For Sale: Averu Residential Property Near Town
Have for sale in this locality the residential property Averu owned and occupied by Mr P Lrevrza. It covers 14 acres with a roomy house, verandah, stable, sheds and storeroom. Ten minutes from town, possession early. Pull particulars on application. Also for sale on Mr Dempster’s account one acre with wool fences and a seven room house with washhouse detached. Ideal home offered at a fair price with inspection arranged.
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P. Lrevurza
Dempster
Ashburton
North Slang
L.T.P
Feilding
Ashlhurst
P.N. Prac
Len
Tancred Street
Cox Street
Wathroom
Casseton Street
Allenton
Ashburton Mail relocation marks move to Somerset Buildings
The Ashburton Mail and Guardian Commercial Department will occupy the former Hestanat Mortgage and Agency premises at Somerset Buildings Burnett Street next to Dalary and Company. Advertisements must be submitted to the Commercial Office only and not at the Factory where the public is barred.
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HYROM
Boots and bootskins sale at Bostock's with varied prices
A local advert lists Bostock's Cookham boots in multiple sizes and prices including 32s 6d 27s 6d 25s Gd and 24s Gd. It notes Hawkins' English Balmorals with 2s 25s Gd 23s Gd 22s 6d and 18s 9d Now 2s 20s plus a large assortment of American English and Colonial boots.
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Bostock
Cookham
Stringyfallow and Cairns Memorial Notices
January 23 1908 Mitcham Road Ashturton Orton dearly beloved son of HL and JH Stringfellow aged one year six months Elizabeth Agnes Dolly departed January 28 1907 memory memorial verse notes lay to rest one year since gone from this world of trouble and care. Forgotten by some we know you will be for ever your memory is sacred. Short was her stay but long her rest God takes the son he lives the best.
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Stringyfallow
Mitcham Road
Ashturton
Orton
J H. Stringfellow
Cairns
Elizabeth Agnes
Dolly
Call for Vogelian water scheme to curb droughts and fires
An editorial urges New Zealand and Australia to adopt a national water storage and distribution system. It argues that capturing melted snow and rain into reservoirs could neutralise drought losses and limit fires, requiring bold engineering, funding, and intergovernmental cooperation across the dominion.
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Australia
New Zealand
All Canterbury
Ashburton County
Thanks for Settling Accounts After the Fire
The writer expresses gratitude to those who have already settled their accounts since the fire and thanks them for their sympathy.
Heat Grips Workers At Fairfield Freezing Works
Local and general news describe a day of extreme heat causing fainting among delicate persons. Slaughtermen at the Fairfield freezing works struggled under oppressive conditions and odour from car cases forced some to cease work. Harvesting and threshing also faced hardship for laborers.
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Fairfield
Ashburton County events and notices span sport to science
Open air concert in Baring Senate West draws townspeople under H A Humphries. A Templeton rape pasturage sold at £4 per acre. 1807 Licensing Act cases total 30 at Ashburton Magistrate. Local bathing indecency warnings issued near Ashburton traffic bridge. Napier and water supply notes with 15 million gallons pumped. Stock market at Addington reports fat sheep sales. Various school grant reductions and local hospital board discussions. Ohakune rail limb near miss impresses travelers. New sheep race patent devised in Gisborne with Baltic cream separator claims.
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Ashburton
Christchurch News Briefs From July Mutations and Incidents
Captain Edwin reports winds turning southerly with rising glass and later strong northerlies. Selwyn County struggles to source water for races. Buckley of Lachmar estate Ashburton returns from Nimrod voyage. Christchurch magistrate fines two married women for shop thefts. Transvaal farming shows 75.5 million acres with only 12k farms. Invercargill oyster season prospects look good and 60 to 70 boats may be employed. Belfield and Kakahu Flat yield high crops. Samaritan Home staff resignations follow governance disputes. Dr Moore injured in Napier car crash. car wrecked. A prank ends with a youth shot pellets injuring leg. NZ Amateur Association hears Ashburton cycling programme. prize orders opened to all firms. Sheep breeders begin Border Leicester flocks inspection in Otago. Hospital Board discusses half-pay certificates. nurses and doctors differ on fees. Car Tyre Repairs advertise vulcanizing service at Carson's Tancre Street.
