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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
3
Ww M Jones offers parlor and church organs with elegant finish and rich tone. The shipment features 18 stops and wide sound variety, priced up to 20 percent lower than local rivals. Includes music, study book, and flexible terms. Inspection invited at 426 H M Jones.
Coldstream Road Board at Loveliffe on Thursday elected Wm McKeags to replace Hutton. Dobson's letter objected to ranger pay and road openings. Damages from floods along Beach road to be repaired. road deemed unsafe between Gray's and Brogden's. Main South road tenders expected. general rate set at 1d in the pound. Accounts totalling £12 approved. meeting adjourned.
A Wellington deputation of pawnbrokers protested the Pawn Brokers Amendment Bill before the Attorney-General. They argued profits are small and the bill would cut margins by about 75 percent, threatening many shops. Dr Findlay cited high interest cases in Dunedin and pledged to present pawnbrokers’ evidence to a committee before the bill passes.
Westport on July 11 hears that Mr Tarton of Greymouth will preside at the magistrate's hearing of William Connelly's charges. The arrangement follows a recommendation from Mr Raweon the stipendiary magistrate who voiced opinion when the earlier charge against Pralinen and Anderson was before the court.
A letter from Edgar G. Stead to the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society argues to spare the black shag. He cites stomach contents showing shags rarely harm trout and urges removing monetary bounties, allowing rangers to destroy only where shags threaten angling interests. He notes eel predation links to trout decline and urges broader defunding of shag heads.
At Ardmore residents meeting Captain Colbeck of the Clevedon branch spoke on forming a farmers party in Parliament. A petition from farmers for immediate party formation was sent to Wellington, with 640 provincial branches asked to adopt similar resolutions. The Clevedon proposals call for revenue taxation only, optional land tenure, and limited voting power to ratepayers in local government bodies.
F N motor cycles again prove their superiority with top finishes in the amateur rider section at Christchurch. R D Johnston is the local agent for these machines.
The Orange Lodges led by the Ashburton County Scottish Pipe Band paraded to a full Primitive Methodist Church service. Rev. B. J. Liddell preached on Daniel 3 16 18 linking Hebrews’ heroism to Orangeism, praising loyalty to God ancestry and nation. The choir under Mr J Jones sang hymns and anthems with Miss Claridge at the organ.
In Auckland a meeting of unemployed began at the Grey statue at nine. Thirteen attended initially, then two to three hundred gathered. They denounced Labour Department statements of no unusual mood and urged action while the Labour Bureau offered to employ fifty on the northern railways.
The bill expands coverage to all employees below £5 weekly earnings and raises maximum compensation to £500. Weekly payments cap at six years, with full pay for the loss of both eyes hands or feet. Loss of one hand or foot or one eye carries 80, 60 and 80 percent respectively. Extra compensation for permanent injuries before age 21 and for certain work related diseases. Principal liability rules are tightened. hazardous work contracts must be at least £20 and injuries must occur on premises under the principal. The schedule adds falls exceeding 12 feet as a hazard.
The Labour Department Secretary reports to the House on July 10 that the Arbitration Act underpins its principles and has broadly achieved aims. He notes only mixed results in wages, hours, and security, with benefits to unions and steadied industry, but ongoing concerns over wage rises outpacing living costs and rent impacts on workers.
The Maori team from Sydney beat Northern by 30 to 16 at West Maitland. It was a fast game with strong Maori passing rushes. Northern held their own for most of the match, but the Maoris’ condition prevailed in the late second spell.
New Zealand University team met a strong Metropolitan side in Sydney on July 11. The visitors showed good first half play but could not convert several chances. Bresenham scored a try for the Metropoli tan with Delamare guiding the rush, Dansey missing conversions, and New Zealand finishing with two quick tries but failing to convert. Final score Metropolitan 14 New Zealand 6.
The Auckland team for the Britain match was chosen after a representative trial today. Full back Renwick, three quarters Murray Magee and Wilson, five eights Batner Morsehall Kernan, forwards Gillett Herring Maguire Cunningham Nicolson Hayward See ling, emergencies Young Maguire Muller Johnston.
In perfect weather at Wanganui the Anglo-Welsh team beat the Wan Ganuil Union 9 to 6. The British side played a pretty, dashing game but failed to match New Zealand’s top rugby packs. Remaining fixtures include Wellington, Otago, Canterbury, and a July 26 match against New Zealand in Auckland.
The Marylebone Club cables that counties’ actions prevent offering Australia a separate programme. The Board of Control secretary and Mr I A Iredale agree the Board is unlikely to change its decision on the triangular contests.
Auckland withstood a second challenge for the New Zealand Hockey Shield as the local team beat Canterbury at Victoria Park by two goals to one. The next shield match is set for August 1 when Manawatu will attempt to wrest the title.
At the Victoria Racing Club meeting in Melbourne Ally Sloper won the Grand National Steeplechase final with Tarpon second and Tarpon placed third. Time recorded as 403 seconds.
Bishop Riley of Perth West Australia recalls a month long interior journey with no water to wash or drink. He spoke at a conference of Lancashire clergy, describing the harsh hardships faced inland.
Mary a reader from Christchurch recalls six year old testimonial praising Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for curing her husband’s backache permanently. The ad urges sufferers to obtain the remedy, noting weak kidneys and the product’s availability by Foster-McLellan Co. in Sydney with prices per box and postal options.
The essay traces farm practice from Virgil and Varro to modern science, stressing that despite advances in manures irrigation and soil bacteria the essential need is fertility. It argues mixing breaking up ventilating and ploughing soil to release nutrients and let roots reach food and water.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a nighttime event or feature titled Great Peppermint Ogre with numeric codes 6d and 26 Gd. Named details are unclear, but the piece suggests local interest in a quirky spectacle or pageant.
Incomplete text fragment hints at a greeting or statement of approval. No clear event, person, or organization identified. Contains stray punctuation and garbled words, offering no verifiable details for a news item or public notice.
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