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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 01, 1911
Page
2
The piece argues for stronger technical and manual training to complement literacy. It cites a British bill to raise leaving age and require continuation classes, notes New Zealand Education Act provisions, and discusses civic duty, juvenile labour, and extended schooling as pathways to skilled trades.
A monster meeting in Masterton Town Hall marked the second anniversary of the no license policy. Organizers reported surveys of 90 tradespeople found only eight against the policy. six doctors testified improvements in behavior and reduced bankruptcies and crime. A New Zealand trade and social reform movement feature was noted with discussion of adult schools and reform efforts.
A farewell for Mr K Rodkin saw Ashburton Football Club discuss a charity match with Southern Cross to aid Ashburton Hospital. Auckland Gisborne freight concerns led to a deputation planned to press for lower rates with Union and Huddart Parker. A Dunedin telegram noted bottle licenses and a busy retail rush. A Waimate Floricultural Conference set show dates while civil case evidence highlighted contrasting valuations of a damaged horse and fences.
The Ashburton Football Club held a social in the Orange Hall last evening for Mr E Rudkin. A large attendance included representatives from the trade and other groups.
Rioting broke out in Hull after an abortive conference with clashes injuring many people. Police and emergency crews responded as crowds gathered. The disturbance follows disputed meetings and heightened tensions in the city.
At the Theatre Royal this evening the new programme features The Champion Swordsman The Invisible Thief Man and the Law Bea Farming and several other attractions. Prices will be as usual.
Hugo Gorlitz arranges a special train from Christchurch to Ashburton after the Elijah oratorio on Wednesday evening.
Fourteen and a half degrees of frost were registered for Friday night. Moderate to strong northerly winds will make the weather cold and changeable. Probably a very cold night with the glass falling slowly. Mr Bates provides the forecast.
Meteorological data for Domain station June shows barometer high 30.80 inches on 28 and low 28.05 on 22, maximum thermometer 66 on 2, minimum 22 on 26, rain on ten days totaling 10 inches etc. Frosts occurred on twenty five nights with temperatures ranging from 1 to 17 degrees. highest 15 degrees in 1910 for corresponding month.
King Wellington July 2 The electoral census to be taken July 9 will begin Monday next with the distribution of enrolment forms to householders. This marks the first electoral census in the Dominion and aims to remove the need for canvassing for enrolment names.
Alfred Tharkettle of the Salvation Army was fined 73 and 20 shillings with costs for breaches of the hydaw prohibition on public speaking in Cathedral Square. F. R. Cooke was fined 10s and costs for a similar breach. Cooke, a Socialist orator, was arrested and imprisoned for a previous unpaid fine.
The fragment notes a horse named Por Infitenza taking Woods in a race with a reference to a peppermint cure. No clear outcome or date is provided. Further readable details are not present in the text.
July 1 reports show the Hina APO and non union dockers striking at Surrey Commercial Docks while 500 London Metropolitan police are sent to Hull as rioting lasts until 2 am. Constables and civilians injured. mounted police disperse mobs. Manchester police reinforced near docks. 3000 new Dockers' Union members in Liverpool. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at North Docks refuse to handle Plack-leg labor goods. Apples from the Syevie cargo and Papanui consignments undischarged. four places report fires amid suspected Ism incidents.
Antwerp reports on June 30 that the Shippers Union will pay wages current in Hamburg and other Continental ports. The Hague notes dockers in Amsterdam assault non union workers and their families, breaking ship chandlers windows as twenty Chinese stokers arrive and sign on for Nedtare liners.
London reports the King and Queen hosted 100000 children at the Crystal Palace for coronation celebrations with inspections of Australian Cadets and Guards of Honour. Buckingham Palace awarded coronation medals to colonial troops and visiting officers. prominent figures including Sir George Reid attended. Nationalists debated attendance amid Home Rule tensions and a Commons split over participation.
A June 2010 briefing reports near unanimous Senate openness to ratify an arbitration treaty. Officials say the Senate’s treaty powers remain intact and France is prepared to negotiate a grimilay treaty despite unclear terms.
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