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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
2
The page lists daily ephemeris data for July including sun rise times and moon phases. It notes first quarter on the 7th at 7 66 a.m. and a new moon on the 28th at 6 47 p.m. with apogee and perigee dates in the month.
A long Ashburton Guardian page covers New Zealand tariff views with a Wellington cargo parcel tale, exports and imports, football culture critique, shearer disputes, local council matters, road and river reports, labour and social notes, and upcoming auctions and political notices in 1908 Ashburton and Canterbury.
Advertising short lists of houses for sale on Grey Cameron and Patching Streets plus town sections. Includes 9 acre and 3 acre allotments, fencing, water, windmill, orchard, and building sites in Allenton Hampstead with easy terms.
Promoters of the Oddfellows Hall fundraiser for the Fire Brigade at Ashburton faced cold wet conditions last evening. Despite low attendance, about three quarters full, the program pleased the audience with emcees and star performers including Madame Linay, Madame Paddon, Miss Misa Austin, and a Scottish Pipe Band.
A Timaru based cooperative agency announces a pamphlet detailing properties for sale from an eighth of an acre to 9040 acres of grazing and bush land. Interested buyers are told to contact the manager land department Timaru for copies. Also mentions Wel DARINE brazing alloy and peppermint cure ads.
On June 20 to 28, 188? incidents in Ashburton include Annie Bremner fined for bicycling on a footpath and James Tucker fined for Sunday selling fruit. Walter Galland faced a drink selling charge with police testimony of whisky seen in his house. his defence cited prior cases and family illness. Cruelty to a cow by Stephen Ryan and Edwin Thomas led to Ryan fined £5 with Thomas discharged. Several default judgments issued in local civil actions.
The Ashburton Hospital Committee meets with Dr Hunter noting June admissions at 15, discharges 15, and one death. 15 in May, 14 on June 30. five operations under anesthesia. Mr Harris seeks £2 3s per week raise. committee approves per letter terms. Chimney issue reported. steps taken. Mrs Wer thanked. Mrs Davis named lady visitor. Accounts £187 8d approved. Gas engine trouble discussed. repairs completed. meeting adjourned.
An old herbal remedy item promoes Woode ae Peppermint Cura for bronchial coughs. The short note includes price 6d and Os. and seems rural in tone with archaic spellings.
Lord Strathcona hailed federation unity as a remedy for discontent in South Africa, Canada, Australia, and the West Indies. The Duke of Argyll praised Quebec tercentenary celebrations while Earl of Dudley said empire contentment lies in people’s welfare, not power. The Diamond-Maker: Lemoine arrest reported in Paris. Clemenceau’s bill to abolish capital punishment withdrawn from the French Chambers.
Berlin dispatch reports in July that the Shah accused the British Legation in Teheran of granting asylum to Persian Parliament members. King Edward replied that the Legation acted rightly and noted the many executions without trial. Telegrams between the Shah and the King followed.
London reports the Old-Ape Pension Bill passed committee with a scale tied to means. Five shillings for income up to £3 21s 4d, four shillings up to £23 12s 6d, three shillings up to £26 5s, two shillings up to 11s 6d, one shilling up to £29 10s, and none above.
Lord's select committee reviews Avebury’s ban on importing or selling plumage from dead wild birds. Melbourne official Colonel Ryan says Deakin will curb egret destruction. Auctions in London and Mincing Lane show tens of thousands of egret plumes and bird skins catalogued. The white egret population in Australia reportedly being wiped out amid limited enforcement. A rookery near Riverina faces nesting desecration as prime-hunters raid nests.
Mrs Leigh and Miss New, noted suffragists, were sentenced to months in prison with fines for damaging Asquith era windows. Magistrate Marsham warned against harsher second division terms, while the defendants affirmed their peaceful aims and chose prison over conformity. Lord Russell defended the defendants, arguing their views resembled religious belief.
The amended Gaming and Lotteries Act was invoked in Wellington on July 3. Magistrate middle? dealt with Ah Jos and Joe Wee who were fined £50 and costs for having pakapao tickets. Ten Europeans were fined £2 10s each for being found on the premises.
Fragmented OCR text shows references to strikes, Wellington, bakers, and discussions. It mentions attempts to question and proceed, with unclear outcomes and vague outcomes about employment and locations. The readable bits point to labor action affecting local bakeries and community response.
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