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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
2
The page lists moon phases for June with times for Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon and positions Apogee and Perigee. Specific times include Last Quarter 3 4.50 p.m. New Moon 11.20 a.m. First Quarter 2.26 p.m. Full Moon 8.57 a.m. Apogee 6.80 a.m. and Perigee 2.62 p.m.
May 15 at Highbank the Rev Thos Knight unites Ligney McCarven and Antour Tom with Lancashire lineage from Lyndhurst and Highbank. June 16 at Weirmarsh Allenton Ashburton Gorge Grant aged 71 of Southbridge dies with no flowers requested.
The piece argues football should stay recreation oriented and condemns professionalism. It notes a New Zealand pro team plan to play 27 matches in England with £8000 funded, while NZ Rugby Union bans professionals from all games. It cites praise from New South Wales and warns amateurs to avoid fields.
Reports say an earthquake slight shock was felt in Wellington around 10 p m Sunday An impudent theft occurred in a suburb A ruapuna grazier notes unusually good feed and top turnip crops A District Court sitting tomorrow will hear bankruptcy discharge and probate cases A breach of railway rules information has been laid test cases Baletutha Tugpeka Mouth line donation offer reported A Riverside schoolhouse bingo winners noted A Union Company Pilot sank at Wellington docks No cause given A Waikouaiti railway station held up by a bull incident Miramar tramway opening ceremony discussed with taxation on unimproved Wellington values debated
Captain Edwin reports wind and weather shifts while Dunedin hotelkeepers back barmaids. Wellington reports Wairarapa farmers moving to nearby districts. Astor donates 810,000 to London charities. Silk mills merger forms American Silk Company with 4 5 million pounds capital. J Greenslade builds milking shed for 180 cows. Court hearings and port letters noted. Lady Plunket to depart for Canada en route to New Zealand. Governor appoints aides-de-camp. Christchurch licensing board favored tighter closing hours. Public meeting on flour millers and state involvement. Rakaia Horticultural Society reports two shows and nearing 100 members. Also notices on Canadian premier, trade, and local commerce.
Mr F Jt Platinan MHR presses the Acting Minister for Telegraphs over Geraldine Ashburton telephone connection. Temuka Borough Council backing calls for service as Fingland acts to curb chlorodyne lozenge sales amid concerns of child access. Chemists claim strict sale practices but confectioners also stock lozenges.
The Bishop of Christchurch visited Tinwald and St Andrew's Church delivering morning confirmations to eleven candidates and a stimulating address on Service. In the evening he preached on there were many people who criticise while others strive for righteousness. An afternoon sermon on The Divine Call drew a large congregation at Laghmbhor.
William Stanton a specialist was arrested at Heathcate on Saturday evening on a manslaughter charge relating to the April 1907 death of John Joseph Greaney, an 18 year old, whose coroner's inquest found death due to diphtheria accelerated by treatment.
First meeting of Mount Peel Road Board with all members present votes Dixon to chair and grants Tripp two months leave. A motion to strike a rate of eleven sixteenths of a penny is tabled. Overseer reports Saddleford bridge done and roadworks noted with an expenditure over fifteen years totaling about £1200. Accounts amounting to £844 12s 1d are approved.
At Palmerston Arbitration Court the Typographical Union and employers clash over country wage demands. The union shortens its asks to Wellington levels but both sides push for changes including minimum output, bonuses, and probation terms. Case adjourned to Wanganui Masterton Napier and Wellington.
June 8 witnessed 25000 spectators as Queensland beat New South Wales by eleven to six. Judd, captain of the local team, sustained a leg break while the visitors outplayed their opponents for most of the game.
In this ad a local store promotes new and second hand bicycles with 30 percent off. It also touts a blood tonic named RHEUMO claiming it cures rheumatism gout sciatica and lumbago and promotes buying from all stores and chemists at listed prices.
New York June 8 Orchard's confession from the Stuenenberg trial expands to include eighteen murders.
Plymouth speeches by T Shaw and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman advocate the supremacy of the House of Commons over the Lords. They condemn Lords as wasting time and threaten Liberal resolve to enforce policy, arguing the constitution places final power in Commons and warning against a party majority undermining that balance. The Times doubts the plan reflects the people’s permanent will.
Capetown dispatch says the Admiralty will spend Cape Colony and Natal naval gifts locally. Funds support ship upkeep and colonial defence improvements, and create a nucleus colonial navy with submarines or destroyers. Cape and Natal coordinate as a federal volunteer force.
Paris reports two labour leaders Levy and Bousquet sentenced to two years at Seine Assizes for inciting workers to pillage and for complicity in robberies and property destruction. Prosecutor notes the 1906 May Day demonstration cost the Treasury £140,000 as they aimed to organize a general strike.
A semi official statement says the exchange of territory did not arise in the late talks between Great Britain and France over the New Hebrides.
Melbourne reports indicate robbery as the motive for the murder of Mr Bauer. He carried a bag of precious stones worth up to £3000, which is now missing, and he was killed while weighing diamonds on his office scales. Bauer was a partner in Bauer Schaumer and Bauer, importing and dealing in stones with a broad Australasian business and Pearling fleet at Broome.
The High Court refused leave to appeal to the Privy Council in income tax cases. Sir John Forrest states a Federal Bill will be introduced to collect state income tax from Commonwealth officers.
A chapter of accidents at the Qakbern Hunt Club Meeting saw three horses fall in one race with one shot dead. Jockeys Cosgrove Traimor and amateur rider McDonald sustained injuries and Hogan died after a fall in the Bolinda Steeplechase.
On the third day of the Auckland Racing Club Winter Meeting a total of £15,523 passed through the totalisator, bringing the meeting’s grand total to £50,923, compared with £43,996 10s last year. A double machine operated on York Welter and Winter Steeplechase with Ueyuku and Loch Fyne paying £804 for each £1 invested. Loch Fyne won the Winter Steeplechase Handicap by three lengths with Khama second and Wailerere third. Frezroy Welter Handicap produced Waitati first, Dan Teno second, a dead heat between Octoroon and Freemount for third. The Imia 18sea dividend paid on Waitati, Dan Leno, and others. Farewell Handicap saw Celerity win by a length and a half over Kotaip, with Waihuka third. Lola Nip paid dividends on Celerity and Lola Nip.
The Ladies Tailor Craighead and Berryman showcase the Katapoi dress and jacket tweeds in vibrant colours and patterns that won a Gold Medal at the Exhibition. They offer stylish dresses and coats neatly made and carefully fitted for the season.
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