Addedington Stock Market Brightens Fat Lambs and Cattle Prices
At Christchurch Addington market July 29 there was a large yarding with good attendance. Fat cattle improved from last week while fat sheep eased. Lambs sold briskly with higher values for fat lambs. pigs also sold well. Store sheep and hoggets held near previous levels amid ample offerings. Prime beef reached up to 29s 3d per 100 lb, with steers £12 6s top and cows to £8 12s. Stores mainly aged cows fetched £3 19s and up to £10 for good dairy cows. Overall, competition and prices held firm amid varied quality.
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Christchurch
Addington
Hwe
Geraldine Live Market Sale Draws Fair Attendance and Steady Prices
At Wednesday's sale the entry was fair and prices steadier than recent weeks. Quotations include fat lambs 11 at 18s 6d, 60 at 1s 9d, and numerous ewe lambs and store lambs across multiple weights. hoggets and stores show varied but stable levels. Cattle and pigs also posted mixed but solid values with fat cows around £5 to £7 and springers in the £3 to £5 range.
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Ile
Lle
Lls
Wes
Lis
Ide
Parkers
Fat Cattle and Sheep Prices Stronger in Firmer Yarding
At Burnsides Stock Mareut Dunedin on July 29 cows and heifers topped at £12 7s 6d with extras. mediums £9 10s and £7 10s. inferior £5 15s. Sheep yarded heavy weights better by 1s 6d to 2s faster. best wethers 22s to 25s, ewes up to 18s 3d. Lambs 16s to 18s for best. pigs: good pigs scarce, suckers 14s to 16s, stores 28s to 35s, porkers 38s to 48s.
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Dunedin
No-License Debate Dismisses Ashburton Groggeries
A correspondent argues against No-License campaigns in Ashburton. He cites perceived flaws, cites local examples of sly grog shops, and condemns close-minded reformers. He questions past local option outcomes and warns that banning liquor did not curb vice, urging alternative controls or open policing.
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Apostles of Temperance
T. Li. Taylor
Ashburton
Dominion
Boye
Ely
Methven
Geraldine
Auckland extends invitation to Wellington for fleet week
The Auckland Football Association announces an extended invitation to the Wellington Association to send a team to Auckland for fleet week and also resolves to send a team to Dunedin to defend the Brown Shield.
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Auckland
Auckland Football Association
Wellington
Dunedin
Manawatu Defeats South Canterbury in Palmerston North
Manawatu defeated South Canterbury 14 to 3 in a rugby match played at Palmerston North on July 29 with Manawatu the visiting side securing the win.
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Palmerston North
Manawatu
South Canterbury
First Test Match sparks Dunedin licensing push
The mayor plans to urge the Municipal Conference to back licensing of all recreation grounds to allow municipal authorities to regulate charges.
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Dunedin
Municipal Conference
Southland Versus Wairarapa Ends With Wairarapa Victory
About six to seven thousand spectators packed Invercargill to watch Southland play Wairarapa. Wairarapa won 12 to 6. The carpentered team list for Saturday's Bricklayers match includes Smith Helem Smythe H Johns Brown Murphy Gourdie Collins Houston Thomas Pickford Wannecott Keely Davison and Wihott.
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Bricklayers
Smith
Helem
Smythe
Johns
L. Brown
Murphy
Gourdie
Collins
Houston
Thomas
Pickford
Wannecott
Keely
Davison
Wihott
Christchurch Grain Market Quiet as Demand Dries Up
Christchurch grain traders report no activity with prices easing as demand wanes. Potatoes see few orders while Auckland hopes for 100 tons of American seed, though impact remains uncertain until arrival. Buyers rely on stocks held by merchants while supplies from growers stay limited.
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Christchurch
Auckland
Dunedin Grain Market Update Oats and Wheat Quotes
Owing to weak demand only a few oat cases are shipped as merchants buy slightly under ruling prices. Owners value large offerings above shipper limits. Oat quotations include clean seed up to 2s 6d and prime milling up to 2s 8d. Wheat millers buy small lots with prime milling at 4s to 4s 4d and broken at 3s 6d to 8s 9d.
