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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 29, 1907
Page
2
Perpetual landlordism under the land for settlements plan is described with acreage, crop types, and livestock. As of March 31, 995,967 acres were acquired and 860,502 acres occupied by 3,869 tenants, using land profitably and boosting national wealth.
Colonial Treasurer argues in budget speech that town and country are interdependent and must grow together. He cites tariff reform, land settlement, Liberal measures, railways, post and telegraph services, and urban population data to support closer settlement efforts and oppose policies hindering rural growth.
Local frost and rainfall totals noted. Weekly stock market planned at Ashburton yards. Dance at Wakanui Main School with 30 couples and musicians. Canterbury and Wellington reports on schools, cattle feed, milk machinery, and urban land deals. Kilmore potato digger output and New South Wales civil service pay talks cited. Wellington Technical School enrollment up sharply with detailed figures.
Captain Edwin reports strong winds and grass fires as the Redhill halts at Napier after coal shortages. Ashburton School exams commence under Inspectors Mulgan and Ritchie. News notes include band practice for October contest, wool sale dates, church events, and a near miss at Tancred Street crossing in Ashburton.
The Tinwald Domain Board held its monthly meeting on Saturday afternoon with members C Doher ty as chairman and J Small B Gates J Heseltine and James Hampton present. They thanked the Minister of Lands for careful consideration of the crossing over the Mont Somers railway and agreed to seek a small grant from the County Council for extra tree planting. Rents outstanding were to be collected by the solicitor, tenders invited for about two acres of pine trees to be removed, and Mr Hampton to indicate tree locations. Hampton reported completion of lake willows topping and minor works, with fences to be trimmed and cut. Accounts totaling £9 2s were approved for payment.
A British critic hails Miss Jessie Maclachlan for her charming renditions of Comin’ Thro the Rye and Whistle and I’ll Come tae ye, any Lad. When she performs Bonnie Blue Bonnets Angus Macdonald and other dramatic pieces she rises to Scottish Brunhilde status, stirring the pulse and heart. The show offers a welcome departure from standard vocal fare and educates on national song.
Dedication services occurred at the Mission Church of Christ with Evangelist Gebbie of Christchurch delivering the morning sermon on faith and the crown. Evangelist W J Hastie of Dunedin spoke in the evening on New Theology while the choir sang and Miss Lilly Palmer performed a solo.
The past week brought intense cold but favorable farming conditions in Ashburton. Heavy rain on Thursday eased autumn ploughing, allowing sowing of wheat and oats while grass and paddocks deepen. Grain crops progress. stock feed remains scarce as birds damage crops and straw stocks decline. Farm morale cautious. continued rain could lift prospects toward a better season.
The Tinwald Racing Club met at Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday night with about 30 members. J. Clark presided as balance sheet showed a credit balance of £70. New officers named include President James Freseltine, Vice-President Charles Doherty, patrons Buckley Studholme Ford Grigg Strange Morgan Small, Handicap Isaac Lewis, Judge T B Upton, Starter Ri. Gurtis, Clerk Geo Morrison, timekeepers Rebilliard and Crooks. A New Year’s Day meeting was set.
Cure claims target Thountatism gout sciatica and jumbhago by treating blood. The advertisement asserts RATUMO has cured thousands and urges readers to buy at stores and chemists at 22nd and ds 6d for a fair trial.
United Press reports from New York July 28 state Mr Erbacher a young American millionaire was killed while motoring in New Jersey. The notice notes the tragedy alongside brief dispatches on arbitration in Caracas and Berlin crimes.
In St Petersburg on July 27 the Pan-Russian Railway Union vowed to organize local strikes to halt trains carrying electors and disrupt railway traffic across Russia once the revolutionary bureau issues the order to boycott the third Duma.
Capetown July 27 The half year trade statistics from the Cane Colony indicate that the adoption of preferential trade for Britain has yielded a distinct rise in the share of British trade versus foreign trade for the first time.
In Tokyo Viscount Hayashi labels the former Korean emperor a spoiling despot driven by self interest. He warns that if Korea is treated as a lesson for China it should prompt China to set its house in order before a stronger power does so for it. China’s despotism is cited as the worst form of government risking crisis and internal decay.
At The Hague on July 28 the Peace Convention Third Committee debated British proposals to set a uniform rule for treatment of belligerents in neutral ports and to avoid friction while ensuring impartiality. The First Commission sub committee backed the U S debt collection proposal by 37 to 7.
London reports astronomer M Flammarion says a seven tailed comet is approaching earth. One tail is seven million miles long and the comet is about a hundred million miles away. The object is visible in the early morning near the Pleiades.
A mixed committee of representatives and Labour MPs will visit Switzerland in September to study the Swiss military system. The inquiry follows Mr Haldane's army proposals as interest grows in European defense practices.
The King and Queen attended the opening of new buildings at University College School Frognal London on July 27. Ada Crossley sang the National Anthem while Lord Monkswell read the Council's address praising the school as a nursing mother to men shaping the empire. The King spoke of promised youth and colonial interest in British schools.
A London cablegram to Wellington reports wool sales closing with light to heavy conditioned wool trading near prior prices. Prices for crossbreds range from 1s8d to 1s1d, medium 10d to 1s1d, coarse 6d to 8d, and superfine 1s to 1s 1d. Dalgety and Co notes lamb prices down, frozen mutton firm, frozen beef a shade easier, and higher mutton tallow prices since the last telegram.
The Rev Wa Clarke a Methodist minister aged 80 has died in Sydney. The notice appears in Advertising Australia with obituary details noting his years of service and age.
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