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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
2
Ephemeris notes show sun rises on July 25 at 7.22 and July 6 at 7. for July days. Moon phases list Full Moon on the 3 at 11 47 p.m Last Quarter on the 10 at 28 p.m New Moon on the 17 at 10 28 p.m First Quarter on the 25 at 11 15 p.m.
Mary Fargher Wilson, beloved daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Wilson of Seaview, died at the residence of Mr W J Moore on Belt Road Allenton. She was aged 143 months.
An essay argues that a large minority of New Zealand youth show a lack of manners, noting examples from Auckland Grammar School and visits by Lord Plunket and the Minister for Education. It blames not only pupils but also parents and teachers for teaching courtesy and modesty in daily life.
The push for a major reorganisation of the Department of Agriculture amid retrenchment is not immediate. The Farmers Union Advocate notes Minister T Mackenzie seeks full insight before sanctioning changes. An American visitor discusses trade dullness and panics affecting England and the U S. Labour unions press Napier for affordable workmen’s homes, while rainy conditions and weather updates are reported. A local ad offers Go-carts with a quilt gift and stock of fifteen carts.
The General Assembly is to meet in Christchurch from October 26 with arrangements under way for visiting dignitaries. A telegram reports Ross Goldfields Limited will light Ross by electricity and may offer to illuminate nearby Hokitika.
At a special meeting the Ashburton Borough School Committee accepted bids for a shelter shed at Allenton School and a bicycle shed at the main school. Other items include Dickens recital attendance, Rev Inglis's London to Scotland trip, factory inspector retrenchments, and local transport and immigration updates. A 1909 Stuart motor car is offered at a discount in Tancred Street.
Lime for grain, root crops, and pasture proved a profitable investment. Special terms are available. Full particulars from Blackburne, Smith and Co., 122 Manchester Street, Christchurch.
The Conciliation Council settled the Hawke's Bay drovers dispute in Napier on July 20 with a two year agreement. The union withdrew all claims except wages and drover definition. Minimum wage fixed at 12 shillings 6d for drovers and 10 shillings 6d for packmen, with efforts to adjust current rates where higher. Provisions cover drover qualifications and learning periods for youths. a draft agreement to follow.
Per Press Association WAPIDA July 21 Rugby Thon penalizes a player for five years after using shanone language and striking the referee.
A July 26 event in Ashburton features Arnst and Fogwell showcasing training methods with a home-trainer pace maker, Arnst’s brother on a home-trainer bicycle, and meters recorded. Brown Parker performs half punching and a new film program from England includes the Webb-Arnst boat race with Arnst lecturing on details.
Two suffragists held in Holloway prison were released after refusing to eat. The report notes their release came as part of a hunger strike protest.
In the House of Commons Mr McKenna said submarines C 21 and C 17 lack safety helmets that could allow two crew to escape if foundering. Supplying all subs before November is impossible. Mr Lee noted helmets promised in May 1908. Also, Tendon Mayor and Admiralty officials visited the Fleet at Southend. A new polar expedition idea arises in New York as Shackleton inspires a push to back a South Polar voyage by the American government.
Three more deaths are reported in Berlin from a motor cycle accident during the long distance bicycle race at the Old Botanic Garden. Earlier dispatch described two pacers colliding and exploding, a burning machine leaping into a crowded stand, and many injuries.
The dispatch lists executions in Constantinople including Cherkess Mehmet Pacha Abdul Hamid s former aide de camp and Hakki Bey a noted spy. Ali Kemal editor of Ikdam was sentenced in absentia to perpetual exile for espionage while Ikdam proprietor Duevdet Bey was acquitted.
Five thousand Moors attacked Ata layou on July 20 but were repulsed, leaving 100 dead or wounded. Spanish casualties were numbered at twenty eight. The report dated July 24 notes the engagement occurred in Morocco.
The Times reports London July 20 that the Government will reveal immediate plans for contingent Dreadnoughts. Mr McKenna told Mr Craig £35,000 would be paid in thirty years at £5,000 annually to Auckland dry dock. The grant aims to properly equip the dock, with Colombo the only other subsidised facility.
A sum of £35000 has been anonymously given to Queen Alexandra's sanatorium for English and American consumptives of small means. The sanatorium sits at Davos Platz in the Alps, known for its dry still air and winter sunshine, ideal for health treatment.
The Daily Mail reports the first two weeks of the eight hour day in South Wales cut output by 13 to 18 percent, a loss of about 700000 tons. Miners consider backing a general strike to gain broader support and air the dispute. The piece criticizes recent peace as merely patched up.
Mr James Shakes of Manners Street Wellington extols RHEUMO as a sure remedy for Rheumatic Gout. He claims rapid relief within twenty minutes and swelling disappearance by the next day after one or two doses. He urges others to try the medicine, contrasting with ineffective liniments and plasters.
In Wellington the Citizens Relief Committee reports few new subscriptions as some men remove their names after finding work. A drop in Labour Department applicants accompanies a shift to bush cutting at Waitotara where 117 men are employed. Public works staff face limited growth while Stratford Gisborne and Midland railway sites absorb workers. Dunedin notes 117 unemployed added by the City Council and a drainage board authorizes day labour on drainage projects needing over thirty workers.
In hot London weather Yorkshire bowled well as Australia posted 267. Bardsley and Hopkins opened for Australia with a 90 plus stand, Armstrong and Rhodes shared wickets, and Cotter led the Australian bowling with five for 92. Yorkshire then trailed at 19 without loss in the second innings with 15,000 attendance.
The International Congress on Alcoholism opened at Kensington with many foreign delegates. Sir John Cockburn for the Commonwealth said Australian state school children were taught scientific temperance. Sir H Peter of Queensland urged addressing drink supply to native races.
Feverish excitement spreads through Urepuki Invercargill as prospectors report lodes carrying platinum and gold. A hundred and a hundred fifty acre licenses are sought while coal, beach samples, and heavy machinery fill the scene. Skeptics warn caution as reliability of reports is unsettled.
A nostalgic note describes Woods and a claimed invention called Great FoPyermint Cure. It asserts the remedy stops colds in a blink and reflects on past years of thought leading to the invention. The passage reads like a promotional boast about a supernatural fast-acting remedy.
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