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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
4
Hampstead town officials discuss Marker's Bridge and Reserve 20 acres, County Council funding, and six months notice clause. Debate centers on water rights, race leakage remedy, and a future joint agreement with Ashburton County Council.
Appointed to represent the Board, ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £ 8 83 8d were passed for payment, and the Board rose.
A long letter from a longtime resident criticizes no license as causing drunkenness and swearing in Auckland streets. The writer disputes a visitor's pro prohibitionist stance, cites police accounts, and asserts voters will push for state control or licensing at the next election.
The Ashburton County Council reports extensive use of poisoned wheat and purchases of bird heads and eggs to combat the small birds pest. From April to November 1825 heads were bought at 3d per 200, costing about £400, and from November to December 1825 two rates covered 180 696 heads and eggs for about £180. The council continues buying at 2s per 10, with many entries still arriving.
Admiral Sir W Fawkes and Lady Fawkes passed through Timaru en route to Mount Cook. The Mayor hosted them at Liveheen then a motor tour. His Excellency praised aid received in Australasia and urged strong navies and coast defense matching each country's means.
A boy at Manukau Heads found a bottle with a note reporting a pleasure boat Terawhiti in distress about 50 miles offshore. Captain Neill orders a sea watch and masters of vessels alerted while authorities suspect a hoax.
Mr TR. D. Johnston announces a new stock of bicycles including Royal Enfield Rudee fitworth B.BAG and New Haddon models. Potential buyers are urged to inspect the high grade machines and consider a purchase.
Across London and world desks, personnel changes and performances animate the page. W A McArthur resigns from the Bank of Australia, Ada Crossley engages for a tour covering Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand in September, and exhibition space limits affect Australian art loans at the Franco British Exhibition. International reports note legal releases in New York, a Paris fraud arrest, bowling ties with New Zealand, naval expedition chaplains, and Abyssinian raids on Italian Somaliland with heavy losses.
Attorney-General J G Jackson told New York business leaders that private bankers employ lawless methods akin to the Tammany Tweed ring. Comptroller Mir Metz warns the panic continues and full confidence must return for better times.
London reports a solicitor who practiced in Sydney vanished near the end of 1806 leaving no trace. His wife, described as remarkably handsome, frequently travelled between Australia and England and was supplied with funds by her husband before his disappearance.
The Sydney Labour Council passed a resolution to support Newcastle wharf laborers. Ex-president Mr Kavanagh questioned consistency. Delegates, after nights of support for arbitration, upheld aiding a union unhappy with an award that went on strike.
The commission orders a detailed mine inspection and a return to hearings next week. The men resume work after the judgment, signaling fears of a general strike have subsided.
There is no lack of shoes in the country yet. Time ends on sale prices offered during the sale. Get in before it ends and bring boots to be repaired. Prices are lower at Stock's Blue Boot Store located at 1600.
At Police Court Iraderick Hiteliine was fined £2 and costs for employing a boy George Howes under fifteen without a certificate after a warning from the Inspector. Johan Harry Porter pleaded guilty to employing two assistants after hours under the Shops and Offices Act 1905, receiving £5 and costs.
A creditors meeting in the insolvency of Alfred Michelly, jailed for embezzlement, reviewed the embezzler’s father’s will from Koenigsborg Germany. The will nullifies prior dispositions and disinherits Alfred, unless his son’s challenge succeeds. The assignee will study German law on disinheritance as creditors debate the elder Michelly’s rights.
An Auckland inquest into an infant's death examined whether a doctor could perform a post mortem without the coroner's authority. Dr Niardie Neil had taken the body at the mother's request, then halted the examination when informed of the inquest. The coroner warned that removing a body for post mortems without cause could set a dangerous precedent and obstruct justice.
Representatives from Lower Hutt and Petone Boroughs and Hutt Valley residents met to study a joint electric traction and lighting system. The plan estimates £80,000 with sinking fund and contingencies. Locals offered to guarantee up to £20,000 to cover first ten years' losses, and a joint committee was formed to obtain expert advice and report in three weeks.
Illness of conductor Ay Crichton with a nervous breakdown forces the Wanganui Garrison Band to drop from test selections at the New Plymouth contest. Several members will still compete in the walla competitions.
The New Zealand Swimming Association will provide gold and silver medals for the Napier championship races on March 18 and 28, replacing centres that previously supplied medals. Entrants across the dominion are expected to boost the regatta, described by Al Stanbury as held on a superb course.
A local store urges customers to bring in worn footwear for repairs as a brief spell of good weather ends. The note emphasizes timely fixes for children’s shoes to ensure they are ready for ongoing outdoor use.
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