02 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
1
A collection of humorous proverbs about motor cars and drivers from a Liverpool Post style source. Highlights include cautions about speed, care of vehicles, and practical tips, with locally added lines noting mild winter effects and daily driving wisdom.
London reports Sir Joseph Ward and Sir William Hall Jones attend Canada Club dinner as surveyors chief Lord Lucas calls them front line skirmishers. Swansea charity drive raises £12,000 for YMCA amid imperial notices from Capetown and Pretoria festival. Diaz sails to Havre plans Spain exile while in Mexico City he pleads for Diaz methods. Kumano Maru brings 207 Chinese to Sydney as debate over Sunday picture shows grows. Adultery law proposal surfaces in Australia as Coronation Day service urged. Melbourne federal surplus pegged near £500,000 with land tests for starch in Northern Territory and Brisbane Trades Council denies general strike talk.
A grey suited girl breaks up a brutal mob in Collins Street Melbourne, saving an elderly man from assault. She delivers a left to the leader, then ferries the man to safety by tram while bystanders rally. The brave daughter of a Toorak squatter, a noted amateur ball puncher, remains unnamed.
A Social Democratic Party manifesto claims the National Insurance Bill safeguards capitalists and excludes worker contributions. The Property Owners' Protection Association vows a vigorous protest against a Lloyd George clause banning distraint or eviction actions against insured people in receipt of sickness benefits.
Lisbon correspondent reports that active measures by the Spanish government have caused the movement against the Portuguese government to collapse in Galicia. Funds came from monarchists and sympathisers in Brazil and Portugal, and conspirators are returning to Portugal.
In London May 381 the Osborne Bill passed its second reading 229 to 18 in the House of Commons. F B Smith said the bill would satisfy nobody and that minority protection was illusory. Ramsay MacDonald urged amendments while Winston Churchill voiced disapproval of courts biased in class and party issues. The Chronicle warns of dangers in the bill, noting unions and masters may be mischaracterized, and that the bill would enable masters to fund political campaigns and pay candidates expenses.
Sydney dispatch reports Cabinet turmoil as Mr Griffith disputes the ministers on free ferries. Mr Holman suggests Griffith resign to allow another Minister of Works to run the department with the same policy, while Griffith denies disloyalty.
In Paris on June 1, clashes erupted as anarchists and socialists gathered to greet released women from May Day protests. Police broke up the procession, shots were fired, and two sergeants nine policemen and several others were seriously injured amid multiple arrests.
A brief item notes an inspection at the Creamery near Anama and 959 Aurds L.I.P. with a close score of about 40 indicating it is well worth attention.
Mr Edward Tregear ex Secretary of the New Zealand Labour Department was warmly welcomed by Sydney’s Labour Council. He spoke on learning from the industrial movement and warned capitalism is a world wide nightmare until workers awaken. Mr Bagnall urged political organisation among New Zealand workers.
A June 1 report from Tangier describes a French mission led detachment destroying Lemba in Fez, burning homes, killing some inhabitants, and selling Lemba women and children in Fez market. It notes demands for troops to stay and warns withdrawal could trigger revolution. French and allied columns moved toward Fez after May 26 clashes.
Washington June 1 The Senate Finance Committee closed the public hearing on the Reciprocity Bill. A Wednesday vote will decide if the committee reports the measure to the House. Senator Root’s paper clause amendment likely to be accepted as final. Lumbermen and paper and woollen manufacturers offered to aid farmers in an anti reciprocity campaign.
An old note describes Woods Great Peppermint Digé as a non failing influenza remedy priced at sixpence. The terse line cites dosage as sixpence and two pence and links the product to influenza relief in a period ad-like voice.
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