Correspondence on Medical Opinions and Anesthetic Practice
A reader from Ashburton denounces a letter criticising Drs Mullin and Maude for purported anesthesia errors. The writer argues the complainant misuses literature, defends established anesthetic practice, and condemns “Professional” as misleading. The piece reflects local debate over medical expertise.
Times chiefs named in new directorate and peers row
London dispatch notes that the Times directorate will include three Walter family members Sir Edward Tennant and Mr A Pearson. It also reports Lords question Corazon’s seat in Irish representative peers and a large strike by shipbuilders in the North and East demanding wage cuts and shorter hours.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
the Times
Walter
Edward Tennant
A. Pearson
House of Lords
Lord Corazon
Lord Ashton
Unemployed Rally in Berlin Demands Relief Works
Twelve thousand unemployed met in Berlin on January 22 and urged the state to provide municipal relief works at trade union wages, remove food taxes, and drop charity. Police swung sabres to deter passage attempts, leaving pools of blood. Vorwarts cites 60,000 unemployed in the city.
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Berlin
Vorwarts
British Labour Conference at Hull Rejects Socialism Drive
At Hull the Labour conference rejected Atkinson’s motion for a socialist overhaul and endorsed railway nationalisation and MPs’ pay. A push to extend suffrage to women failed on the same terms as men, provoking heated reactions from women in the gallery.
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London
Hull
J. Atkinson
Paper Stainers’ Union
Labour Party
A. ¥. Grayson
M.P
M. H. Quelch
Messrs
J. Jk. Clynes
A. H. Gill
P. W. Curran
Atkinson
W. Thorne
Quelch
House of Lords
Clynes
Japan and Canada seek control of Japanese immigration
Viscount Hayashi and Mr Lemieux discuss Canada Japan ties and immigration policy. Japan will restrict emigration to Canada and Hawaii and bar laborers, while Bona fide students merchants and tourists will be admitted. Anglo Japanese alliance cited in defense of equal treatment.
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Ottaws
Lemieux
Dominion House
Viscount Hayashi
Japan
Canada
Canda
Ottawa
America
Assembly Introduces Asiatic Immigration Restriction Bill
In FICTORIA British Columbia the government introduced a bill restricting Asiatic immigration, mirroring the Natal Act, and it was read a first time in the Assembly.
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British Columbia
River Reports From Ashburton County Rivers
At 9 o clock this morning all of the Ashburton county rivers were reported to be in good fishing order.
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Ashburton
Democrats Aim to Nominate Bryan Over Hughes for Presidency
New York reports Governor Hughes of New York informs the Republican Club he is willing to accept the presidency nomination against William Jennings Bryan, with July Denver meeting cited as the target. The note reflects Democratic aims to nominate Bryan at the Denver convention.
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Per Press Association
New York
V. J. Bryan
Denver
GO. Hughes
Clib
Tafé
Moroccon Sultans Change as Hafid Proclaimed Leader
A Press Association report from Moroccon sources notes Murat Hafid proclaimed Sultan in Wazan. Prisoners released after Kai McLean stipulation depart for Tangier. Mulai Rachid re occupies Settat giving Hafid control of inland areas while Abdul Aziz holds most ports except Saffi.
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Per Press Association
Morocce
Murat Hafid
Wazan
Morocco
Mulai Rachid
Settat
Mulai Hafid
Abdul Aziz
Saffi
Clemenceau Denies Demade Used Abdul Aziz Services
Paris on January 22 1 M Clemenceau states General Demade did not employ Abdul Aziz yet France cannot forget he is the only Sultan recognised by the Powers.
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Paris
M. Clemenceau
Demade
Abdul Aziz
France
Twenty Arrested in Geevagh Rioting Incident
Twenty persons were arrested at Geevagh Roscommon for taking part in a riot and unlawful assembly and for preventing the postal delivery of processes for rent.
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Per ‘Press ‘Association
London
Geevagh
Roscommon
Birrell Denies Talks With Prelates or Nationalists
Mr Birrell in Reading rejects entering treaties with the Prelates or Nationalist Party. He mocks vague imperial platitudes and questions central authority over self governing communities. He asks how far Britain can control Indians seeking work in collieries or shipyards.
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Pey Press Association
London
Birrell
Reading
Transvaal
Healey sets world 200 yard freestyle record
Cecil Healey shattered Keiran's 200 yard world mark with a time of 2 minutes 11 1 2 seconds at Sydney on January 23. The report notes accompanying concerns on drought hurting South Coast farmers milk supply and price rises. Fires in Tasmania isolate West Coast. Zeehan camps destroyed. In Kalgoorlie a premature explosion at the Associated Brine injures two men, one contractor Watson loses both eyes.
