James Carr Appointed Methven District Agent
The Ashburton Mail and Guardian Company appoints Mr James Carr Storekeeper as Methven district agent from June 1 1911. He may receive moneys issue receipts and accept orders for the Mail Guardian and advertising and job printing on their account. Existing delivery by Carr and Pearce and Co remains unchanged. Robert Dr Bell Monet.
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James Carr
Methven
Carr
Mail
Guardian
Messra Pearce and Co
Ashburton Mail & Guardian Company, Ltd
Robert DR. Bell
Monet
Frost Bros Offer Freehold Property and Workshops for Sale
Frost Bros put up for sale their entire freehold property including blacksmith and wheelwright outfits and a mechanical blast shop plus a paint shop. The main shop and house are lit by a mains supply with a branch leasehold shop at Ruapuna. Owners plan retirement to pursue farming at a very low asking price.
Spiritual life under threat as churches face minister shortage
The Ashburton Guardian discusses declining religious interest, sectarian rivalry, and the shortage of pastors in New South Wales and Canterbury. It notes dearth of ministers due to pay and training length, cites the Presbyterian Assembly warning, and highlights broader church wealth and reform issues amid a broader social shift toward materialism.
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Christendom
Presbyterian Assembly of
New South Wales
North Canterbury
Presbyterian
Hess
Assembly
Sydney
Arteriet Nuihigtar
Rey Dr. Reth
New- York
Angli
Sien
Christian Pi
United
Boston
Ak Carne Soto
Weather and Crops Report From Methven District
Frosts hit six degrees Monday morning yet mild nights and sunny days aid pasture growth and winter feed for lambing. Potatoes yield well with little blight. testing varieties shows Early Rose and others resist disease while Endurance suffers. Bank of New Zealand manager Mrs Cuff plans six week holiday. J H Mentiplay to manage in absence. Thomas Nee of Cairnbrae remains in poor health with no improvement.
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Hebron
Victoria
Cuff
Bank of New Zealand
Decline of Spiritual Life Amid Global Civilisations
The speaker laments waning spiritual power in pulpits and pews, arguing that without lively faith churches shrink and society loses its vigor. He warns that wealth, intellect, and defense are powerless without religious vitality, citing historical declines from Nineveh to Tyre as cautionary examples.
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Christendom
Nineveh
Tyre
Weather report from Domain station with frosts and wind
Frosts restored at Domain weather station last night. Yesterday's high reached 48 degrees and at 9 am this morning the thermometer showed 6 degrees. Mr Bates forecast easterly to northerly winds, increasing and freshening, with unsettled cloudy weather and probable rain, glass falling.
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Domain
Bates
Royal Picture Company Presents New Evening Programme
The Theatre Royal shows a full change of programme by the Royal Picture Company tonight with scenic films Tunis and Carthage Village Life in Hungary and Roga Valley. It also features Daddy's Double An Advertisement Answered Little Charity Women of the West The Sheriff's Capture and a 3.30 p.m. matinee next Saturday.
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Theatre Royal
Royal Picture Company
Tunis
Carthage
Hungary
Roga Valley
Accidents and Deaths Notices From Various Towns
Reports from Taihape Greymouth Timaru DNN and Kelnta Atsien detail a man named William Ryan killed by a northbound goods train near Taihape while walking home. Inquest ongoing. A false Blackball mining explosion rumor prompts stampede. safety passages praised. Ivan McNatty dies after scalding. coroner rules accidental death. Robert Reid dies accidentally at Halfway Bush station. no one liable. Three year old Kelnta Atsien run over in George Street by a tram.
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Tatrape
William
Ryan
Taihape
Shannon
Greymouth
Blackball
Timaru
G._ Day
Ivan Watson McNatty
Thomas MecNatty
Ussher
DNN
Robert Stuart Reid
Halfway Bush
Morgue Delays Raise Burial Questions in Auckland
In Auckland a woman who died last Thursday remains unshrouded in the morgue and awaiting burial. A decomposed body lay five days in the morgue, a child dug from a garden stayed nine days, despite relatives knowing an order for burial. The delays stem from disagreement over who bears responsibility for interments.
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Auckland
Casey
Fire on Haupiri Steamer Causes Minor Damage
The steamer Haupiri caught fire with origin in the between decks where bales of hay and an empty package were destroyed. Heat smoke and water caused other damage but overall the loss is comparatively slight.
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Auckland
Weird Case of Changing Colors and Fever Cure
A woman suffers alternating fever and chill with pink eyes and blue lips. The tale claims Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure restored her normal temperature and health.
Argentina votes for large loan for schools and offices
Buenos Ayres June 6 Congress approves a 14 million pound loan at about 94 price to fund schools colleges and federal offices. The loan aims to raise 2 bill to 43 percent. Bequest for cancer research noted in Vienna. The Russian steamer Ryzan hit a rock near Nagasaki with mails and passengers saved including the Crown Prince of Siam.
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Buenos
Ayres
Congress
Calcutta
America
Hague
China
India
Vienna
Boclery
Tokio
Ryzan
Nagasaki
Crown Prince of
Siam
Tram overturns injures forty workers at Stalybridge hill
A crowded tram descending a hill in Stalybridge derailed when it jumped the metals and overturned. Forty men were injured with fractures and many in precarious condition. several remained critical. Police and ambulance attend the scene.
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London
Stalybridge
A London Holiday Brims With Heat Fatalities and Crowds
Report from London on Whit Monday notes brilliant weather with temperatures near eighty degrees. A number of new heat related and drowning fatalities were recorded as 150 000 people attended the Empire festival. New Zealand pavilion and Australian pictures featured in the art gallery crowd.
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Pet Press Association
London
Whitmonday
New Zealand
Art Gilory
Soldiers Run Down Detachment in Paris Collision
June 6 Paris reports an automobile collided with a military detachment at St Denis in darkness. One person was killed and seventy injured, six seriously. A parallel case in England last year saw soldiers run down by a motor in fog.
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Per Press Association
Paris
St. Denis
England
Vancouver Tri Four Thousand Men Rally Builders Importing Armenians
A brief item notes a protest or rally involving four thousand men in Vancouver aimed at opposing or addressing Armenian immigration or import concerns. The readable text emphasizes a large turnout and a construction or builders context tied to the protest.
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Por
Uay Singh
Vancouver
Conver
Fraser
French Victory in Morocco Drives El Roghi from Gharb District
In a two hour engagement near Gharb, Captain Moreau led French forces to defeat El Roghi, inflicting heavy losses. Report filed by the Press Association from Paris.
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Paris
Moreau
el Roghi
Gharb
Albania Provisional Government Formed by Miridites Leaders
Report from CETTINIE says the Miridites, an Albanian tribe with 19 000 armed men, announced Albania’s autonomous provisional government with Qroshi as the capital thirty miles southeast of Scutari. Turkish forces rush to reinforce frontiers as violence erupts.
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Per
Press Association
Athens
Cettinie
Albania
Qroshi
Scutari
Constantinople
Koeprulue
Macedonia
Monastir
Australian Labour Party and world cooperation urged by Fisher
Hon A Fisher says Labour Party supports global co operation to regulate wealth production distribution and end misery. He cites national defence responsibility for citizens and a strong stance on unimproved land. He notes Australian delegates opposed the London Declaration clauses on war time food contraband.
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London
Jane
A. Fisher
Labour
Australian Labour Party
Henderson
Labour Party
Australia
Higgins
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Stranges
Flamelette
Ceylon
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Nile
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Universal
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Turkey
Autonomy of
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