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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 12, 1909
Page
1
A lengthy essay argues that strict introductions and social etiquette curb free speech and casual conversation. It envisions a society where anyone may speak to anyone and calls for abolishing the call system, proposing mutual consent as the gauge of sociability. The piece ends with a historical aside on wartime songs and a brief, unrelated product plug.
Advert shows Frootoids claims to cure headaches indigestion constipation and biliousness. It praises blood cleansing and liver support with nightly doses and asserts quick relief when other remedies fail. Price 1/6. sold by Cheliata and W G Hearne Geelong Victoria.
Sir John Jackson tells a Royal Commission in London that a 3 percent government guarantee is needed to justify the Forth and Clyde Canal scheme. He estimates total cost at about £20 million with Admiralty demands for 36 feet of water and maintenance at roughly £60,000 annually.
German industry relies on robust technical education and employer-led training. Public and private efforts fund technical schools, labor bureaux assist youth, and sickness and invalidity insurance protects workers, unlike Britain where such coverage is limited.
A collection of quotations on humour from Ben Jonson Carlyle Coleridge Thackeray and others. Observations include humour as the finest gift of poetic genius a balance of moods and its relation to pathos. The passages discuss humour's divine light and its power to render low things poetical.
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