Local and General News Recap
The Ashington grain sheds report oats lean while sample is brought for nativity. Farmers in Wakauui stay busy with shearing reaping and threshing. Various notes cover immigrants on the Papanui and Corinthic ships, Wellington building permits, Canterbury meat works updates, and calls for rain to aid crops. A Geraldine meeting forms a Political Labour League branch. The Hawke’s Bay visits South Polar waters with ice and icebergs sighted. A Dunedin note covers Japanese espionage and a Teachers Conference critique of salary and attendance rules. The Baltic cream separator is praised for efficiency and fed into the line at J B Meehan Co. Ltd. in Dunedin.
Sale terms offer £3 per acre with £700 cash upfront
The deal quotes a price under £3 per acre and requires only £700 cash at signing, with the remaining balance financed at 5 percent interest.
New Lesson’s fruits and nuts price list
A priced list of dried fruits and nuts including currants sultanas seeded raisins figs almonds and walnuts with various per pound rates and additional items such as peel sugar and commodities from a shop in old currency. The text reflects a catalog style with multiple items and unit prices.
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Barcelona
Lipton
Weather oddities and travel notes from the Domain to Auckland
The Domain reports a shade temperature of 74.5 degrees at 1 30 and a meteor seen over Auckland around 10 last night with two thunder like reports. The Rakaia left London for Auckland and Wellington while Waimate reports berry picking and a rail haul of two truck loads.
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Prega Association
Auckland
Weather and Crops Report On Autumn Conditions
Colder weather and intermittent rain headline a cautious forecast for stock feed and winter fodder. Drought damaged dry lands, with grass and clover sowings failing. farmers hope a heavy rain to boost oats barley and rye grass. Threshing continues in Dunedin and Southbridge with strong barley yields and high oat variability.
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Spain
Mayfield
Dromore
Fairfield
Mayheld
Valetta
Disisieta
Dunsendel
G. Simpson
Aaty
Southbridge
Mtr
W. B. Andrew
Arthur Greenwood
County grapples with dwindling water supply across plains
County overseer Morrison warns of diminishing intake sources as snow disappears threatening water races vital to farming. He cites districts between Seafield and Acton and potential Rangitata intake near Cyncroft to secure a reliable supply, noting past pioneer's struggles and current paddock welfare.
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Ir Morrison
Morrison
Seafield
Acton
Myi
Rakaia
Ashburton
Ruapuna
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Cyncroft
Dorie
Hampstead Town Board Seeks Consistent Water Supply
Hampstead faces chronic water shortages with wells failing on hillsides and fire risk rising. Negotiations with County Council progress toward an unfailing supply at 7 10s annually, plus bridge-cost disputes and terms ensuring a binding long-term contract.
Ashburton Borough School Committee Minutes Review
Ashburton Borough School Committee met in the evening with six members present and one apology. They planned a joint Hampstead conference on the Technical School Board, noted 10 percent absenteeism due to illness, discussed staffing on 428 attendance, and considered retaining an assistant mistress. A new assistant-master was chosen by ballot, a garden party sports meet was proposed, a vacancy led to offering Mr Silcock the seat, Mr Meddins declined resignation but was not accepted, and Mr Craighead was offered the vacant seat. Accounts totaling £2 12s were approved.
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R. McVallan
T. TH. Unehill
Christian
Hampstead
Technical School Board of Governors
Education Board
Reestréedi
Meddins
Andrill and
Thillier
Hewson
Priest
Silcock
Crabhead
Silesek
Silcsck
Craighead
Farm Labourers Dispute Heard at Waimate Conciliation Board
The Conciliation Board resumed hearings on the farm labourers dispute at Waimate with Oliver Rendills arguing for a weekly wage of about 1s per hour and 45s per week in harvest, noting long hours and moonlit work. James Downey urged higher wages for ploughing and union-backed holidays while supporting a harvest-time bonus. The board adjourned the matter to 10 o'clock the next morning.
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Waimate
Oliver Rendills
James Downey
Sill
Labourers’ Union
dSpam
Man committed for trial over axe assault near Criterion hotel
By telegraph from Napier January 14 a man named George Adams was committed for trial on a charge of assaulting Frederick Edmonds with intent to do him bodily harm. Evidence showed a prior exchange at the rear of the Criterion hotel when Adams seized an axe and swung at Edmonds missing his neck by inches.
