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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
2
City notes crowded with dogs reports and animal welfare
May saw 36 motor cars and 43 motor bicycles registered at City Council Chambers while the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sold purebred rocker spaniel pups to fund its work. A hospital patient jumped into a river and was rescued uninjured. The SPCA urged new pea rifle restrictions and discussed farm labour contact improvements with Labour Office officials. Canterbury Women's Institute held its eighteenth annual meeting with officers elected. SPCA addressed cattle landing delays at Lyttelton, urging faster unloading and better methods with the Union Company and new steamer arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
W. H. Zouch
Richarton
New South Wales
The
Canterbury, Women’s Institute
Williams
Wells
Mesdames
J. T. Smith
W. Ensom
S. Page
Lissaman
L. M. Smith
H. Mitchell
H. A. Atkinson
Clarkson
R. Wilson
Wood and Speck
A. Hookham
Lyttelton
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Mararoa
Zouch
Union Company
Blossoms and Moonlit Peace Verses By Lucy Murray
The poem depicts flowers dreaming on mossy pillows while song birds rest. It contrasts saffron and crimson atop white hill tops with a weary earth and a healing moon beam. A river travels to the ocean as dawn nears and morning banners rise inviting hearts to readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilence
Youths' Fancies and Life’s Changing Scenes
Poetic lines reflect on fading youthful dreams and life’s trials yet affirm a fixed assurance. The verse notes how time dispels fancies and brings troubles, but one constant remains in relief from coughs and colds through Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
Palmerston North Chamber backs Defence Act support motion
The Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce forwarded resolutions praising the Defence Act stance and asked Hampstead endorsement. Commissioners debated loyalty to the law with mixed views but backed approving all Ministers of the Crown actions in a comprehensive motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston North
Thompson
Defence Act; it’s a matter of carrying out the statute? 2 __ Mr .Thompson
Wilson
Andrews
Messrs
Lewis
Federation of Labour Con ference Actions in Wellington
At the Wellington federation conference on June 4 the executive urged organising thousands of nonmember public works workers and debated union affiliation by financial membership. It urged strikes only with federation instruction, and called unions to cancel Arbitration Act registration before joining, citing it as detrimental to industrial unionism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per
Press Association
Wellington
Federation of Labour
Thenair
The Terrors of Bronchitis in Pep Tablets Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Pep tablets as a breakthrough for bronchitis, claiming relief from coughing and breathlessness without opium or narcotics. It touts pine forest aromas and breath delivery, with prices 1s 6d or 3s per box from The Pepa Pastele Co. in Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt Street
Sydney
Unique FIRST QUALITY rubber bottles promise long life
The advisory note promotes buying one bottle now to enjoy winter benefits. It claims the one seater bottle will last six to ten years with proper use. It emphasizes that only Unique FIRST QUALITY rubber bottles are kept, though not all Rubber Bottles will last as long.
Local Authority on Paint Promotes House Decorating
A local authority emphasizes guidance on house painting and decorating. The notice highlights sign writing and consulting services, stressing that meals and fuss are not required for consultations and quotes.
German Naval League tests crewless ship inventor
The German Naval League tested an inventor's unmanned ship design designed to run by wireless commands. A mast transmitter guides the vessel as it moves in hours long sessions, steering left and right, backing, stopping, while multicolored lights signal its status to observers ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuremberg
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Defence Act
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Ashburton Drug CO
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Ds Campbell
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Great May Sale
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