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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
2
The notice touts English and American dentistry at Hale with painless extractions from one to thirty two teeth without gas or chloroform. It invites patients to visit for a free examination and quotation, with all work guaranteed. A new surgery under Mr A A Dempster is now fitted and operates by telephone 56.
The record notes moon phase dates for July including Full Moon Last Quarter and New Moon times for specific days. It lists apogee events with times in the early morning and late afternoon, indicating astronomical observations.
A survey of political cost and fleet week plans contrasts with widespread unemployment across towns. Victoria funds a Melbourne veterinary school, while Manchester pitches export links to New Zealand. Canterbury and Ashburton notes cover rail, road, and civic matters amid labour unrest and immigration concerns.
Rural notes describe lambs in paddocks at Seadown near Timaru. The report covers farming practices and local community updates including meetings, public notices, and court results from the region.
Football teams set for Thursday games with the Anc technicians and Alle nuineers. Anc line includes Hodgson Anderson Culverhouse Cardalje D Fricklander Lynskey Mulligan Hardie D Buchanan Scott D Thomas Jester Lukis Winsloe Amos. Banks and Professions list Anderson Breeze Buchanan Hughes Hair Whitehouse Stable Denham Grimmit Fabling Bowden Martell Hickman Boot Chapman.
Sporting notes from Christchurch report Fretwork scratched for all engagements at the Grand National meeting.
Ottawa reports that Canadian woollen manufacturers demand higher tariff protection arguing British preference hurts trade. Laurier disagrees, saying tariff measures aren’t to blame and the slump is temporary.
Mr Burns reports outstanding loans of English and Welsh local authorities total 483 million pounds. In a Daily Express plebiscite 109,989 opposed women’s suffrage, 55,479 backed limited rights, and 51,278 supported full enfranchisement. Among 117,496 women voters, 99,248 took part.
London July 20. Mr Runciman said the Government adhered to the Education Bill principles but not to all details. He argued no settlement could occur while Anglicans and Roman Catholics clung to every artificial privilege they held, and that the basis must be religious equality.
Secretary for Ireland Mr Birrell told Wirral Ireland is not a land of crime and disorder. Disturbances arose from grain land withholding under land purchase plans. He cited Lord Dudley commission and urged legislation to end the evil and foster international worker unity to cut military outlays.
Fourteen thousand Bombay mill heads struck for autonomy in Calcutta, hurling stones at Europeans and breaking windows. The Riot Act was read and police fired to disperse the crowd with no lives lost. Earlier, four thousand riotous mill hands in Bombay stoned police. revolvers used, several casualties reported.
A Greek band burned the village of Kibarsti near Monastir and massacred 25. The Revolutionary Committee has seized authority in Monastir with the Young Turks controlling the third army corps. Telegrams say the Sultan offers to release officers. Seven thousand troops revolted at Monastir as 92,000 Anatolian troops are dispatched including two Kurdish cavalry.
In New York on July 19 the president says he will not accept corporate donations to his campaign fund. He stresses impartial governance and equal treatment for all donors while maintaining public support for his policy agenda.
The Times criticizes the triangular scheme as unfair and says Marylebone may cancel invitations for 1909 at the urging of Abe Bailey and the Advisory Board. It notes Australia may complain that a Board of Control, created to honor English wishes, is now dominated by Bailey and the Advisory Board.
London July 26 Frozen Meat Trades Association reports market quotations based on at least 100 car cases of mutton or twenty-five caresses of beef. Prices cover New Zealand mutton and lamb, North and South Island beef, River Plate mutton, and salt wool markets with Wheat sales and total afloat quantities. Homewood clip sold at 83d. catalogued bale total 47,465 with 45,021 sold.
Wellington reports from London note mutton prices easing while lamb beef and butter show mixed demand. Canterbury wheat gains 9d per quarter as Australian cargoes for June to August shipment sell at 8s 3d.
Sir Joseph Ward said the government has a large amount of work across the dominion and that every man who wants work legitimately could be employed. He noted many other avenues of employment exist despite reported shortages in some areas.
At Wellington July 20 the Trades and Labour Conference faced sharp critique of the Arbitration Act. Mr Carey urged adding a clause praising workers for relying on industrial action alongside awards, citing bakers and Blackball miners. Other speakers condemned arbitration limits and called for worker protection and action. Debate to resume tomorrow morning.
Thomas Coogan was sentenced to two months in gaol for stealing ten pounds worth of surgical instruments from Di Gibsons motor car while it was parked outside a patient’s door in Christchurch on July 20.
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