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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
3
Relief trains carry food to afflicted districts as massive floods and hail disrupt Colorado, Ohio, and Missouri. The report notes extensive damage and ongoing aid efforts from coastal press dispatches.
Paris reports France will extend the full benefit of the Workmen's Compensation Act to Englishmen living in France. The approval indicates cross border protections for expatriate workers.
The Morning Post reports that £800,000 to endow a British national opera is given by Joseph Beecham a patent medicine manufacturer and father of conductor Thomas Beecham. The July 7 London note confirms the donor while referencing a prior £300,000 offer.
A private syndicate with substantial capital forms to develop Dr M Boyd's airship. Boyd and two companions crossed the Irish Channel secretly last May, at 506 feet, in four hours, covering ninety miles. He landed near Belfast and toured again the next night, acknowledging ties to reports from Caerphilly Cardiff Northampton and other towns.
Newspapers from Lanberg say pogroms in Bessarabia left Jews and landlords attacked. about one hundred people were killed according to the report.
Three thousand Russian infantry and 1800 Cossacks reportedly reached Engels, as reported from London on July 7, signaling a substantial Soviet advance in the theater.
In a reply to an address from the Carrington Corporations, King Edward recalls historic conflicts in East Lancashire and expresses confidence in the enduring patriotic spirit. He adds that no effort will be spared to prepare for any risk, however remote.
King Edward on his London visit congratulated the city on its cathedral progress and said religion and patriotism should join hands. He noted it was fitting his journey include a review of the Territorial Forces and urged readiness as the strongest safeguard of peace, with Lancashire asked to help protect the country.
July 8 Melbourne reports a Labour caucus vote on a censure motion slated for end of the week. The debate was adjourned again amid ongoing political strategy and discussion.
The Dunedin Star notes a sixpenny subscription to send a cable from Dunedin City to London praising Mr Chamberlain on his seventy third birthday. The message, signed by the Mayor and the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, extols his empire services and includes wishes for his wife. The Dunedin Stock Exchange also sent birthday greetings.
Mr Wragge predicts a new Antarctic disturbance moving toward Gore with unsettled rainy weather. Winds shift from north east to north then north west, followed by south westerly currents as a cold front brings snowfall and sleet in the South Island. Rain likely in both islands and river levels may rise. Rough seas expected, especially on the East Coast, and shipping warned.
July reports describe Stan Foster dying after falling 60 feet at Waihi beach mine. James Meehan, 30, killed by blast at Blackball siding. Frederick Charles Lindsay, 50, gardener turned labourer, dies in Christchurch Park Road Lower Ricarton. Walter Crawley injured after tripping on stone at Broken River railway works.
A young man named Robert H Woodhouse was found dead on a footpath near the Cathedral after a gun attached to his bicycle discharged. Investigations show a breech loader with No 12 cartridge. suicide unlikely, as no clear motive or notes were found. Woodhouse, 24, formerly with Tramway Board staff, was last seen at the tramway shed with a long visit and cheerful mood.
The Wellington union list counts 1087 jobless in diverse trades including wharf labourers seamen and carpenters. A Mayoress led women’s committee formed for unemployed funds as Napier and Dunedin plan mass meetings urging government and local help.
The Arbitration Court fixed hearing dates for disputes and compensation including a local bodies exemption dispute at Christ Church and a saddlers wage dispute with a preference clause. A Melbourne reader praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for his son’s bronchitis and croup, and bicycle shop offers Swift Standard cycles at £16 and other models from £2 10s.
Wanganus July 8 press report quotes Mr Wu A Veitch president of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants saying it took 26 years to build the society and warns against splitting its defensive ranks. He dismisses ministerial recognition of another Drivers Firemen and Cleaners Association as bluff and urges loyalty to avoid retrogression.
Commercial report notes July 8 at 9:53 am with strong wool demand and steady opening rates. Spirits run high for good wools while poorer lots linger. Tallow describes 1870 casks offered with some sales. low medium prices rise by 6d.
The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company reports falling mutton and lamb prices. Prices show mutton down four pence for first quality and lamb down four pence for first quality with high stocks on hand and afloat. Notes list Canterbury Napier Wellington and North Island quotations for mutton and lamb with various quality grades.
Seized liquor at three railway stations in the Ohinemuri district two at Waihi and one at Paeroa as reported by the Press Association. The seizures follow ongoing enforcement efforts in the region during July.
At an Ashburton meeting Mr C G W Purness urged higher annual subscriptions. Discussion covered fund disposal with 75 percent of ordinary members' dues sent to Christchurch, with the Canterbury branch handling propaganda. Some members favored forming a separate Ashburton branch, potentially guiding funds locally if authority is granted and membership grows toward a thousand.
Arranges with agents in New Zealand markets to sell grain and produce, promising best prices for prime malting barley, date wheat, chaff, potatoes, and more. Weekly auctions at the Baylock Street Mart on Saturdays feature pigs, poultry, cattle, horses, furniture, produce, and sundries, with prompt settlements and same day account sales. Also offers furniture selling on short notice and low terms, and serves as agent for Norwich Union Fire Insurance and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance.
Mr Bates reports northerly to strong winds and probable rain that will increase after 16 hours. At the Methodist quarterly meeting this evening a vote on separation from Australia will be discussed. An illustrated page in Good Cheer praises the journal. Rev G H Cole will start a ten day mission in Baring Square Church on Sunday August 8. Mr Cole visited Ashburton five years ago. Lovelife Band meeting featured piano sales songs and recitations with a large attendance and a thanks to Willowby friends. Mr W Nicoll promotes Navy League membership with humorous promises and questions what he would live to weaken
An advertisement extols Sander's Extract as superior eucalyptus remedy for coughs throat and lung issues and claims it heals wounds burns and eczema. It asserts other eucalyptus products contain irritating ingredients and warns against previous harm and even death from inferior versions.
At Waltham Abbey Police Court Harriet Jones widow living at Chingford was fined 1s for failing to register as a money lender. The rate of interest often reached 2600 percent per annum. At a City of London inquest coroner Dr Waldo noted a body in the new formalin chamber at the city mortuary had been kept five weeks and showed six post mortem changes.
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