Properties for Sale in Marlborough Nelson District
For sale in Marlborough Province Nelson District a large sheep country with 7000 acres and 1800 acres. 7000 acres priced at £3 10s per acre includes homestead buildings and a railway eight miles away currently carrying 6000 sheep and 300 cattle. 1800 acres priced at £5 12s 6d per acre with a 10 room dwelling, woolshed, stables, yards, one mile from school six miles from railway and capable of wintering 1200 ewes. Sawmilling plant on site.
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Railay
Four Room Dwelling with Land on Wakanui Road
Historic notice describing a four room house with scullery and fractional acre, in a good location, second house from Wakanui Road on the north side. Terms and further particulars available on application.
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Wakanui Road
Civilisation and infant care in Ashburton notes
The article discusses civilisation as harmony with nature, endorsing Dr Trudy King’s infant care mission to promote natural feeding or proper substitutes. It cites higher mortality among bottle fed babies and urges social support for mothers, plus community actions like invalid cookery demonstrations and local meetings.
Ashburton May Vital Stats and Local News Roundup
May 1907 births 14 boys 6 girls deaths 6 men 4 women total 10 marriages 8. May 1906 births 35 deaths 15 marriages 5. Fire on Peter Street West stable 7 pm quelled by local bucket brigade water tank on premises. Ashburton Guards rifle match results Bowser Coldicott first with 35, Lt McAllister 35 second, Sgt Jill 35 equal second. Farmers Union North Canterbury opposes 2s per sheep tax. South Canterbury Bay accounts show income and expenses total £1220 cost, £1052 local bodies, £76 firms, £72 sales, £60 prize money, £40 balance to prosecute. Progress Lodge Chertsey updates and gifts for Bro Atkinson. singing closes. W T Lill at Christchurch Farmers Union notes land tax claims. Winter Show prizes distributed with this issue.
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Ashburton
Peter Street West
Morris
Ashburton Guards
Buster Coldicott
McAllister
Jill
Claridge
Simpson
Tait
Finlayson
North Canterbury
Farmers’ Union
South Canterbury Bay
R. L. Orbell
E. Bremner
Correspondence Note on Opinions by Correspondents
A brief note states the publication does not hold itself responsible for readers opinions voiced by correspondents and emphasizes editorial independence.
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Oir
Railway Department and Liquor Laws Letter to Editor
A reader questions how liquor shipped by rail is delivered to non consignors. He asks whether returned consignments or confiscation occurs and whether railway officials follow their rules in administration.
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Railway Department
Demand to suspend bread duty sparks public meeting call
A reader argues that bread duty harms consumers amid rising costs and winter hardship. The writer urges a public meeting to pressure the Ministry to suspend the duty on bread and breadstuffs when wheat prices surge.
Vor Children's Hacking Cough at High Woods
A brief item reports a coughing illness among children at Great Fopparmint Cove near High Woods. The fragment notes one shilling and two sixpences in local context.
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High Woods
Great Fopparmint Cove
Infant Life Preservation Lecture By Dr Truby King
Dr Truby King lectured on infant life preservation at St Stephen's schoolroom with Rev E Whitehouse introducing. He urged natural feeding, warned against condensed and patent foods, and cited Harvard and Sydney studies showing higher bottle feeding mortality. The talk included demonstrations and slides highlighting dangers of artificial feeding and the value of breast milk and properly prepared humanised cow milk.
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Truby King
St. Stephen’s
EE. Whitehouse
Dr King
H. Davis
H. Whitehouse
King
Trudy King
Herbert Spencer
Childen
Roteh
Harvard University
Rotch
England
Haland
Continent
Armstrong
Sydney
Intercolonial Health Congress
Adelaide
Dunedin
Ashburton Visit Noted For Nurse McKinnon Advice
Dr King praised Nurse McKinnon for dedication to the work and announced she would be in Ashburton soon to offer any required guidance. A compliment was also given to Mr C Beach for handling the limelight apparatus.
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Dr. King
Ashburton Acclimatisation Society Holds Annual Meeting
The twenty first annual general meeting of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society was chaired by Mr P H Cox. Elected officers include Sir W J Steward vice presidents and M H R C A C Hardy and M Stitt as council members with Mr P H Cox secretary and Mr A H Shury council member. Motions on rangers, water race, and telephone service were discussed and tabled for a July special meeting. An honorarium of £10 10s was voted to the secretary.
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Ashburton Acclimatisation Society
P. H. Cox
Couneil
W. J. Steward
M.H.R
C. A. C. Hardy
M. Stitt
John Studholme
A. H. Shury
T. Rollitt
C. &. Seymour
BR. D. Johnston
J. Mitchell
Derry Wood
W. G. Roberts
D. Friedlander
A. Pilbrow
Railway Department
County Council
Ashburton
FF. Turner
L. de C. Malet
Acting Premier's Health Outlook in Timaru
Word from Timaru reports Hon W Hall Jones improving but still seriously ill. Doctors say he must rest from public duties for at least six months to recuperate, after which his ability to resume ministerial work is uncertain.
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Timaru
W. Hall-Fones
Hall-Jones
Serious four in hand accident near Timaru
A sixteen passenger drag to a country concert overturned after reins fouled. Miss Foley of Dunedin suffered a fractured skull. driver Johnson and Miss O Connor were bruised. her brother had a hat pin removed. The party was shaken but none other named was seriously injured.
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Timaru
Beverley Hill
Miss Foley
Dunedin
Johnson
O’connor
Imperial Education Conference Discusses Empire Universities
London May 31 The Education Conference considered how universities relate to the Empire. Lord Curzon urged unity with colonies, while Mr Balfour praised postgraduate study and cross Empire travel to foster research. A committee to exchange information on courses and standards was proposed.
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London
Lord Curzon
Balfour
Oe Forned
Gilbert Parker
Bureau of Information
Philip Jones
President Roosevelt Fights Predatory Millionaires in Speech
Roosevelt warned in London that wealth-mongers threaten the nation more than socialists. He argued the government would curb over-capitalisation and regulate interstate railways as it does national banks, to aid honestly managed lines and prevent inflation of securities.
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London
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Union
Visiting Engineer Sees Progress in New Zealand Cities
Auckland May 381 Mr Bush city engineer reports on Dunedin tramway tar paving noting reduced dust from macadam and praising Waipori Falls power station work. He cites Christchurch optimism over a canal link to Sumner, Wellington sewage disposal scheme plus need for suburb additions. He praises local council self‑performed tasks saving money.
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Auckland
Mr Bush
Dunedin
Waipori Falls
Bush
Christchurch
Sumner
Mc Bush
Wellington
Rheumato remedy touted for rheumatism and gout relief
An advertisement claims MREHEUMO eases rheumatism gout and lumbago for 2s 6d or 4s 6d. It attributes rheumatic symptoms to cold damp exposure and uric acid buildup, promising quick relief and broad availability in chemists and stores.
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Mreheumo
Rhhumo
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