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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 24, 1909
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reads like a list of Wellington area terms and dates with numbers and place names such as Auckl nd saly and Riapehs. The text mentions months and amounts but lacks clear events or actions.
Mrs Lucy A. Robinson recalls being the first white child on Wellington Beach and her family’s role in early settlement under Edward Gibbon Wakefield. She describes crossing to New Zealand in 1839, building the first house, clashes with Maori, and the family’s later migrations to Australia and Scotland. Her eighty birthday is noted.
Professor Bernthsen of Baden Aniline and Soda Factory showcased Otto Schonherr’s 1905 method for producing air saltpetre at the Central Technical College. The crowded lecture illustrated nitrates as key to crop yields, with kilns of nitrogen from air and calcium nitrate for future artificial manure.
The Arbitration Court heard an industrial dispute in Auckland involving the Auckland Builders and Controllers and General Labourers Union and about 800 workers. The union demanded a forty seven hour week with various wage scales for bricklayers masons plasterers labourers scaffolders pipe work licensed roles and underground workers, plus overtime at time and a quarter for the first two hours and time and a half thereafter and double time on holidays. After lengthy argument the decision was deferred.
Two fevers join one cold and two chests share one wheeze in a playful verse about a single rash sneeze. The speaker imagines two souls with one thought and declares they will beat the cold with Woods' Great Peppermint Care.
The ad promotes Bile Beans as a standard home remedy to boost liver function, digestion, and energy, claiming protection against influenza, colds, headaches, constipation, anemia, insomnia, and debility, by improving bile flow and overall vitality.
An editorial promotes inventor culture citing Edison and advises readers to study Henry Hughes Patent Agent at 183 Hereford Street Christchurch. It notes Hughes pamphlet Advice to Inventors and lists inventions needed now, offering more information and copies from Hughes firm, established for over 125 years.
A seven year effort by a local committee to persuade London authorities to plant trees culminated as Paddington Borough Council planted 900 trees in main streets during the past winter. The report notes measures of urban greening and civic improvement in progress.
William W. Logan also known as James Hagen faced bigamy charges after allegedly marrying again on October 1 1907 while his wife, Mrs Warren, remained alive in Launceston Tasmania. He was committed for trial with bail set at two sureties of £76 each and himself £60.
The Assessment Court at Feilding on July 28 and the previous two days heard objections to government valuations in Grana county and Feilding borough. Most objectors succeeded, arguing improvements were overvalued while unimproved land was valued too high.
Wellington July 23 Deputy General Manager of Railways Mr Ronayne promised a deputation of Wanganui waterside workers that preference would be given to unionists for work on the Wanganui wharf.
A German explorer reports a jawbone find in a Heidelberg area sand quarry as the oldest known human remains, named Homo Heidelbrigiensis, suggesting a pre glacial period origin and potential link to early human evolution. The find, discovered in a deep stratified layer with pre glacial fauna, prompts continued excavations to resolve debated ancestry questions.
A violin found amid rubbish in a Wit Hamatown cottage is claimed by a famous violinist to be a genuine Stradivarius. The article also mentions tiger hunting in Bengal and wildlife tales at Victoria Falls, with a playful verse about a bold hunter.
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