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Dunedin
Qate
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Victorian Tobacconist
A Maryborough tobacconist writes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured his son’s bronchitis and prevented progression to consumption. He reports the medicine also helps his other children with croup and stops symptoms quickly. sold by chemists and stores.
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M. A. McFarlane
Maryborough
Vic
Chamberlain
Yorkshire County Committee backs three year touring interval
At a meeting in London Lord Hawke presiding the Yorkshire County Committee regrets Australia did not agree to the triangular plan and decides that colonial tours have been too frequent. It favors a three year gap and proposes Australia visit England in 1910 instead of 1909.
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London
Yorkshire County Committee
Lord Hawke
Australia
England
Trace Scratched From Grand National and New Zealand Cup
Sporting reports Trace was scratched at 12.80 today for all engagements at the Grand National meeting and the New Zealand Cup.
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Christchurch
Trace
Kidney health and Morse's Indian Root pills testimonial
A Dunedin man details kidney pain and constipation, reporting Dr Morse's Indian Root pills relieved back pain and cleansed the bowels. He says his kidney trouble disappeared and his wife endorses the remedy for women as a splendid medicine.
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John Christis
Forbury Road
Caversham
Dunedin
Morse
New Zealand Legislative Council Passes Accountants Bill
Wellington July 29 The Legislative Council met at 2 80 pm J I Jenkinson moved that evidence from the Invercargill Thompson trial and the presiding Judge report be laid on the table The Incorporated Societies Bill was read a third time and passed The New Zealand Society of Accountants Bill was recommitted The Council adjourned at 2 55 pm till Friday
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Wellington
Legislative Council
J. I. Jenkinson
Clompson
Invercargill
Incorporated Societies
New Zealand Society of Accountants
Wellington House Debates Wage Bills and Pension Reform
The Wellington House of Representatives held sessions and discussed the Flour Duty Abolition Bill and multiple bills on mining hours and destitute relief. Ministers reported on prohibition inquiries, railway employment, free passes for mayors, land act improvements, and old age pension amendments plus related petitions.
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Ashburton
Travoltings
Deasistant
Christchurch
John Freebody
Anéa
Winstal
Hogg
Messrs Arnold
Barber
Baume
Davey
Wisher
Gray
Hicke
Hogan
Laurenson
Malcolm
Okey
Parata
Poland
Mander
Massey
Reed
Rhodes
Thomson
Willy
Wood
Chapple
William Steward
Joseph Ward
Lloyd George urges armament shift toward peace
In London July 29 at the Queen's Hall Lloyd George warned Britain and Germany must move beyond mutual distrust. He argued much of their conflict stems from costly armaments and proposed reallocating funds to curb intemperance crime and disease to build goodwill and a two power standard.
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Per Presa Association
London
Queen’s Fall
Lloyd-George
Britain
Germany
France
Russia
America
Arbitration Act Repeal Urged At Union Conference
Wellington July 29 motion at the farm Union Conference urged repeal or amendment of the Conciliation and Arbitration Acts. Speakers argued the Act failed to settle disputes, drove capital and labour apart, and required enforcement by imprisonment. The motion was carried amid calls for better machinery to curb sweating and promote production.
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Wellington
Jones
Canterbury
Findlay
Campe
Millar
Hockley
Hunterville
Conciliation Board
Arbitration Court
Trendley
Matheson
Eketahona
Flanagan
Auckland
Sim
Major Bell
Special Court
Maxwell
Faranaki
Warning over poison deadly to rats and families
The statement describes a poison so lethal that even a single rat consuming it could spread a disease so infectious and fatal that the entire rodent family would be wiped out.
Death at Kapuke: James Hancock Found Dead in Tent
In Invercargill on July 29 James Hancock aged about 99 a flaxmill investor living in a Kapuke tent was found dead in his bunk with a discharged double barrel and a cord about his neck. He suffered hip disease and recently received a doctor’s report. Hancock had invented a weed eradicator and just completed a trial. Police are making inquiries.
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Invercargill
James Hancock
Kapuke
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