersey
W. P. Reeves
Australia
New Zealand
Poore
Wheat and butter markets show firmness amid weather news
Market notes indicate wheat firm on unfavourable Argentine weather, 12 000 quarters from South Australia sold January at 4s per bushel. Flour stays firm but quiet. Butter market very firm with Danish colonial prices 124s to 126s. Secondary markets in demand, Bradford wool quieter. AML classes reported firmer with prices 40s id to 46s 144d and super 26fd.
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London
South Australia
Oceania
Bradford
Councillor O' Lowghlin Shot En Route to Meeting
Councillor O' Lowghlin was waylaid while driving to Clare for a county council meeting to vote for a returning officer. He was shot in the heat. the bullet was extracted.
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London
Clare
O' Lowghlin
Chinese on the Rand count reaches large figure
Cape Town report dated January 10 notes 35 676 Chinese workers or residents recorded on the Rand at the end of December.
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Per
Press Association
Cape Fown
Sheridan Arrested in Johannesburg for Murder T
Capetown report states Sheridan, a strike leader, was arrested in Johannesburg on a murder charge linked to a dynamite outrages during last summer's strike. The arrest occurred January 10 with transfer noted January 11.
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Caphtown
Sheridan
Johannesburg
The Thaw Case Jury Selection Update
In New York on January 10, reports indicate seven jurors have been chosen from a pool of 400 for the Thaw trial. The process follows the previous day’s jury screening and reflects ongoing preparations for the high profile case.
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New York
Thaw
Difficulties in British Liberal Cabinet over pensions and spending
The Manchester Guardian reports tensions between Lord Tweedmouth and Mr Haldene against Mr Asquith. The Liberals resist surrendering funds for old age pensions while the Cabinet contemplates retrenchment in naval and military expenditure if Liberal support is secured.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Lord Tweedmouth
Haldane
Asquith
Government renews Union Steamship pact terms with Canada
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier announced the government renewed the July contract with the Union Steamship Company on the prior terms and asked New Zealand for acceptance if no reply had been received.
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Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurier
Union Steamship Company
New Zealand
British trade warns against complacency in New Zealand market
The Board of Trade Advisory Committee notes strong foreign competition in New Zealand. It says British manufacturers must stay vigilant and improve their position, as cheap imports from America France Germany and Belgium undercut many goods, though Britain could supply some classes already held by foreign traders.
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London
Board of Trade
Gritich
Tasmanian cable project and New Zealand bowling match announced
The Federal Government declined Eastern Extension Cable Company terms for the Tasmanian cable and sent home a 1909 two-cable specification. In Sydney a test cricket match against New Zealand is planned with broad club representation and a Balmain venue. Also Sydney police report lower serious crime but more drunkenness and a derailment attempt motive is questioned.
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Per
Press Association
Melbourne
Eastern Extension Cable Company
Tate
Sydney
Murder details emerge from Clinton case
Perth report describes a murder at Clinton with a bloody assault. The victim was found with a throat wound and a battered head while asleep.
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Perth
Clinton
Primitive Methodist Conference in Dunedin Resolution on Union
The Dunedin Primitive Methodist conference reports the retiring President Rev C Ward delivering an address on The Ideals of the Church. The meeting discusses union with the Methodist Church in New Zealand and votes 59 to 13 to amend, favoring mutual concessions while delaying full union. The assembly also plans printing the address in the church paper.
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Dunedin
Primitive Methodist Conference
C. Ward
Tle
A. Harding
J. Plannagan
Union
Vs Proggatt
Invercargill
W. King
Ie. Sellringer
Methodist Church
New Zealand
Dominion
R. Goldie
Spear
Goldie
Theft From a Steamer at Lyttelton Court
George Stephenson was charged with stealing four ladies waterproof cloaks from the top of two trunks on the ss Rotomahana at Lyttelton Magistrate's Court. He admitted guilt and was fined eight pounds or one month in prison. Captain Cellins of the Rotomahana cited the theft as serious and part of the Union Company's anti theft effort.
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Lyttelton
George Stephenson
Cellins
Rotomahana
Messrs
S. R. Webb
G. C. Smith
Justices of the Peace
Union Company
Stephenson
Webb
Questionable effort at Wellington Aquateur Athletics meet
At a Wellington Centre committee meeting of the New Zealand Aquateur Athletic Association on January 10 it was alleged three competitors in recent events did not seem to make an honest attempt to win. They will be asked for explanations.
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John Olsen
Hamptead
Sydney
Wellington
Salvation Army
New Zealand
Canterbury Land Board
Ashlebourton
Tha Boreough Council
Saunday
Hampstead
Tinwald Town Board
Jeb
New Zealand Aquateur Athletic Association
Inveterate Gamblers Raid at Kamo Two Up School
Police raided a two up school at the Sana torium grounds in Kamo Whangarei and took the names of several men present. Prosecutions will follow.
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Whangarei
Kamo
World Sculling Championship Postponed In Wanganui
The sculling championship in Wanganui has been postponed from the February date. Officials decided tonight not to hold on that date and no new date is fixed. the race will likely occur about a week later than planned.
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Wanganui
Fires rage across Waikaia and surrounding districts
Reports from Waikaia bush thirty miles above Waikaia town say a week long fire started by a carelessly discarded match has destroyed fine timber and may spread unless rain arrives. Otautau notes extensive fires in Longwood bush. five bushmen cut off from huts may escape via Merivale. Oxford district grass fire on J Wotherspoon farm damaged feed and spread to Bassett Bros Burnt Hill estate, damaging grazing land and property.
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Gore
Waikaia
Invercargill
Otautau
Southland Times
Longwood
Harrington
Merivale
Oxford
J. Wotherspoon
Messrs Bassett Bros
Burnt Hill Estate
River Reports Show Ashburton Rivers Clear
This morning reports indicate the Ashburton rivers are clear and in good order for fishing. Full flooding concerns appear to have subsided with favorable water conditions noted by locals.
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Ashburton
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