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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
2
The note outlines data phases for the lunar cycle listing Last Quarter and New Moon with shorthand terms. It references quarter stages and perigee, using an early astronomy format. The text remains fragmentary and labile without full context or dates.
The upcoming mail route via Naples to the United Kingdom closes at Ashburton tomorrow the 25th and is recorded in London on September 1.
An open letter by Canterbury College Board of Governors chairman G W Russell attracts sharp criticism for urging mass enrollment through a commercial tone. The piece is faulted for privileging higher education as a path to management and wealth rather than broad humanistic culture, arguing true democracy values character and service over earnings.
Local notes report healthy young lambs in the Flemington district with croppings in Willowby sowing progress and fair feed. Lambs are seen near the Christchurch railway paddocks while stock sales struggled to start bidding on a pen of crossbred ewes in lamb.
Ashburton hosts a skating carnival at Oddfellows Hall under the Ashburton Skating Company with about 80 entries in a prize event. Other items note frost at the Domain, the Dresden Piano Co. visit, farm outlooks, price contrasts in butter, and various local and national briefs.
The Ashburton Rifles held a handicapped Morris-tube match last evening with Private W. McKee top scoring at 15 handicap. Other high scorers included P McKee and C Hoskens at 15 and J Brown at 8, while scratch scores reached 20 by W Wilers and Tovey Parsons Corbett 27. About 25 competitors. a close banks versus Co-operative Morris-tube Club match ended with the Co-operative team winning by six points. The banks’ side hosted a supper after.
TOKIO reports a colliery blast at Tonyoke in Buys province killing 420. Vienna notes a American lawyer Dr Heu sentenced to death for murder. wife dies by suicide. London reports Anglo Russian agreement points settled and music board remarks on exhibitions. Tennis results, London traffic fare issues, and Zeebrugge port opening noted.
In Paris in July 93 M Clevigneeau and General Piequart rose in the La Patri airship. A pipe burst aloft causing slight scorching but repairs were made and the balloon remained stationary. Clemenceau praised the machine and noted its security and marvellous potential.
Australia dominates Bisley with a total prize pool around £1400 as the King's Gap tie ends in a shared award. Lieutenant Addison and Private Hope pool £310, Addison valuing honor over money while receiving cheers from Australian supporters.
Wellington dispatch reports the Racing Conference ruling that dividends be paid on the first and second horses in the ratios of 75 and 25 percent respectively. Also notes prices for Woods Great Peppermint Cure advertised at 6d and 2s 6d.
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