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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
2
Unclear OCR text outlines an organizational corps proposal tied to the late Meredith Wilson. The fragment references raising funds and local involvement with figures such as 1309 and 385 and a £505 amount, but details are incomplete.
A comfortable home on two acres of first class land features a six room house with a five room house and detached washhouse on the same property. Water is connected to both buildings. Immediate possession offered by F Terriman land and estate agent with easy terms.
Mr John Lambie opened the Winter Show asserting dairying will elevate land value and drive regional welfare through intensified farming. He noted exports from Argentina Australia and New Zealand rising, warned on management quality, and urged the Agricultural and Pastoral Association to share practical dairy insights and test milk production efficiency.
A weather note predicts westerly winds and changing skies with a slow fall in barometer and a rise after about fourteen hours to a southerly wind. Ashburton Orange Lodge held its monthly meeting with a new member initiated and a committee formed for the July 12 celebrations. A protest against altering the Coronation path was sent to the Grand Lodge. Farming practice favors lime dressing for crops, with crushed lime offered by Blackburne Smith and Co.
Reports from Auckland Thames Napier Wellington and Christchurch recount several fatalities and injuries. Eugene Bournville died after a fall at the Technical School. Arthur Buckland died by his own hand in a boarding house. Other incidents include a drowning near Wharepōn i and a dredge accident in Lyttelton. William Wright, aged 93, dies at Kaiapoi. James Cameron injured.
Mr M. Laracy, general secretary of the New Zealand Shearers and Wool shed Employees Industrial Union, urged Dunedin members to unify and negotiate a pay scale with the Sheepowners Association. He said no strike and all engagements to go through a designated agent, with awards pending for shed workers. He received a Wellington telegram demanding a pay award before engagements.
Trembath, who fled from custody near Timaru while being taken to Lyttelton gaol, was captured near Waitati by Constable Hodgson with Osborn and Dunlop in pursuit. He was brought to Dunedin by goods train and remanded to appear at Christchurch on Monday.
The libel suit by M. Braundy against editor E. D. Hoben of the Manawatu Daily Times began yesterday in Palmerston North. The claim sought 501 pounds for a report about the Pawelke scare mentioning an assessor interfering with duty. The defence was held today and judgment for the defendant with costs at the highest scale. The judge found no evidence to justify insurers losing faith in Braund as an assessor.
Nominations announced for Ashburton County Racing Club winter meeting on June 23 and 24 1910. First Day events include First Hack Hardie Handicap sixfurlongs Fairton Hack Handicap and Winter Handicap with entries such as Antony White Cockade Royal Lucia Guns Paragon Balaclava and Rose Noble. Other fields list numerous horses across disposal hurdle and Rakaia Handicap events with names like Ngawera Outlander Demur Bombastes and Dabchick.
The card lists multiple horse races including the Second Hack Hurdle Handicap at a mile and a half with entries Beckwell Antony White Cockade Tahu The Seer Nga wera Red King Castout Loyola Car aif Outlander Corona Fandango and others. Also the Allenton six furlong handicap features Erl King Fasnakyle Tawhaki and more.
Acceptances for the first day of the Ashburton Trotting Club Winter Meeting close Saturday evening at 9 o clock. The upcoming meet promises top sport with horses like Durbar Verax Bell Metal Fisherman Aberfeldy Vermont Florin and others expected to race.
Melbourne reports a football case in which a referee was fined £2 for striking a spectator while pushing through a hostile crowd. The incident followed a rowdy match as the official attempted to exit the scene.
On June 21 in New South Wales a strong NSW team faces New Zealand with final selection to be made at the last minute.
An OCR fragment notes a remedy for chest complaints mentioning Peppermint Caro. The readable text is brief and lacks clear context or figures. Further source details are needed to determine the product, date, or publisher.
A bandit held up a train at El Pasoart New Mexico at gunpoint forcing panic passengers to surrender several thousand dollars in loot He fired at the train during his escape drawing pursuit by sheriffs and police officers the motive and exact location unclear
Cambridge University grants Captain Tromearde a Bachelor of Arte certificate for research into the original language and folklore of the Houssas, and a diploma in Anthropology for a treatise on Nigerian head hunters. The awards mark a historic first in these fields.
Berlin reports say the German Minister to the Vatican was instructed to protest the Encyclical and seek measures to counter its effects while safeguarding religious peace. Officials from the Centrist and Radical camps decline to opine on papal utterances as Rome defends the document's stance against Modernists.
At a Queen's Juliana Fund meeting Dr Mackellar said 20 percent of relieved cases involved husbands who deserted their families. Of 611 women aided by the Children's Protection Act committee 238 were deserted. He urged a rigorous law and supported New Zealand’s proposal for similar cross‑state measures.
Sherman Mackenzie, a Brown's Plain farmer, sues Edith Maclean of Hewlong station for breach of promise seeking 3000 pounds in damages in Melbourne court action reported by Press Association.
Mr Keir Hardie reiterates his view that miners may have survived if the Mines Regulation Act had been observed. He notes the fire trapped them in a bottleneck near the neck where five main levels branch, and calls for investigation into the proposed safety road to the wag pit shaft.
The King hosted Sir George Reid representing Australia and Lord Strathcona with Mr Hall Jones and Sir R Solomon. Receptions conveyed goodwill from Australia and New Zealand, with hopes for a long peaceful reign and mutual prosperity. The King recalled his pleasant visit to New Zealand.
The Aborigines' Protection Society notes surprise at the Yucatan unrest, citing oppression of hemp plantation laborers who were treated as slaves. The Globe urges President Diaz to examine the roots of Maya rebellion and murder, arguing Mayas faced crushing oppression and denied justice by law handlers.
Employers in the Yorkshire woollen trade refuse to meet Mr G R Askwith of the Board of Trade at Huddersfield and a four week strike is now certain.
Advices received say the schooner Countess Ranfurly went ashore at New Caledonia and is a total wreck. Everything salvageable will be removed from the wreck and it will be sold.
A garbled fragment describes a chaotic claim about peppermint as a cure and a steward promising to get what is best, old or new, at Woods Great Peppermint. The passage conveys confusion over pain and cold joints with no clear event or source.
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