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Telegraph
Napier
George Adams
Frederick Edmonds
Criterion Hotel
Adams
Edmonds
Criticism of club patronage and tribute practice in sports
A letter to the Auckland Herald condemns widespread payments to club patrons at annual meetings. MPs mayors and councillors are named as recipients of four guineas, a practice the writer calls mean and a burden on those unable to afford such contributions.
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Auckland Herald
Record Tourist Traffic Through Auckland Rail Lines
Heavy traveler flow continues at Auckland with the Roto rua route. This morning the express to Rotorua carried 700 passengers while the Rotorua express returned with 350 passengers, signaling a robust peak season.
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Auckland
Rotorua
Bowling leadership changes in New Zealand
In Dunedin on January 19, W C Allintt resigns as president of the New Zealand Bowling Association council. W Wadell of Oamaru is elected to the vacancy. W Alloo is elected secretary.
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The
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W. Wadell
Oamaru
W. Alloo
Fires scorch farms and cover large areas in region
In Swannanoa on Sunday Mr T Burgin lost a threshing beam and two oat stacks totaling about 60 bushels, with extensive grass and crops burnt. Between Medbury and Culverden wide areas burned on Thursday, Hawarden settler lost twenty acres of oats, and at Burnt Hill Bassett Bros. shed a thousand sheep and five thousand acres of feed. J Wotherspoon lost 200 acres of feed and 65 sheep. James Milly lost all sheep and pasture. others narrowly escaped losses.
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Culverden
Hawarden
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Messrs Bassett, Bros
J. Wotherspoon
James ‘Illy
The American Fleet's Cruise Arrives at Rio de Janeiro
United Press dispatch from Rio de Janeiro dated January 13 reports Admiral Evans's fleet has reached the port. Telegrams from Rome and Berlin note Italian consular actions in Australia and a shipping agreement between Hamburg and Norddeutscher Lloyd. Cholera epidemic in Aden and Constantinople adds to global health concerns.
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Roosevelt forecasts Taft over 600 votes at convention
The United States Press reports Roosevelt's calculation that the Republican Convention will award Taft about 600 votes. Taft opposes government control of mines and railways when asked, while Bryan supports government ownership though not viewed as campaign issue.
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Press Association
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Botha Changes Indian Convicts Sentences in Transvaal
In Pantoria on January 18 General Botha altered sentences for Indians convicted under the Registration Act, replacing hard labour with simple imprisonment.
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Morocco turmoil as Abdul Aziz defies Mulai Hafid
In Fez Abdul Aziz faces nationalist opposition as Mulai Hafid asserts control over Rabat area. General Lamade moves to protect the Spanish mission while European residents fear the position. The Times Paris correspondent notes a consensus that Hafid’s stance could push powers to back Abdul Aziz under the Algeciras framework.
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Union Steam Ship Service Terms Fallout
Reuters reports from Ottawa that the Union Steam Ship Company rejected prior mail conveyance terms between Australia and Canada and that Commonwealth and Canada declined to raise subsidies. Likely the service continues tentatively by current contractors until All-Red negotiations are settled.
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Reuter
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Canada
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Fatal Parker building fire in New York
January 13 fire in the Parker building drew 20,000 spectators as firemen battled a blaze on the eighth floor. trapped climbers were rescued by lines shot from a neighboring hotel and rappelling down the chimney, while others on the roof could not descend.
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Parker Building
Flooding in Queensland disrupts traffic and water
Heavy rains continue in northern Queensland with Ayr and Tower Times submerged and traffic suspended. Wharf labourers strike persists with non unionists handling work in Sydney and Newcastle. A Maitland farmer dies after an anthrax infection from skinning a cow. Sydney Morning Herald notes potential mail service disruptions between San Francisco and Vancouver and urges Australia to maintain adequate international links.
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Australia
Barque Big Bonanza Returns to Sydney in Distress
The coal-laden barque Big Bonanza, which sailed from Newcastle on December 29 bound for San Francisco, returned to Sydney in distress after encountering gales near New Caledonia. She developed two leaks, rough seas hindered a stop at Noumea, and the crew kept down the water while staying aboard the vessel.
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