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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
4
Willington June 4. Since the year’s start New Zealand exported 199,773 ounces of gold valued at £800,489, down 16,711 ounces and £74,389 from the same period last year. Gold exports for last month reached 55,685 ounces worth £224,463 versus 42,203 ounces and £171,065 a year earlier. Silver exports last month totaled 265,450 ounces valued at £27,002.
Berlin dispatch notes a strong under-current of anti British sentiment in German newspapers across parties from Kranzzeitung to Frankfurter Zeitung. Articles lament India and South Africa declines and mock Britain with phrases on Dreadnought failures and a shifting balance in Europe.
An old remedy product claims success against rheumatism gout and related ailments. Distributed widely with pricing noted as 1s 6d and 2p and mentions BUEVMO as key backer. The item markets improved health and happiness and reports broad sale.
The Auckland Licensing Committee discussed employing barmaids in hotels. It regrets not having power to enforce new rules and urges licensees to stop using female staff as barmaids when possible. The Licensed Victuallers Association opposes abolition and will oppose reform efforts.
At the Wellington City Licensing Committee annual meeting all existing hotel licenses were renewed. The panel also announced no new New Zealand wine licenses would be granted.
An item notes the Scottish love song F Doughty Deeds My Lady Please from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. It credits Robert Graham of Gartmore born 1750, Jamaica planter and later MP for Stirlingshire, with authorship though it was once attributed to James Graham Marquis of Montrose. It outlines his life, his 1785 Glasgow University rector bid, his 1794 96 Commons service, and his 1797 death, with a brief excerpt of the lyric.
Otago University's June report shows income £46 18s 9d lower than last year. Fees rose in mining and medical schools, with mining fees likely to fall as the program faces possible extinction. Net deficit for the year is about £180. The Christian Students' Union seeks a £2000 site for a building to be held by the Council with control by the union. consideration was postponed pending further information.
Letters from Australia recount Dr Rainy’s last days in Melbourne at Toorak where he died after a serene vigil. Nurses cared for him in a sunlit room overlooking a veranda as he spoke of being in God’s hands and expressed Tam satisfied. A service was held at Toorak Church and a cemetery ceremony followed with old students in attendance.
A Devonshire newspaper printed a photo of Sir Joseph Ward amid one of his many interviews and a flood of letters. The caption notes the Premier has not yet eaten breakfast by eleven in the morning and must balance duties and correspondence.
Bishop Wilson decries the Queensland labour traffic for enslaving Melanesians and arming the islands, noting 9000 natives affected and only 3000 touched by Christianity. He praises few who civilised and urges caution as return of labourers reshapes island society and Christianity gains influence.
At Deniliquin on May 15 a special stock sale yarded 5000 sheep and 300 cattle. Sheep were not sold while about 100 cattle changed hands as most runs are overstocked for the grass shortage. In Murrumburreh a farmer stored 3000 tons of fodder and expects better avistment results. A Junee grazer spends over £300 weekly on lucerne for stock.
Lord Rosebery in Edinburgh urged volunteers of the 1st Midlothian Royal Garrison Artillery to see military service as a democratic duty. He contrasted compulsory defense in Switzerland and the US view of war with the need for readiness to protect Britain from invasion. He warned that a sudden raid could threaten Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth, urging able bodied men to join.
A brief notice notes a nighttime hacking cough linked to Woods Great Peppermints Gare with 1g 6d and 2a d products. It warns parents to check labeling and seek guidance for use with children.
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