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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Jul 11, 1907

Page

3

Severe Frost Grips Dowinin Area and Canterbury

A frigid spell settles over the region with frost at Dowinin and heavy frosts in Christchurch. Long dry spell ends as rain arrives Tuesday with thunder and a southwest gale. snow covers the Methven area and surrounding hills. Strong easterly winds persist as temperatures remain very low.

Dowinin Iddeg Lauriston Methven

Russian charged with murder in Tasmanian death

Hobart reports a Russian immigrant arrested for murder after Annie Kay was found dead near Huon on June 24 following initial claims of a fall. Police investigations continue as the case develops.

Hobart Annie Kay Huon

Wool advance and frozen meat market notes

Wool prices rose in London on July 10 chiefly for merinos used in American trade while other classes held steady. In Napier the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company reported frozen meat quotations with Canterbury mutton at 4d and lamb 5d to 9d across Wellington and the North Island.

London Napiur Iswing Canterbury Napier Wellington North Island

Inquest Hears Arsenic Poisoning Death of Jones

An adjourned inquest at Napier into the death of Charles Henry Jones a 19 year old farm labourer who died on May 14 found arsenic in large quantities in the stomach and traces in a tumbler near the dwelling. The jury returned that death was due to arsenical poisoning but found no evidence whether the poison was taken intentionally.

Napior Charles Henry Jones

Accident injures elderly man as tram hits trap

In Christchurch an old man named Coombridge, deaf and near sighted, was struck by a tram while driving a trap from New Brighton. The horse died and the trap was wrecked. Coombridge was taken to hospital with nonfatal injuries. Also reported are scratches in two horse races for the Winter Cup and Grand National Hurdles.

Christchurch Charles Coombridge Flo New Brighton Coombridge Harvest Pretty Maid

Literary Competitions Highlight Christchurch Events at International Exhibition

The Canterbury Times editor W G Atack is named judge for the home industries literary contests. About 150 essays were recovered after an earlier loss in Australia. Other items note winds and rain, a Tinwald land debate, new band entries for Ashburton, rising kerosene prices, and local court fines for bakers.

Christchurch W. G. Atack Canterbury Times Australia Fitchett England Minson Home Industries Edwin New Presbyterian Church Ashburton Timata North Otago Avonside American Oil Trust New Zealand Australasia Orchestral Society BR. Allan E. Smith Tinwald Ashburton Society Messrs C. Andrews G. L. Landrey E. B. Osborn F. Hi. Choat Oamaru George Hepburn William Smyth Alfred Arthur Lynch

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