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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
2
Express mails for the North will close at 6 p.m. from July 1 with pillar boxes in East and Burnett streets cleared at 5.30 p.m. due to changes in the railway timetable. Botomahana handles the post at 6 p.m. Saturday July 19.
The Ashburton Borough confronts Salvation Army breaches of by-laws with public safety in mind. Past agreements allowed meetings away from East street but recent actions near Hast Street led to renewed council review and potential enforcement at the next meeting.
Local report notes hard practice sessions with two more rehearsals planned next week. Community notices recall a memorial meeting for fallen soldiers and a public push for a Home for Veterans, urging strong attendance and civic duty.
Tenders invited for band room erection and land plots in Hampstead Tinwald districts. Auckland unemployment estimated at 700. Tomorrow large furniture sale by D Thomas to clear room for Poultry Show. Andrill and Co. cheap sale prices for couples furnishing. Friedlender Bros. sale at West Street and Mrs E McAnulty’s 7 acre farm at Pendarves. Winslow Sports and Racing Club annual meeting July 22 at the Rasue Hotel. Ashburton Drapery stock-taking sale from tomorrow to August 23 with dress goods from 2s 6d per yard. Canterbury farming lectures start soon under the Canterbury A P Association led by Mr Gilviuth. Dr Wilson reports typhoid in Mercer affecting Maoris with four dead, one ill. Noted life pension for a Chinaman who aided a Redcastle robbery attempt. Public library thefts of newspapers discussed. The Transvaal Leader notes Boer ignorance of New Zealand.
Home indignation rises over naval authorities' indifference to sending a ship in search of the Quirang. Sir John Lee told the House he favored a Governor request to the Admiralty and understood a vessel would be dispatched soon. If not, the Government would act.
Mr Harry De Windt's expedition traveling from Paris to New York has arrived at Daweon City after crossing Siberia and the Bering Strait. He left Paris earlier this year and expected to reach New York in August.
A report to consider appointing stipendiary stewards and club judicial committees was presented. The committee found difficulties in staffing stipendiary stewards and urged clubs to form impartial protest and disqualification panels while metropolitan committees may advise country clubs. It recommended no change to the trainers fund but supported a joint insurance scheme with the jockeys to cover accident risks. A committee was set to arrange dates and totalisator permits.
Telegraph-Copyright reports Tonpow July 17 reception by Prince Christian for Indian Princes and Colonial Premiers at Grafton galleries with notable attendees. Miss Rosa Bird organized music and drama followed by supper at the event.
The District Courts Bill introduced by Mr Hogg and the Pahiatua County Council Empowering Bill introduced by Mr O Meara were read a first time in Parliament.
The King’s illness is noted as a concern while on a long Coronation cruise. The royal yacht remains at sea under fine weather as the Prince of Wales travels aboard. The voyage is reported to end at Aberdeen before the monarch proceeds to Balmoral.
Judge Hertzog addressed paroled prisoners urging them to remember they are Transvaalers and Free Staters first before Empire citizens. Surrender seen as saving women and children from misery, not defeat. Dr Smartt leads anti Sprigg party in Cape Colony calling for drastic reforms. VryheidBoers resent district transfer to Natal and Steyn seeks medical advice in England.
Mr G H Reid argues against large naval subsidies as a weakness. He says Britain seeks loyalty and fair play, not money, and urges colonists to use their liberty. He warns that treating the Motherland as a foreign nation harms imperial strength more than a 250 000 naval grant through trade.
Telegraph-Copyright Lenpox July 17 reports the Premiers will hold special separate interviews with Lord Selborne and the Admiralty authorities to speed conference work. The Home Government aims to learn each colony's view on various questions and foster empire unity. Sir Edward Horton at the Canada Club dinner likens the conference to sowing a mustard seed that could unite the empire.
The Zanzibar Company's manager told the Shipping Subsidies Committee that Great Britain loses five million pounds annually due to the absence of direct steamers to East Africa. The report, transmitted by the United Press Association via telegraph, notes the economic impact on trade and subsidies considerations.
The Rangatira collided with a barque near Dover at midnight. The barque lost its mainmast and lifeboats and sustained hull damage before being towed to Gravesend. The report mentions a promotional extract about Sander and Sons Eucalyptus products and medical endorsements from European clinics.
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