11 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jan 11, 1911
Page
1
The excerpt lists several 1911 dates in January February including Thursday January 12 and Thursday January 26. It notes Tuesday January 31 and Monday February 20 as part of the same sequence with February 28 labeled 28rd February 1911.
The speaker notes initial delicacy but reports quick improvement after feeding Robinson's Patent Groats and Patent Barley. They praise the product as a fine building up food.
The magisterial enquiry into the Sidney Street incident opens with witnesses detailing the events. Fritz and Jacob allegedly terrorised Gerthon's household, forcing her to disrobe to stop her from leaving. Statements note Churchill's involvement and misidentified cylinders as button-making tubes.
In Dunedin the judge ruled in favor of Mrs Thomson, denying the father Hugh Thorson custody of his two sons aged six and four. The court held the mother’s wishes prevail, considering the father's conduct and the children's religious upbringing. The children remain with the mother with monthly access for the father and potential future orders on custody and education. The habeas corpus writ was discharged without costs.
The Paris Times correspondent reports Frakes' view that Russia must stay out of a war that weakens Europe, Britain should maintain the Persian entente, and parts of any Russo German accord could signal exclusive Asian interests. A gale disrupts Pacific communications and Moissant’s fatal crash remains inexplicable.
General Botha and Mr Sauer will attend the Imperial Conference in Belgium. Twenty two thousand miners have struck at Liege, signaling tension before the talks.
A Brisbane telegram from Ayr reports seventeen inches of rain and a rapidly rising Burdekin River. Railway communications have stopped. Other towns report heavy rainfall, washaways, and threats of floods.
Sir William White, naval architect, testified at the Waratah inquiry that the vessel’s stability was very good and its metacentric height satisfactory. He dismissed claims of excessive height out of water and possible danger from wind pressure, noting cargo weight and deck arrangement were within normal limits.
Dr. Findlay says the new Act will raise gaol populations as magistrates add years for reform. He notes higher reform expectations but warns of costs, while asserting Tokanui Prison Farm may offset maintenance and farming expenses.
The Inspector-General of Police says the Inebriates Act has operated for about a year with success. In the year ending, sixty nine habitual drunkards were dealt with at the Central Police Court and ordered to twelve months detention in institutions. Thirty three were male and thirty six female, many long known to the police and frequent offenders. Magistrates note fewer familiar faces in court and praise the public benefits of the treatment.
Mrs. Vowles presents a paper on unemployment noting that Australia faces labor shortages in many trades while New Zealand’s Labour Department and labour bureaux guide workless men to jobs. She cites four years of prosperity yielding permanent work for most applicants.
Mr J Stonham of the Victorian Statistical Bureau discusses how Australia mirrors a world-wide birthrate trend. He notes married women average three to four children with potential five to seven, and cites a falling death rate suggesting looming food-supply pressures. He asks if nature may be limiting population growth.
Commonwealth quarantine director De Norris argues in a paper that disease and death stem from ignoring natural laws and preferring half truths. He calls for deeper knowledge of Nature’s relation to man and steadfast application of science to human problems.
NSW wheat experimentalist Mr Sutton praises the late Mr W Farrer in a paper. He says Farrer's efforts allow Australia to grow strong white wheat and avoid the rust ravages of seasons past.
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