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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
1
Ayer's Sarsa pavilla is described as liquor free in its current formulation. This note clarifies the product contains no alcoholic content and is presented as a non alcoholic beverage option.
A UK critic argues Britain relies on imports for hot meals despite 49 million acres of arable land and 12 to 16 million acres unused. Sir William Earnshaw Cooper, in Britain for the Britons, calls government policy and land tenure to blame for limited wheat cultivation on about 1.06 million acres.
Professor W E Dalby spoke at the Royal Institution about substituting electricity for steam on railroads. He noted boilers rarely exceed 1000 hp, while electric trains could deliver 12000 hp per track and reach 100 mph with 1206 ton loads, but track reconstruction and cost deter public acceptance, leaving steam locomotives still preferred for long distance traffic.
A private British expedition plans year long exploration of Western and North Western Mongolia from the Yenisei basin to Chinese Turkestan. Led by M. P. Price with J. H. Miller and D. Carruthers, the party will study botany zoology and archaeology while traveling via St Petersburg Krasnoyarsk Minnusinsk and into Chinese territory with Chinese permission.
Olympia Horse Show opens at Olympia despite King Edward's death. Foreign officers attend as large society gathering marks opening. In other news, Roosevelt praises USUK ties as naval and political notes headline the day.
Berlin report says Herr Dernburg resigns amid Conservative and Centre opposition and a shift of power toward agrarian interests. The Times notes a serious outlook for the Conservatives at the next election as internal splits widen. Dernburg heads to a Far East tour, while a later message cites Reichstag pressure on diamond firms contributing to quelling unrest.
Mrs. D Ford of Hill Street Toowoomba reports her younger sister Millie suffered a severe croup spell for over a week before Dr Sheldon s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds cured her. The family praises the remedy and says it will be kept on hand. Prices are 1/6 and 3/-.
Germany shows a shift toward larger farm holdings with 2.5 million holdings under 214 acres in 1895 and 3.2 million farms of three acres or less. About 8.2 million people held average eight acre plots while 605,314 owned 174 acres, and 42,124 owned 125 to 180 acres. The overall wealth stems from well-to-do peasant farmers rather than smallholders.
A Sydenham woman reports six months free from piles after using Dr Fellows Pile Cones and A C Tabs. She describes years of painful protrusion bleeding and itching, avoided surgery, and credits the remedy with resolving constipation and preventing recurrence.
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