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Sydney
Cecil Healey
Keiran
Healey
South Coast
Tasmania
Hobart
West
Zeehan
Perth
Kalgoorlie
Watson
Fires devastate railway station and towns in New Zealand
Reports from Timaru and other centers detail destruction from fires. Glenavy station and post office facilities were burned, with cash, stamps, and mail lost. telegraph service disrupted and later restored. Other fires threaten Waikawa mills, Maungatarere stream dried up, and Nireaha dairy manager Mr Chew endured a near fatal blaze in Wellington.
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Timaru
Glenavy
Invercargill
Waikawa
Waikawa Sawmilling Company
Carterton
Maungatarere
Wellington
Chew
Nireaha
Sensational Stock's sale offers shoes below cost
Local ad urges buyers to visit Stock's Blue Boot Stores and Mellar's shoes for holiday footwear at cut prices. Promotes Rheumo tonic with a testimonial from John Abbott of New Plymouth dated July 6 1907 claiming cures for rheumatism. Includes prices 2s 6d and 4. The notice hints at tennis bowls and cricket season footwear and urges shoppers to see the advertisement on page 12-0.
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Stock
Ky Tons
Blue
John Abbott
New Plymouth
Jobn Abbott
Ney Plymouth
Raist
Mellar’s
Piiao
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Alford Forest Road
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Winter's Road
Verriman
LAND
WM. Wilson
the Normal School
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Remova
Robert B. Bell
QUR
Gershee
Muades Holland
Is Ltd Jadies’ Holland
Briggs and Priestly
Sual
Boot and Shoe Department
Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd
Ashburton Branch
Collins
Hefford & CO
Ani
Buxton & Thomas, Trimugle Cash Stores
A. LT
Zouch
American Dental Parlours
H. Gresham
Burnett Street
Cameron Street
Duncan Ross
Tancred St
Triangle
The
Waar
ATS
Gasi Gee
F. Ferriman
Edison
A. T. H.W. East Street
Frank Gurtis
Philadelphia
Consulting Optician
East Street
Handcock
Colombo Street
Cathedral
Harold K. Curtis
Yorkshire Fire Insurance Company
Yorkshire Lire
Qibell
Maling and Co., Limited
Andrew Young
Wakanui Road
A& Grocery
Geraldine
Southland
Harold’ E. Curtis
ABBEY
A. T. A. Pyas
Robt, Alcorn
J. E. Winsloe & Go., Land, Estate and General Agents
Mossburn
J. &. Winsloe and
Templeton
Ashburton Magistrate’s Court
Philhig
Napier
Wanganui
North Otago Times
South
Anterbury
Family Union
South Canterbury
Dunedin
Inglewood Oil and Prospecting Company
Papa
Supreme Court
Palmerston North
Chicago
Michigan
Kigman Pierce
Youngs Men’s Christian Association
Australasia
South Carterton
Wairarapa Daily News
Fleet Street
Addington Stock Market
G. Giddings Cetra
A. Metcalf
Rangitata
Southland Times
Bluff
Melbourne
South Canterbury Hospital Board
Horrell
Scott
Dunlop
G. R. Hart
Ilgrims’ Corner
Hagley Park
Domain Board
Boucher
Auckland
Toibape Times
Ohakune
John Madden
Victoria
Gisborne
Hiont
Baltic
J. B. MacEagan and Co., Ltd
Edwin
Selwyn
G. A. M. Buckley
Lashmar
Nimrod
Koonya
Chifetehurch Magistrate's Court
Transvaal Colony
Belfield
Kakahu
Dr. Moore
Henley
New Zealand Amateur Association
Ashburton Amateur Cycling and Athletic Club
Williams
Ashburton Jewellers
A. Sperrow
Council
Sheepbreeders’ Association
South Island
Otago
House Committee For Investigation
Carson’s
Tancre
Hewitt’s
Edey
Jen
Cable News
Home and Foreign
United Press Association
Telegraph
Fopyright
Federated Shipbuilding Trades
England
Germany
British Labour Conference
MR Lemieux
CABLE
Morosce
Itaisuli
Kai McLean
Per
Tangier
Abdul. Aziz
Irish Affairs
British Politics
MR Birrell
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