Ashburton Trotting Club Holds Prosperous Annual Meeting
The Ashburton Trotting Club met at Devane's Hotel on Tuesday July 24 with about fifty members present. The report praised strong finances and high standards, noting two upcoming totalisator meetings and a proposed stake increase. Officers were elected including President D McLean, Vice President James Small, and Treasurer PW Sutherland.
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Ashburton Trotting Club
Devane’s
Ashburton Lrotting Club
Lao
Hithe
Totalisator
Donald McLean
New Zealand
Sanley
Judge's Box
Eaddle
Mecleon
Davane
Tressurer
Cificern
Ashburton
Atill
D McLean
James Small
Messia P Devane
G Robertson
J G@ McConashie
Hay Smith
Dan McKendry
F McGafferty
W Satherland
James McCormick
James Sutherland
Thomas Bishop
Stewarts
Meesra J O'Grady
H Cranfield
A A Fooks
RJ Henry
PW Sutherland
Australian and New Zealand News Roundup
Brisbane reports Stewart Macpherson arriving to conduct musical examinations after tours in Queensland and New South Wales. Two Smiley brothers died from mine fumes after a dynamite blast. Frank Farnell named Honorary Magistrate of Lord Rowe Island. Civil servants eligible for superannuation after tenure. Empress of India wrecked at Port Stephens with five lives lost. Lord Brassey’s Australian reserve plan discussed. Hamelin gale sinks Kintinka. four crew drowned. Wanyallah engineer rescued. other crew suspected murdered. Empress of Incis wreck noted in Sydney. Mount William yields limited prospect. Royal Humane Society honors given to NZ locals.
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Larsen
Sydney
Sha
National Insurance Company of
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Mount William
The
Royal Humane Society
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Dannevirke
Charles Jacobsen
Lower Takaka
Russian and Chinese Movements Reported Near Pekin
An imperial edict promises punishment for Baron de Kettler's murderers and compensation for foreign losses, while reports note three thousand Russian troops arriving at Niuchwang and ten thousand Chinese forces opposing their advance toward Pekin.
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Massacre of Missionaries Sends Shock Through Christchurch
Cable reports from Shanghai confirm the murder of Mrs Searall of Christchurch and Miss Whitechurch in China. Mrs Searall, sister of H B Searall, and Miss Whitechurch were workers with the Chinese Toland Mission, whose operations date from 1884. The notice comes via Melbourne and Christchurch representatives of the mission.
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Shanghai
Transvaal War Battles Reported Near Bethlehem
Three British officers and thirteen men wounded as Berk shire Militia and Imperial Yeomanry Artillery fail to dislodge Boers on a hill ten miles west of Bethlehem. Boers retreat after Palmietfontein escape, with Rundls after seven hours driving them from Rooikrantz area.
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Europe and Asia news brief from Pekin to Tientsin
The telegrams report garrison losses and a ceasefire near Pekin with foreigners holding the area south of the Kuho bridge while Northern forces press from the north. China cannot pay indemnities and resists further territorial annexation as Empress Dowager advised to seek ministers’ escort to Tientsin.
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Surwanlin
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China
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Urgent plan to send naval volunteers to China debated
Debates over dispatching a naval volunteer contingent to China ended with approval. Support cited patriotism prestige and training, while an amendment to limit action during the emergency failed 57 to 7. The revised cost for six months was estimated at 615,000.
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Reid
Coarubbers
Russians and French Seek Control of Taku Pekin Railway
Reuters reports Russians at Tientsin seek railway control beyond Tientsin and Admiral Seymour objects to repairs. French and Russians clash with British interests while France and Russia reportedly aim to share control.
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Reuter
Tientain
Taku'Pekin
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Tientsin
Franca
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